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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have an OOS kid at one of these schools, full-pay. I have another kid at a smaller, highly selective private school. And I truly don’t understand what people mean by “worth it.”

Is this about post-graduation salary? Class size? Reputation? Research opportunities? Personal attention? Happiness? 
 
Both schools are “worth it” to us because they’re the schools our kids wanted to go to, where they thought they’d be happy and challenged.[/quote]
Exactly. I’ve been raising this kid for 18 years and they’ve been a cost center the whole time. I’m not going to suddenly start being a hardass about short-term ROI. Would I go into debt for an OOS state school? No, but I also wouldn’t go into debt for a private school. YMMV. [/quote]

+1. This “OOS is never worth it but private is” is also such lazy thinking. Purdue, Wisconsin, Illinois aren’t worth it at $50-65k but Northeastern and BU are worth it at $95-100k? UCLA isn’t worth it but USC is at a cost of $20-25k more per year? No, sorry, makes no sense. You’re just conflating price and “being private” with quality.[/quote]
This x100. You never know whether a kid from UVA or UNC or Cal passed on Ivies, because hundreds do every year (due to fit, cost, programs, etc.). But you can be pretty confident that a kid from a “similarly ranked” private like Tufts or Emory—great schools, no disrespect—didn’t. The same is true for faculty, which are attracted to these places because of their great history and robust academic culture. [/quote]

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