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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]People who make mid 6 figures and can't make ends meet.[/quote]

Have heard people in $2m+ houses saying kids are on their own for college costs - shocking.  Could you be more selfish?  [/quote]
I really live my life and and 99.9% of the time don't judge other people and their choices. But this, exactly when my kids were choosing colleges and would say other kids could not go to their dream colleges because they were too expensive. All the while the parents live in gargantuan houses, have multiple luxury cards, spend extravagantly, etc. Ridiculous. [/quote]

I think you're putting way too much into a kid's idea of "dream college."  I cam from more modest means (right down the middle middle class- no gargantuan houses, etc, but comfortable) and had to choose between a large state school and a SLAC.  My parents showed me the bills and said I would have to take loans for the difference in cost between the state school and the SLAC.  It was one of the first times I had to make a really big decision at least partially based in financial reality and I think it helped me grow significantly as a person.  And, to boot, I visited friends that ended up attending the SLAC and it wouldn't have been the right fit afterall, though I was convinced otherwise.

So, there may be way more to your friends' thinking than you think.[/quote]

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