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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP here.  I talked to my DD and wife about this last night.  It went surprisingly well.  Wife was the bigger problem than DD.  I explained the difference in costs.  The interest in BC was not because it is catholic/jesuit but it is a school in Boston which she likes.

I explained that I am not sure I would pay the 70K.  I could pay for Va Tech, for example, without any problem.  W & M, probably -- we would make it work.

I explained that for private, if she wants it, the best bet is to find one that likes her grades/music/EC's to get a merit scholarship.

I think she gets that she is better off graduating from VT debt free than 150K in debt from BU.  We will see.

I also explained that we chose to live in a place that has really good public education -- including colleges.  [/quote]

OP - Please understand that there is merit aid out there.  If she is good enough for BC, there are other schools that would meet whatever it is she likes about BC that might be more to her taste than a big school in the middle of nowhere.  My kid was a very, very good but not stellar student.  He got enough of a grant from his OOS flagship that the cost is close to your "can pay for" range and below the cost of UVA.

It really is ok for her to have an interest in someplace besides VT.  She just needs to work harder to make it affordable.[/quote]

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