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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I see that I missed the gender discrimination in the "unbelievable" post, so I add my own "unbelievable" to that!  In this day and age, wow.

But I do think the expectation that parents are to foot the bill is ridiculous, and allows colleges to raise tuition at the unbelievable rates they do.  There is a bubble, and I want no part in that.  Cost will drive my kids' decisions.  There is always a way.  Just not always an easy way.

By the way, here's a good tip:  high AP scores translate to credit at community colleges, and therefore to guaranteed transfer contracts.  So if your child gets a 5 on the AP English exam, s/he will have a year of college English credit through the guaranteed transfer agreement with certain schools.  That's $89 for the credit, versus $1200 for the equivalent CC course, versus thousands for the equivalent public or private university course.  [b]That's a way to cut huge amounts from the total cost of a quality degree.[/b][/quote]

Agree, and you can get even more "bang for the buck" if you target specific AP classes/exams, eg you get 3 credits for a 5 on AP French but 8 credits for a 5 on AP US History (this was as of 10+ years ago when I went to college).  I did well on 3 AP exams, and came in with 24 credits - I could have easily graduated college in 3 years had I wanted to.[/quote]

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