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I'm SUCH a GREAT parent! I say NO to the hamster wheel before my kids even start their careers! They're not the greatest at math and writing, but I have REFUSED to pay for a tutor, even though they know I can afford one! Because I am NOT a sheep! This will ensure they maximize their chance at Life! And by Life, I mean stuck at a no-name private university they don't like, while I pay through the nose because I'm too rich for financial aid, and too stupid for merit aid. My kids are going to be rejected from their state flagship, which have become unaccountably selective (people told me, but I didn't believe it), and I'm too proud to get them into the lesser state colleges! I've been warned about this multiple times on DCUM, but I'm contrary and PROUD of it.

#WINNING.

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Wait, you think the state schools are good?  Maybe UMD? [/quote]

For a mediocre student, it's much better to send them to a cheap state college than spend more than double for an out of state non-selective private.

But some families would rather pay that rather than send their kid to state colleges that aren't UMD or UVA level (yes in case you missed it, UMD is getting progressively more selective, because of its STEM. Not UVA level yet, of course). Indeed, I know posters on here who have written they'd rather send their kids to non-selective privates than have them attend community college, if they couldn't get in anywhere else. For the "campus experience". Now that's one expensive 60-80K a year campus experience!

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