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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]That list includes Dartmouth, John Hopkins, Trinity, Sarah Lawrence, USC, Northwestern, Columbia, Chicago, and Oberlin.  All of those schools are worth the price. I would pay it, if I had the money and my kids got in. [/quote]

For me, it's about value. These schools are great schools, but no way are they worth the price tag. Most of the kids get discounted prices via aid packages, but for people who have the $ to pay full price, it's still not worth it. These colleges are luxuries. I don't buy silly things like fancy cars or fancy jewelry because I don't believe in wasting money on name-recognition, even when I can afford it. Not worth it. Send your kid to a state university and send the extra $$ to Haiti or Doctors Without Borders. Much better value. [/quote]
I don't disagree with you but it's not so tidy IRL.  Our kids would love to attend our state flagship college for $25,000 but wouldn't be accepted there.  But their stats have been good enough to get them into a few of the higher-ranking schools on this list. For us, Johns Hopkins, Wake, Dartmouth and many others--even with their big price tags-- are "worth it".  So, yes, we'll gladly spend $45K+ per year over what say JMU would cost us so that our kids can go to the colleges that best suit them.  [/quote]

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