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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The calculus is pretty straightforward.

If you want to provide your children the option of picking their school independent of financial considerations and they have worked hard and can secure a spot at an top school that is a decision you have made as a family.

If as a family you cannot afford that the decision well than that decision has been made for you and you learn to accept and move on. Hopefully it instills in your DC some grit as they learn a little bit about life.

And if life is such that you can afford full pay but question the value prop well then hunt merit like the rest of the huddled masses and realize that is highly likely that your DC will spend four years having experienced a true life luxury - going away to school. Very few get to enjoy that life experience and if you allow yourself the luxury to take a step back you’ll realize that attending a Top 50-100 school is still pretty darn good.

In my own case neither has attended the top school to which they were admitted and I believe that’s a fairly common outcome. One is thriving at a Midwest SLAC and one is at our State Flagship, working hard, and conserving funds so that she has the option of med school if she is fortunate enough for that to be an option.

So, congrats to your DD. Decide which family you are and if it’s happy to be full pay then realize that life has been good to you, write the check and move on. And moving forward try to be a little more sensitive in your postings because I wonder if you don’t realize that they come across as a humble brag in a forum where a lot parents have had to have some really hard conversations with their kids.[/quote]
Thanks [/quote]

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