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[quote=Anonymous]There's a huge range in what "full tuition" can mean. Are you worried about paying $80K+ per year or an in-state school for about $30K per year.

Our 529s could cover 4 years at most of our in-state schools. So we told the kids they had that budget and could go elsewhere if we could find a college they wanted that would meet that budget. The list was formed around that. One ended up in-state and one at a private school with merit that makes it similar in cost. Both are having good experiences, like their schools, and had jobs in their fields this summer (and prior summers for my now-senior)

Both work during summers for their daily expenses. Older one added a TA job in 2nd year. Younger kid just started 2nd year and is keeping an eye out for jobs that might be interesting.

We were able to do it without loans or current cash flow but if we hadn't been able to meet an in-state public budget without those I'd have been fine with the kids taking the standard federal loans and DH and I would have figured out where to trim our budget.

It was never on the table to go into debt to pay for a school that didn't fit our budget.[/quote]

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