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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I asked this question a couple of time already and no one has answered it.  If you are financually able to pay for college, but plan not to because you think your kid will get financial aid or scholarhips, what makes you think they should?  Who foots the bill in that case?  The state? An annonymous donor? Why should a stranger pay for your kids to go to schoool?  (AGAIN I am only asking parents who can afford to pay.  Not the ones who have no means)[/quote]

I paid for years and years of sports lessons so my child could get a full ride athletic scholarship.  Best of both worlds since I paid for it (the lessons) and he earned it (the scholarship).  Yay, us![/quote]

First---this is so not the norm.  I have a sibling that also got a full ride and played pro---but this is sooooooooooooo NOT typical---even for people that pay for lessons and drive their kids all over creation.  Do not use this as a plan to pay for college.  So few kids actually attain a scholarship--and if they do it is often only partial.

I have two 'stars' in the making but we are not relying on sports to pay their way. Sports are for fun and good character/discipline/social building. Our focus is getting a strong education.  We have heavily invested in their 529s.  Also--the only scholarship your kid may get may be from some third rate school in th emiddle of nowhere.  I want my kids to go to the strongest univ they can.[/quote]

You are right, and I was half joking, as I know not everyone has this opportunity.  We also had a contingency plan, but luckily both my kids did get full rides (well, one wasn't full, but very close) to very good schools due to athletics.  And now, the oldest is using our backup plan to pay for grad school.  My response was to the question, though, if you can afford, yet have other means, do you take advantage?  As a side note, I'm thinking I recently heard that two wealthy musicians' kids just received college offers, and I'm assuming athletic aid, and plan on using it.[/quote]

I am pp you quoted...TOTALLY TAKE THE $.  I was talking about say your kid only got a scholarship from some hack schhool you never would have sent him to in the first place..then I d hav ehim go elsewhere and pay.  If you like the school totally take the scholarship--they earned it![/quote]

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