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[quote=Anonymous]We have a fixed bucket for college.  If they want grad school paid for them, they have to pick a cheaper college for undergrad.

Older DC got merit aid to in state, and enough credits to skip a year, do dual degree, and a +1 masters.  All paid from the 529.  All together, the cost will be less than the standard 4 yr in state price tag.

Younger DC keeps talking about going oos into a field where they will probably need a graduate degree. We told them that they will have to take out loans for the grad degree or get employer to pay for it (good luck if you can find it) because we have enough for oos undergrad but not enough to also pay for graduate.

They seem very immature about college choices; they aren't thinking about ROI, and how difficult it would be to get a good paying job with just an undergrad in that field.  All they seem to care about is "I just want to go out of state".    We don't have the kind of money to just let our kids experience being out of state just because.  They can do that after they graduate and get a job.[/quote]

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