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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My parents paid app fees, SAT testing, took to visit schools for me and my two sisters. I picked the schools and applied for the most part on my own. I don’t remember the essays to be completely honest, I’m not sure if they read them or not. I got a full ride, so it didn’t cost them anything... which they were thankful for because my sister was in college at the same time. They gave me $100/month spending money (this was in the late 80s). I have done the same for my kids... I have read some essays and some I haven’t... I encouraged my kids to apply to multiple schools, but both had a first choice that they applied ED and got in and so they only applied to 1 school each. My daughter was full tuition scholarship and got other smaller scholarships, I paid for her travel back and forth to school (about 700 miles away) and she had a PT job for spending $ and was an RA which covered room & board. 4 years at a small liberal arts college and she took out about $10k in loans total which I paid off as her graduation gift in 2017. My son (HS Senior) has a partial scholarship so far and is working on others. I will pay for him to get back and forth and expect him to get a job for spending $. Whatever he ends up taking out in loans I will likely pay off at graduation as long as it isn’t over 50k. I have one more bringing up the rear and I have him on the same path.[/quote]

If you have the money why would you have your kids take out loans?  I don't get parents like you?[/quote]

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