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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If I had enough to pay for four years of 85k/year, I would leave it up to her after talking through the realities very plainly. 
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I agree with this IF you can pay for Emory with no loans. My daughter is grateful that I am paying for 4 years of in-state tuition, but at the same time will probably always be a little resentful that she was limited to state schools but I refused to take out parent loans.[/quote]

Us too. I refuse to take out parent loans. I'm not sure why this is even on the table for a generation which has the highest housing costs and just paid off our own student loans. You have to have a very motivated child who is going for a career that can pay off those loans and part of your own mortgage one day, we don't have that child.

My child has the option of a state school where we don't have to take on that level of debt. I sat through a few financial aid seminars at college open houses where they talk about a family taking out private loans and I really shook my head. I can't imagine that being a popular option. I would rather put it on a credit card that I can include in the inevitable bankruptcy that would follow if I piled on 50k a year in debt for 3 years.

I realize that we aren't the typical DCUM level income here.[/quote]

parent loans really should NOT be on the table.  People should learn to attend somewhere they can afford, and the most loans anyone should take is the max federal amount (of $27K over the 4 years). 
Graduating debt free or as close as possible is the SMART choice
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