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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Really is insane to spend 70k a year on a small private 3rd tier college in today's economy if you have more than 1 kid going through college, particularly at one time. 200k? Nope. State school makes much more sense and frankly most people these days are making that choice. Our HHI is 250k in DC proper and with a $3000 a month mortgage and 3 kids heading for college in the next 3 years? Not gonna happen. 2 household earners here.

Hard pass on this for us too.[/quote]

You are very close minded.  I have four kids and we are a 2 earner household making less than what you do.  Today, I have a son who just graduated from Beloit, a CTCL, who is now in medical school and 2 others at Uva.  The Beloit graduate was awarded merit scholarships that made it LESS expensive to attend than had he gone in state.  That came in very handy considering the continuing cost of his education.  And the education he got at Beloit was top notch but go ahead and call it third tier.  My husband and I both went to Ivy for undergrad and feel strongly that our DS got a better education at Beloit than we did.  Meanwhile our two at UVa usually sit in classrooms of 100-300 students and their professors have no clue who they are.  Our Uva DCs sometimes express regret that they didn't attend a college like Beloit rather than Uva. Obviously, this "third tier" school did not hold my oldest back from pursuing his dreams.

You are writing off a whole bunch of good colleges that may actually cost less than in-state.  That's ok - sounds like my 4th will be applying to college at the same time as yours - more money and opportunities for her.[/quote]

My sister's Juniata grad is in medical school now.  She took several years off between college and med school, and when she contacted her Juniata professors for letters of recommendation, it was easy for them to help her because they remembered her clearly, having had her in small classes and worked with her on research.  (Research is one of the many benefits of these schools; undergrads at huge universities do not generally get to do much if any research, which is for graduate students.)[/quote]

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