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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I didn't get the sense you were asking about price but rather about rankings.

Pick fit over rankings 100%. My DD did this, picked a school she fell in love with even though she could have gotten into much higher ranked schools. She's there now, ecstatically happy and being very challenged academically.

The higher ranking schools are not necessarily where you will get the best education.[/quote]
Well, I am asking about both.  If we could afford full pay, I'd definitely say fit.  But, since we can't, I'm wondering if it's worth it to (likely) have to go into debt for "fit," even though there is a great, much higher ranked university, that she can afford and would get in.  It's not a "bad" fit, she liked the campus when we visited, but she's since found schools that fit her better and she likes more.[/quote]

Tell her what you are able/willing to pay, and let her decide if the favorite school is worth taking on the difference in loans.  My parents did it for me, and I chose the school I really wanted, then took extra classes to graduate a year early so it came out to be the same price anyway.[/quote]

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