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[quote=Anonymous][quote]OP here. I guess I should have been smart enough not to acquire nearly $150K in medical bills due to cancer, as well?

Why don't you just stop with the speculation about what I should have done. We did all we could. And we saved a lot, notwithstanding that.

I never said my child did not have other options and wasn't considering other options. As I said, I grew up dirt poor and went to a non-elite school. I simply lamented HAVING to cross off schools -which are a perfect fit for her- solely based on finances. Especially when we saved aggressively for it. It sounds like people in the middle (too much money, but not enough) just can't go to these schools.
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The shocking thing is that this a surprise to you.  Did you never run a college cost calculator when your kids were little?  Or read a newspaper?  There are lots of schools that are a perfect fit, and you need to find some that are affordable.  There is no guarantee she would get in these "dream" schools anyway. My DS has worked extremely hard through high school and has the high stats/test scores/ECs so that lots of Ivy schools seem like a perfect fit.  We are full pay.  Guess what?  He still probably won't get to go to any of these schools and that's life!  So our job has been to get him excited about other schools that can also be a great fit.

Read some of these posts carefully.  The person with the car analogy made a great point.  Just because you think a Mercedes SUV would be the perfect fit for your family does not mean you can afford it.  The same principle applies to college.  Why don't you understand that?[/quote]

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