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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Are your parents helping at all? They may have millions in retirement and can just pay as they go from their income.
Did you go to private high school? What did your parents do with their money?
I would go to community college. My kid is going to CC even though I have money for him.  [/quote]

They claim we can't afford it and that we're struggling (which I doubt)

Did private for a few years in elementary school, bought a piano, got a screened in porch

I know CC is an option, and if that's what I need I'll do it, but I'll just feel like a failure. I'm a very high achiever who's been deadset on going to a top 20 since middle school, especially because ivy/top 20 acceptances are very rare in my area. Most people are expecting me to go to a highly ranked college, and CC feels like I'm letting them and myself down.[/quote]

In your situation, $200k in debt for undergrad is letting yourself down. That debt will dictate your life choices for years.  I know you don’t want to hear CC. But the VA guanteed admission process 8s great. And at the end, you get the same diploma as kids who started at WM freshman year. With less then half the debt, because you can easily take you required 12 community college credits, keep working and keep saving. Your situation sucks, but you need to think long term. 5-10 years from now, you have the WM or UVA degree and no one care what you did the year after HS. [/quote]

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