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Parents at Washington U., Vanderbilt, et. al are so cute when they try to justify $70k+/year when publics like Berkeley and Michigan outshine these privates in the vast majority of field by an embarrassing degree and are more prestigious globally.[/quote]

You're on a DMV forum. How much do you think Berkeley and Michigan cost out of state parents a year? It's essentially a wash:

Lower $67,802.38/yr
Upper $71,464.38/yr
https://finaid.umich.edu/getting-started/estimating-costs

To some teens, an ideal college experience is a massive 40,000 student state school, with huge sororities and frats and painting their face on football Saturdays, and 600 student lecture halls where nobody notices if they show up or not. Others want a smaller private vibe and their parents have the money for it. Many at big publics aren't happy, and would prefer a private experience, especially during junior and senior years if they're gunning for grad school, but their family couldn't afford it. Read any law school and medical school forums for countless complaints from kids at public flagships (they're admit they're jealous of their friends at privates).[/quote]

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