30+ years ago, getting into and through HYP was much easier, not Heart Attack City. But fighting tooth and nail to climb the corporate latter is a different matter. |
I care about Kids friend group. |
I wouldn't. We didn't do the HYSP prep that some others did. One spent years on getting the right awards for her kid. The kid was a legacy, etc. My kids would not put up with being crafted or molded into a HYSP contender, so I don't feel a bit bad they didn't go there. I couldn't afford it anyway. |
You're one of few of several thousand who are that fortunate. Those of us in the donut hole would not have that same experience. |
Care? Or just have interest in seeing where everyone goes? We loved hearing all the different schools our kids friends went to. But were as happy for the ones that went to CNU as we were for the ones that went to Michigan or Dartmouth. We didn’t judge anyone by ranking of school. |
You sound quite angry about this. Can you fix the Ivy school financial aid calculators then? I filled them out, and they all said they would give us no aid. But we earn very little. If I withdrew money from my 401K, I'd have to pay 10% to the government, which adds to the costs. So, before you think about things only from your rich person pov, realize that other people have different situations... |
Okay. Now you try being a first gen person with your own debt who slowly rose and made 100k for many years. You're now making more, just enough to not qualify for anything, but your kids are in high school and you just finished paying your own debt. The inability for people to put themselves in other people's shoes is tiresome, and you sound like a huge snob. |
This poster is completely wrong. You get no aid at a much lower threshold than 250k! And if you do get aid in the 100s, it's really not enough. |
This |
I don’t. I don’t care which of the 10 colleges my kid applied to he attends. I only care that he graduates. |
Yes, I enjoy flexing my family’s multiple Harvard degrees on all the DMV strivers who start conversations with “where did you/larlo/larla go to school?” |
I like to see my kid's friends get into schools they really like. |
Do friend groups really try to stay together for college? That would be the only reason to care. Can’t imagine that would be easy though. |
Typical DCUM 🙄 You think that kid is a dumb athlete who doesn’t deserve it but chances are you don’t actually know their grades or rigor, and of course you are ignoring how hard they worked at their sport, which the college values even if you don’t. |
I want to say no, but considering how many judged our child's choice, I am not sure that's accurate. |