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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We are very privileged to be in a position where our first child is headed off to his first choice, OOS, college next year and his 529 is more than fully funded, through college and grad school, due to a lifetime of saving on our part and contributions from both sets of grandparents. 
This is wonderful, we are thrilled for him that he's going to a school he's thrilled about and that we can pay for it, etc.
Social etiquette question - I suppose due to our lifestyle choices(?) everyone assumes we have filled out the FAFSA, hate the FAFSA, can answer and commiserate about questions about loans and financial aid, etc. We've tried smiling and nodding, changing the subject - but at some point this feels like a personal financial assumption that I'm tired of dealing with. What's a good way of ending the conversation? [/quote]

I’d be more concerned with trying to quickly undo your terrible decision of setting $1 million on fire (you said you have multiple kids, so presumably you’re doing this multiple times).  Unless his “first choice” was Harvard, anywhere he goes will be basically no better than UMD.[/quote]

Are you the rabid east asian poster who aggressively touts UMD at every turn and thinks ROI should be the sole determinant of all decisions? What a miserable existence.

My son declined UMD Honors because it didn't have his preferred major. He'd applied to UMD as a sort of safety. He ended up going to an institution that was better known for that major. It's not, overall, more selective than UMD, but it has a well-known specialty that he's interested in. Also the dorms and food are better, and the campus is more congenial to him.

All of that, the major and the comfort and fit, are well worth the extra money. We do not come from wealth. We made our own and are happy to spend it on certain priorities.

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