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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Half the kids at these schools get zero financial aid. So for 100k, I think the dorms should be mold-free[/quote]

+2 I vote for dorm upgrades over more financial aid 100%. We are full pay and find it irritating that a $85,000 price tag does not provide a healthy, clean living environment. [/quote]

No one is making you pay.

Send your kid to high point then.  Steakhouse and a lazy river!  There are choices for everyone, make the choice that is right for you.  Did you not see the dorms before you applied?[/quote]

I love that PP thinks anyone cares about her say or "vote." There is such a sense of entitlement on this board.[/quote]

I can’t believe people are getting pissy about people saying dorms should be healthy, clean and mold free. My kid’s dorm room had patches of black mold that would grow on the ceiling and also near the air conditioner unit. Maintenance would come scrub it off and it would return a month or so later. Constant coughs, bronchitis, colds and runny noses all year. We pay $87,000 a year. I do not think is it entitled to assume that this price tag would provide a better living situation. I am not asking for brand new, but just more livable. [/quote]

I'm certainly not pissy and agree that colleges should deal better with mold, but I laugh at the idea that people here seem to think they have any insight as to how college finances are allotted and how/where money is procured/spent, and it's totally laughable to suggest tgat some random person has a "vote," especially since most don't have a kid at these colleges. And, the whole premise of OP is ludicrous.  You and maybe 1 other have kid of hijacked this to focus on an issues that a few students at every college have. That is a little different from OP 's whine at elite schools her kid probably won't get into.[/quote]

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