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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I can't look away from the parent boards at my kids' colleges, and yet reading them is not bringing out my most compassionate self. There's a lot of outrage about how hard it is to get in-state tuition, how hard classes are, how dumpy the dorms are, how mediocre the food is, etc. etc.

Did your kid have surprises like that, and did it affect what you looked at for any younger children?[/quote]

Stop reading the boards. Who is at college, you or your kid? If the kid has a specific, actionable, complaint they should be encouraged to advocate for themselves (eg. if they hate the food, petition for a better salad bar or whatever).

Also, many young people live in dumpy old dorms or awful apartments and mostly, they're fine with it. It's the adults that are horrified.

One of the reasons college costs have skyrocketed is that parents have expectations about how the facilities are and expect fancy dorms, rec center, and food. University admins decide they have to build new fancy dorms and a new fancy dining hall and a new rec center to attract those full pay out of state students and legacy students. The university then has to raise tuition to start repaying the loans for those new fancy buildings....

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