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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My first-year college student is at a selective SLAC; has been sick, called health center this morning and was tested for COVID within an hour. (Thankfully it was negative.)

A neighbor's first-year college student is at a large flagship often discussed on this board. Child was sick last week. Couldn't get test on campus. My neighbor had to find a CVS where the child could test, had the child Uber to the CVS, thankfully that test was also negative.

This isn't about snowflakes. This is about some college settings right now prioritizing all needs of the campus community, including rapid testing to contain COVID. This SLAC is fully in-person right now and it seems like they are taking active steps to maintain that opportunity.

ROI is important, but it isn't the only factor to consider when evaluating colleges.[/quote]

the devil's in the details, whatever you're trying to describe it's worth paying 50-75k per year, keep telling that to yourself in the mirror  :roll: [/quote]

You don't get it.  The first poster doesn't seem to care about whether it is $50k or $70k.  I get it that it is important to YOU but you need to understand that the $20k difference is nothing to a lot of people in the DMV.

TBH, my parents were the same way with us.  My dad was the first in his family to go to college, and he worked his butt off to pay his own way to earn a 4-year degree at a commuter college.  It was with great pride that he told each of his children that we should attend the school we wanted regardless of cost because he and mom were able to afford any school we wanted.  It meant a lot to him and it meant a lot to my siblings and me.  Some of us attended very prestigious (and expensive) universities and some of us attended in-state colleges.  We each attended the school that was the best fit for us.[/quote]

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