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Nobody is entitled to an elite education.  We do have many many affordable ways to get a college education.  CC to 4 year state school, in-state 4 year from start, private schools (with good merit many times), OOS schools with merit, and very expensive private schools.  
You go where you can afford.  Your kid will get a great education most places.  Pick one within your budget and move on.
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Exactly - no one is entitled to an elite education except the wealthy and poor so the wealthy can feel good about themselves. Middle and upper middle class people, please stay in your lane. Your lane being in state schools, cc to instate schools, lesser/non elite schools that give tons of merit. Don’t even think about aspiring to more. Leave elite schools to the elite. Stay in your lane. When they talk about diversity and all that stuff, just realize it is lip service and they aren’t talking about you[/quote]

Majority of "poor" kids do not attend elite universities. Most do CC to 4 year or 4 year nearby so they can live at home, or they simply cannot afford college.  Outside of the elite 25 colleges, FA is not provided in full, so they are forced to pick what they can afford.

Majority of people do not attend elite schools, they attend what they can get into and what they can afford.

Yes, the "rich" can afford whatever they want, just like they can buy that $3M mansion, 2nd vacation home, fly business to Europe/asia for vacations and drive luxury cars.  Do you constantly complain that X is in a job that makes 5X what you do?  Do you complain that you cannot afford a BMW or Tesla? Do you complain that you cannot afford to fly business/first class? 
Fact is many middle/upper class people make choices every day---many do afford $80K universities and forgo other things.  Life is all about choices, unless you are Bezos or Gates level of rich.  Life is too short to constantly being upset that others have more than you.  Your efforts would be better spent finding ways to improve your life so you can be happy.  And if your kid attending a T20 schools is what would make you happiest (vs any T100) then that is a bit shallow and you should really focus on finding the right fit for your kids

I don't believe the elite/T25 schools are all that most people make them out to be.  I fully believe its "what you do at college that matters, not where you go".  One kid went to a T100, one went to a T30 (and was denied at two T25s).

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I'm sick of people claiming if you just drive a used car and forgo starbucks you should have enough for an elite college tuition. Bulls---. And why should people have to do so? College tuition and admissions are OUT.OF.CONTROL. [/quote]

$13k/yr tuition at UMBC. [/quote]

Exactly, public universities exist to provide an affordable option, complaining because one can’t afford a private university is peak millennial.[/quote]

This. All this.[/quote]

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