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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP - what sport is your daughter recruited for?  I read all the posts and don't think you said.

And remember, these same people screeching at you about how entitled you are for feeling bad you can't afford your kid's dream school will then go over to the Money and Finances board and post about how anything less than $200K a year in DC is poverty wages.[/quote]

This is the opening line in the OP:

"Long story short: we will not get any financial aid. We make too much for help but don't make enough to go full pay at a private in a way that leaves any wiggle room. "

The OP actually started out with an interesting query.  Where things got weird was when OP started posting aggressively nasty responses to posters that pointed out, based on experience, that focusing on what you cannot have was the path to disappointment and there are many great options OP's daughter does have based on OP's description.

I am probably fairly similarly situated to OP.  We have about half the cost of a private school education saved.  I have been strategizing for literally years on how we will get our two daughters through the best college for them without debt.  Our oldest is applying now, all applications are in and my guess is that college could end up costing anywhere from $40K-90K/year.  If it ends up at the high end it will leave us very little "wiggle room" as OP said.  We will have to make hard choices to make it work.  it sounds like OP was depending on merit aid to "discount" what she knew the price of college was and was disappointed to learn that not all colleges discount for strong students.  This devolved into a debate about the high cost of college.

The pushback towards OP is the on idea that she has somehow been wronged by the system.  The reality is that a wonderful college education is available in the United States at reasonable prices to most students, our university system is the envy of the world.  Some of the options are very high cost, but not all.  OP's student is a recruited athlete so she already has an advantage not related to her academic accomplishments that will provide her with a hook - also arguably unfair.  OP does not see that the "best fit" school is a luxury that is want and not a need.  She does not see that she has more choices than most.  She is tone deaf and seeking sympathy.  [/quote]

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