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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My DC is still deciding. They are upset because their top two schools did not give any merit, so we said they need to decide between the other schools. They have other options that we feel are good but a little less selective. Has anyone else been in a similar situation? We have two younger children and just can’t justify an extra $100k for these schools. We feel like we would have to spend the same amount on their siblings. [/quote]

Identical situation here - DC knew going in that his top choices would need to offer strong merit to go there - he was accepted, but little to no merit and so we couldn't justify it.  He knows where he'll end up going, but says he doesn't want to go there and so hasn't committed, which pisses me off because it's an out of state public that still isn't cheap.  He could go to our in-state public (UMD Scholars) for MUCH less and knows that many friends from his school who got in had were given no choice and attending there  I'm chalking up his crap attitude and guilt trip to feeling deflated that he worked very hard for years and in the end won't be going where he wants to go.  Our second kid will be in this situation in two years and I have the same dollar threshold for him too - I won't sacrifice his college savings so my oldest can go to a more expensive school.

This whole thing is such a racket, in my opinion.  Unless your kids goes to an Ivy or Ivy-like school (and maybe not even then), it's more so going to be about what your kid does in the school while there.  I want to blame all the B-S US News, Princeton, Forbes, etc. rankings.[/quote]

I'm sorry you are going through this too. I agree with everything you are saying. My DC is acting a little like Veruca Salt. Lol. Okay, not that bad but I wish I had these options when I went to college! [/quote]

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