Anyone else not exactly thrilled to pay for a 'pleb tier' college?

[Anonymous]

I think OP must be the stepfather from that post last week where he was hoping for his stepson to fail in the college application process ...

[Anonymous]

Thankfully you don't need a degree to make good money.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What is "pleb tier"?

OP must be a grown-up frat boy. These are the only guys (outside of HBO's Rome) that I hear using "pleb" in an unironic manner.

[Anonymous]

You don't have to pay $30K/year for an in-state college. The only people who do this are kids with less competitive stats, who didnt get any merit aid because they are insisting on going to the state "flagship," instead of a lesser known state school, where their stats would be more competitive (and they would qualify for more merit aid).

Plenty of people just live at home and go to a community college for a couple of years. Then they transfer to a real school. Most freshman and sophomore courses are a joke at state schools anyway. They are either too easy, or brutal weed outs.

Don't feel bad for people who spend ridiculous amounts of money on college. They are are making a conscious decision to pay a fortune to send junior to a top ranked school (where he didn't get a scholarship). Instead they could have sent him to a less prestigious school and gotten a scholarship and paid a fraction of the cost. Nothing wrong with that if you've got the money, but just don't shed any tears for them.

[Anonymous]

I'm sorry your child is such a disappointment to you.

Do you child a favor and don't lie about it since it is already oozing out of your pores.

[Anonymous]

Send them to a state school. NBD.

[Anonymous]

I want to know what the college is before I agree or not. Some liberal arts schools have dropped need blind admissions so you can basically buy your way in if you have the money. But they still have decent (ish) reputations. A school like Colgate for instance. I'd pay full price because we have the money to do so. But I can see why another parent might not be happy about that (think that their kid should have gotten in somewhere better or gotten more merit aid).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Without naming college names, the prospect of writing a $30,000 check for each of the next four or five years for a place that is pretty much open door for UMC students troubles me. Feels like parents are boxed in a corner even if our children haven't earned it. We're socially pressured to buy our underachieving kids the equivalent of a new sports car. Hey, nice work getting all those inflated B-pluses, here's a new Porsche 911 ($120,000), pal. There's no chance my son is equipped to handle a STEM, so whatever lightweight degree he ekes out from an already subpar university makes for pretty dim prospects, yes? What a crock.

And I'm sure you have HYP degrees?

Look, OP, blooming where you are planted is more important than bumper sticker bragging rights.

Congratulations on your kid getting into college! I hope s/he blossoms in college and finds his/her passion.

[Anonymous]

The fact that you use "pleb tier" and "UMC" in your post speaks volumes about you, OP. You must be a joy to be around.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Without naming college names, the prospect of writing a $30,000 check for each of the next four or five years for a place that is pretty much open door for UMC students troubles me. Feels like parents are boxed in a corner even if our children haven't earned it. We're socially pressured to buy our underachieving kids the equivalent of a new sports car. Hey, nice work getting all those inflated B-pluses, here's a new Porsche 911 ($120,000), pal. There's no chance my son is equipped to handle a STEM, so whatever lightweight degree he ekes out from an already subpar university makes for pretty dim prospects, yes? What a crock.

I don't feel boxed into a corner, nor do I feel social pressure to send my kid to any particular school of any kind.

OP, your "problem," if you can call it that with a straight face, is one of your own making.

[Anonymous]

I get the reaction to pleb (which is obviously disparaging), but what's objectionable about UMC? It's a category that obviously does exist in our society and the "upper" refers to income level -- not presumed social superiority.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm sorry your child is such a disappointment to you.

Do you child a favor and don't lie about it since it is already oozing out of your pores.

if OP's child is a loser, that reflects all on OP. It means OP either had deficient genes or deficient parental abilities. Either day, it makes OP a bigger LOSER.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm sorry your child is such a disappointment to you.

Do you child a favor and don't lie about it since it is already oozing out of your pores.

if OP's child is a loser, that reflects all on OP. It means OP either had deficient genes or deficient parental abilities. Either day, it makes OP a bigger LOSER.

The typical member of a frat or sorority at a big state university is physically far more attractive than a student at an Ivy or top SLAC. People "win" in different ways.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm sorry your child is such a disappointment to you.

Do you child a favor and don't lie about it since it is already oozing out of your pores.

if OP's child is a loser, that reflects all on OP. It means OP either had deficient genes or deficient parental abilities. Either day, it makes OP a bigger LOSER.

The typical member of a frat or sorority at a big state university is physically far more attractive than a student at an Ivy or top SLAC. People "win" in different ways.

Beautiful rich girls at UVA and Yale are both beautiful... but Yale girls are smarter, more polished, more cosmopolitan, more likely to spend their breaks in Hong Kong, London, NYC, LA, Vail, Ibiza. It's a different stratosphere, and target prestige careers.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm sorry your child is such a disappointment to you.

Do you child a favor and don't lie about it since it is already oozing out of your pores.

if OP's child is a loser, that reflects all on OP. It means OP either had deficient genes or deficient parental abilities. Either day, it makes OP a bigger LOSER.

The typical member of a frat or sorority at a big state university is physically far more attractive than a student at an Ivy or top SLAC. People "win" in different ways.

Beautiful rich girls at UVA and Yale are both beautiful... but Yale girls are smarter, more polished, more cosmopolitan, more likely to spend their breaks in Hong Kong, London, NYC, LA, Vail, Ibiza. It's a different stratosphere, and target prestige careers.

Vacation in NYC when they go to school in New Haven? That's exciting. And Ibiza? So they can go clubbing with the lower class brits on package tours? That's hilarious.