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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]these rich m’fers are going to make college even more expensive for everyone.

just stop. if Larla cannot possibly live in the dorms then let her transfer or buy her a condo. [/quote]

Kids who have their own bedrooms in a modest 1960's constructed townhouse or SFH on a quarter acre of land in the suburbs aren't necessarily "rich m'fers."[/quote]

The assumptions - so many assumptions. [/quote]

What assumptions? That your child is SO FRAGILE that they can’t handle a very typical freshman dorm experience? My god. Do you even listen to yourselves? What message are you giving your kids?[/quote]

OP’s kid is fine. OP is the one who is disappointed in the room. 
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If OP is paying $80k per year for crappy dorm rooms, I would also not be happy.  Imagine paying for first class plane tickets and getting economy class legroom.[/quote]

It's interesting. I am paying 80k+ for my kids' school but I don't really care how nice or not nice the living situation is. It is just not what I am paying for. I am paying for the education, experience, connections, etc. I actually care more about the food quality than the dorm quality. I think it is ok for the kids to be humbled some.[/quote]
Not living in a crappy dorm room would be "part of the experience", at $80K/year.

Small dorm room is one thing. Old, no a/c, gross bathrooms, totally different.  Why on earth would you think paying $80k for that experience is fine?   It's amazing how some rich people have such low standards. [b]And I grew up lower income.[/b][/quote]

I wonder if this has something to do with it. I grew up with lots of money and have lots of money and I appreciate the crappy dorm experience for me and my kids. Maybe it is like fake slumming it. It is not real life yet so who cares. [/quote]
I grew up very low income. Like, living in the projects and then when we moved out of the projects, our first apartment was a one bedroom apartment for my mom, sister and me. I know crappy living conditions. Fast forward to today - living the UMC experience. My kids don't know crappy living conditions. Their crappy living conditions consist of sharing a bathroom with each other. The horrors.

If living in a crappy dorm is their way of slumming it for a few years, then good. Especially at this age, living in a "crappy" dorm is character building.[/quote]

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