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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Nobody said they weren't "fine".  But, it doesn't make sense to pay up the nose for an expensive college where the ROI isn't there.

-signed a parent of an A and B student[/quote]

[b]I don't think my kids need to "earn" my investment in them.[/b] My younger child is a stronger student than my older child, but they both deserve an equal share of what we're able to pay for college. If anything, the weaker student needs a smaller environment where she can more easily get to know professors. My stronger student would likely thrive in the larger environment of a big state university.[/quote]

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I think you set yourself up for lifetime relationship issues/sibling tensions if you start saying one kid "deserves" more based on their academic achievements.  Doesn't mean you have to spend the same on them--but the choice should be balancing between what suits their needs best and what you can afford.[/quote]

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My "not as academic" student---3.5UW/1200/1 AP that they got their only grade lower than a B in HS in first semester (they got a D, really they got an F and teacher was nice) is a successful college grad from a T100 school with a 3.4in college, hired immediately at a great company, got a great first year review and over 10% raise.  Their top choice of college cost $58K/year and with merit only cost $40K each year.  
Meanwhile their "much more academic sibling" with a 3.99UW/1520/9APs with all 4/5s is at a T40 that's 80k+ and doesn't give much merit (they got none).

Both are at their best choice after reviewing acceptances and for both we would pay whatever was needed.  My first did much better at the private more expensive school than at the huge State U that would have only cost $20K/year---they thrived once they found their footing and that is what college is all about.  [/quote]

+2 The expectation that every 14, 15 or 16 year old has the maturity or interest in academics is just not reality. Especially if they are boys. This does not mean these same kids won’t do well in college and the workplace as they mature and their brains develop in their early 20s. Getting Bs in high school is okay. [/quote]

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