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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Our oldest DD is a senior this year and we’ve made so many mistakes.

Her dream school is a T10 that we can’t afford. We’ve been upfront with her about it being too expensive. She said she just wanted to see if she could get in. Well, she got in and it’s been emotionally exhausting to deal with. The school keeps sending letters and packages. They recently offered to pay for her and a parent to fly out for their admitted student day, which she desperately wants to do.

She applied to another school T50 and applied for a prestigious full ride scholarship. She started getting excited about it and saying she would likely go to the school because of the scholarship program. She made it to the final round, had an interview, took a test, etc. Tonight she found out she didn’t get it. She’s been in tears. Says she’s no longer interested in the school. I get it. It put a bad taste in her mouth.

It’s looking like her best option is our state flagship school. We actually live in the town with the school, so this is not exciting to her.

As a parent I feel like we’ve made so many mistakes and the experience has been pretty negative overall.

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Pay as you go. Get an evening and weekend  retail job. Get a personal care aid certification and work nights. [/quote]

You cannot be serious!

No parent should work 2jobs to put their kids into a top 10 school.  Find a place you can afford.  There will be tons of them since they can afford to pay for in state pricing.  I wouldn't work an extra job to bring in $50k more per year (after taxes).. my kid would attend a school we can afford
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I am, but I'm not a wasp. We had the resources to pay for med school for our child, but I would have definitely worked a second job if we didn't.  Education has always been a priority in my family.  [/quote]

Education is a priority in our family as well. That is why once it was apparent we would never get FA (make too much) we starting saving for college as soon as the kids were born.  
We also have paid for our kids education.  One was $40K/year (had merit award), the other $90K and is going to cost us $200K for grad school.  But we have it saved.  If we didn't my $90K kid would have attended a school they got $40K+/merit per year (~ranked 50) or our T50 State U for about $30K.  And my $40K/year with merit could have attended several schools for under $20K (and they were a 3.5UW/1240/nothing spectacular EC kid).  I wouldn't have gone into massive debt to fund their education because I recognize they can get a spectacular education for under $90K/year.

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