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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]In the 1990s, my father told me you get into an Ivy or you go to state u.  Motivated me to get into an Ivy, which I did.  Of course, that was when you really just needed excellent grades and high scores.

It sort of doesn't make sense to pay Cadillac prices for a Chevy when you've got a perfectly good Toyota at half the cost.[/quote]

Some of us do not consider schools ranked 30-50 “Chevy” caliber.  We view them as top notch and worth the cost to us, especially if it’s the right fit for our kid [/quote]

Ok, they’re not charging Cadillac prices for a Chevy, they’re charging Maserati prices for a Lexus. You got a great car… but you paid too much for it.[/quote]
Your analogy just doesn't work for everyone. Use it against your own kids to force them to go to a state flagship. But you're mistaken if you think it's the same answer for every other family. You don't know their situations and their decision-making process. [/quote]

I’m not going to “use it against my kid”. He’s smart enough to understand bang for the buck and to understand that the 529 is ALL the money there is for both undergrad and grad. I am confident he will choose wisely.

If other people choose to pay a Maserati price for a Lexus 🤷 I don’t need to understand their decision process to know they overpaid.[/quote]

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