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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]

FAKE slumming  is exactly it. If you really want your kid to face a challenge that will toughen them up, do what my wife's parents did. Kick her out of the house at 18 and tell her she had to pay for college on her own. While continuing to tithe 10% of your earnings to the church and keeping your wife at home jobless, because all women are supposed to be sahm's.

Eventually, she graduated after about 10 years.

Does she now thank her parents for creating a hardship situation to "help her grow?" No, she doesn't. She thinks her parents were a-holes. And she wants her kid to have nice things and not have to be purposely placed in crappy conditions to "help her grow."[/quote]

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