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[quote=Anonymous]Thinking ahead (we have ten years to go for our first) to paying for college.  We are in the the category that many here are in--we make to much to get any financial aid, but we don't make enough to make it easy (by a long shot!) to pay for college.  We have 2 kids, and they will overlap for 2 years in college.  We're saving in 529s, of course, but I expect we won't have more than enough to pay for 2 years of private college tuition.  And I expect at least one of our children (but probably both) would go to grad school, and we'd like to help them pay for that.

We live in MD, but have been toying with the idea of moving to VA just for the prospect of being in state for UVA or W&M.  Would be interested for those with older children in hearing what you did. Did you make the decision to live in MD vs VA for the prospect of in state tuition?  Did you decide on UMd, and if so, are you happy with that choice?  Or are you paying for private college and do you think it's worth it?  Paying over $200k for a bachelor's at anything other than maybe Harvard, Stanford, Princeton, Yale doesn't seem worth it--or do you think it is?

All thoughts welcome!  What was your plan?  How did it work out and are you happy with it? [/quote]

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