Do many people pick publics because of money?

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Anonymous wrote:I’m paying $50k for high school and I don’t want to pay $80k for college.

You should have saved the money to pay for the better school. Anyone who claims UMD is better than or the same as MIT is ignorant or lying.

UMD worked for Larry Page.

And Sergei Brin, Google founder.

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This has to be the most dense poster I've seen in a while. So happy for you that you can easily afford to pay 90k. WTF

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Anonymous wrote:I’m paying $50k for high school and I don’t want to pay $80k for college.

You should have saved the money to pay for the better school. Anyone who claims UMD is better than or the same as MIT is ignorant or lying.

UMD worked for Larry Page.

And Sergei Brin, Google founder.

He also went to Stanford for grad school.

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Anonymous wrote:This has to be the most dense poster I've seen in a while. So happy for you that you can easily afford to pay 90k. WTF

I am more curious about the students, not the parents. Yes, we can easily pay for college and grad school. If we could not, I would still encourage my child to go to the best college he could go to. I would think the 200k debt would be worth it for my child to take on to go to a school like Penn.

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I would have fought to go to the better school. Obviously many people don’t agree with me, what I have observed in real life and on DCUM. There are just so many high stat kids with perfect grades and high test scores that end up at UVA.

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DH and I valued our large state school experience. Op, you never went anywhere else, so how would you know?

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Anonymous wrote:Virginia has some fantastic state schools. Why pay for private when you can get a better education, with a larger alumni network, at a public?

We just made this decision: declined Syracuse at approx 85k/year (and well out of state) to go in-state at roughly 1/2 the cost.

Also, I just can’t justify that the education received is commensurate with the higher tuition.

I’m not taking out a loan when we could pay as we go for our DC in-state.

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Anonymous wrote:This has to be the most dense poster I've seen in a while. So happy for you that you can easily afford to pay 90k. WTF

I am more curious about the students, not the parents. Yes, we can easily pay for college and grad school. If we could not, I would still encourage my child to go to the best college he could go to. I would think the 200k debt would be worth it for my child to take on to go to a school like Penn.

Never. Not even for HYPSM.

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Anonymous wrote:Virginia has some fantastic state schools. Why pay for private when you can get a better education, with a larger alumni network, at a public?

This. There is no way we would pay for private schools when we have excellent publics right here. OP, you don't sound very bright.

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Anonymous wrote:Because it’s a terrible waste of money. Particularly right now when you are basically paying to be indoctrinated by anti-semites and fund encampments for entitled brats who would not survive two days in Gaza under the “leadership” of the very people they are defending.

Bingo.

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Anonymous wrote:Virginia has some fantastic state schools. Why pay for private when you can get a better education, with a larger alumni network, at a public?

This. There is no way we would pay for private schools when we have excellent publics right here. OP, you don't sound very bright.

We did something right because we can pay for college for our three kids easily.

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Anonymous wrote:DH and I valued our large state school experience. Op, you never went anywhere else, so how would you know?

This is an answer I can appreciate. While I would not have wanted to attended a big state school, others may have wanted this type of college experience.

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Anonymous wrote:My parents did not pay for my college or grad school. I never considered any public universities in state or out of state. I am from NY. I applied to schools I was interested in, got financial aid and graduated grad school with loans and paid it off pretty quickly. I worked in investment banking and private equity in NYC so it was fast.

I’m surprised at how many people choose state schools in VA and MD.

Are students that afraid of debt?

All these families are better off financially than my family was when I was going to college. The cost of college was not a factor for me. I just knew I would pay it back.

Agree. I think that some people did not have the experiences that you and I had, so they are afraid of having to pay back school loans, OP. And absolutely yes, money is why anyone I know who has their kids attend publics, attend publics. Which is fine for them, we are grateful for more options.

I am not trying to offend anyone. I come from a humble background. My parents did not and could not pay for my education. It just seems strange to me that these UMC people who are much better off financially than my parents would have their kids attend a lesser school for money. I may never understand.

The issue is bang for the buck. A school that costs $360k has to be “superior enough” to justify the cost relative to a much cheaper state school.

People also anticipate having to pay for grad school.

Why is this hard for you to understand?

My husband makes several million dollars per year. Taking on 200k debt like we did to get an elite education doesn’t sound bad to me. I had full confidence to earn and pay back my loans.

Sure he does. How does someone in finance not understand a basic financial question? Has to be a troll.

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Anonymous wrote:I’m paying $50k for high school and I don’t want to pay $80k for college.

You should have saved the money to pay for the better school. Anyone who claims UMD is better than or the same as MIT is ignorant or lying.

More expensive does not mean better and who said anything about MIT?

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Anonymous wrote:My parents did not pay for my college or grad school. I never considered any public universities in state or out of state. I am from NY. I applied to schools I was interested in, got financial aid and graduated grad school with loans and paid it off pretty quickly. I worked in investment banking and private equity in NYC so it was fast.

I’m surprised at how many people choose state schools in VA and MD.

Are students that afraid of debt?

All these families are better off financially than my family was when I was going to college. The cost of college was not a factor for me. I just knew I would pay it back.

Agree. I think that some people did not have the experiences that you and I had, so they are afraid of having to pay back school loans, OP. And absolutely yes, money is why anyone I know who has their kids attend publics, attend publics. Which is fine for them, we are grateful for more options.

I am not trying to offend anyone. I come from a humble background. My parents did not and could not pay for my education. It just seems strange to me that these UMC people who are much better off financially than my parents would have their kids attend a lesser school for money. I may never understand.

You don't understand the gift that is graduating from college debt-free?? Ok...