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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don’t get all the outrage. You don’t have a right to send your kid to a private university. It is a luxury prestige item like driving a $80k Mercedes. If you can’t afford it, that is what public universities are for. DCUM parents are so insufferable. [/quote]

Mercedes pays taxes, as a for-profit.

Private universities don't, as (supposed) non-profits.[/quote]

Not every private charges $80k, many are in the $50k-$60k range. Lots are very nice schools.

Plenty of options available:

1. Save
2. Borrow
3. In-state public
4. Lower cost private
5. ROTC/GI Bill
6. Chase merit at OOS publics 
7. Community college for two years and transfer

The real people with problems are the very low income folks who are rolling the dice on generous and need blind aid (that can go away at any time) and can’t pay cash for Community College or Directional State so everything is borrowed.

They wish they “only” had $30,000 cash flow a year to spend on JMU.
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