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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The DCUM moms don’t have to worry about this because they pick colleges for their kids and don’t let the kids do any kind of independence thinking for themselves.  [/quote]

Well- my parents told me I could only go in-state VA due to finances (we didn’t qualify for aid). You don’t live in the real world if you think most parents will greenlight a $90k/year private or $65k OOS favorite just because the kid likes the football team or the weather.[/quote]

Telling your kid to that you have financial constraints is one thing; assuming you know which college will be the best fit is another. [/quote]

Not when I had the stats for Ivy/top 10 and had worked my butt off and had a clear favorite…it’s very much like OP blaming dcum parents for picking the school. My point being, no we aren’t.  We have to say: no you cannot go to your favorite.  And we could afford it- but financially it would not be worth it.  Unless you have serious need and can o to the Ivies or Hopkins need-blind/full tuition paid- sorry- you are effed.[/quote]

Then you cannot afford it.  That's okay.  You tell your kid "we can spend $Y K total for 4 years of college". So you need to select a college that costs that or less.  let's start researching your options and arrange visits[/quote]

It's okay. But it's really depressing that a kid that has all the stats and then some--can't go because he/she is a donut hole and a kid that is from a family that makes $75k less a year can go there for free. Then, they grow up and have a bunch of a-holes assuming they weren't smart enough to get into those schools because they didn't attend.  I live in a very wealthy neighborhood now and every house has two Ivies/or top 10s pretty much and the amount of looking down the nose at state university grads is ridiculous.  A lot of false assumptions.  But, hey, we are living in the same neighborhoods and daddy didn't put down our downpayment.[/quote]

Meh, that was me. Went to a no name school in the end, and my life has turned out more than fantastic. [/quote]

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