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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have seen this scenario play out and the outcome isn’t good. One kid went to Princeton the other had to go to a local city school. The city school graduate has a very bad relationship with his parents and is resentful that he wasn’t treated equally. Don’t be that parent. If you pay for the first you have to pay for the second. As another poster said, many schools provide merit scholarships. There is a huge difference between a state school and a private liberal arts school. Huge!! Prestige isn’t the only consideration when choosing schools. Fit matters more than that![/quote]

+1 "If you pay for the first you have to pay for the second."  Well said, and true.[/quote]
If I have a daughter who is very good at tennis, it makes sense to pay for her lessons growing up. But it doesn’t make sense to do the same for my son who is very bad at tennis. He would be better off spending the money somewhere else. In this case, the second kid can find something non-academic that he’s passionate about and good at, instead of wasting tons of money on an overpriced mediocre college.[/quote]

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