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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Really is [b]insane to spend 70k a year on a small private 3rd tier college in today's economy if you have more than 1 kid going through college,[/b] particularly at one time. 200k? Nope. State school makes much more sense and frankly most people these days are making that choice. Our HHI is 250k in DC proper and with a $3000 a month mortgage and 3 kids heading for college in the next 3 years? Not gonna happen. 2 household earners here.

Hard pass on this for us too.[/quote]

Our HHI is slightly less than yours.  We do not qualify for need-based aid and have two more kids to get through college.

Our oldest DC is at one of the CTCL and we are paying about $35K/year, thanks to his merit scholarship.  Although he was admitted to UMD-CP, his SLAC is a much better fit for him, and he is thriving in ways that I'm pretty sure would not have been possible at a huge flagship school.

Virtually all of the CTCL give merit aid to high performing students.

We will get all three of our kids through school without loans.[/quote]

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