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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I honestly have no idea how anyone can afford college these days.  We have saved up enough for about 2 years of an instate school, and will hopefully be able to scrape up the rest, but we can't even consider private.  It's just absurd.[/quote]

State college and lifestyle choices. [/quote]

This is such bullsh--. We've made PLENTY of "lifestyle choices", which implies we've done something wrong, and will not be albe to necessarily fund 4 years of out of state if our kid doesn't get in to our state schools. STOP with the BS that puts the blame on families instead of the out of control spikes in costs of college tuition.

[b]THere is ZERO reason for these schools to cost $40, $50, -----$80K per year. [/b]AND to boot, increasing the number of OOS students making it less likely the instate kids will get in. [/quote]

Yes, there is when you realize what students & their families expect colleges to provide compared to 20 years ago.

Let’s start with the expectation of having free & secure WiFi in every single room on campus. That’s very new, and very expensive to maintain. But so many other things. Tutoring, shuttle buses (v. kids walking, biking, carpooling or taking any available public transit in the past), mental health services (!!!!!!!),  4-years of on-campus housing, campus-wide minimum wages, two or fewer kids to a dorm room and private v. communal bathroom.[/quote]

Schools have had shuttle busses for many years.  That's not new.  They've also had a form of internet/phone, and many of the other things you state.[/quote]

Not pp but the size of the mental health services & tutoring programs offered are very different from in the past. [/quote]

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