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[quote=Anonymous]As someone who went to a top ten school I actually feel the opposite.  I remember the obsession in high school with going to the highest possible ranked school, which also included a lot of my peers taking on a significant chunk of debt.  I was lucky enough to be a financial aid student (though had some loans) but then that also lead to some pretty clear class divide issues at school.

And now, yes, I have a good job, but my colleagues had a lot of different paths here.  I know am better acquainted with focusing on internships and work experience that has better outcomes than just college alone. Having student debt in some ways forced me to be more responsible and less flexible.  I wish I'd been able to so things like study abroad and had I chosen that free ride at my state school instead, maybe I could have swung it.

My undergrad costs 90k/year now (my kid is in elementary school) and yes, I've got a college account for my kid, but that cost is just insane.  Especially in Virginia with tons of good state schools I don't see that  being worth the sticker cost.[/quote]

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