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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I live in Arlington and I attended an Ivy. But the cost is too high now and I’ll encourage my kids to apply to state schools. I bet there are a lot of others in similar situations.[/quote]

Same for me. I went to Yale but can’t afford an Ivy for my daughter. She can go to any in state school in Virginia. [/quote]

I find it telling that so many Ivy grads can’t afford to send their kid to an Ivy. DH and I both went to a state school. We can easily afford private HS,  Ivy tuition, second home, etc. I guess it’s really not the golden ticket everyone thinks it is. Smart kids do well wherever they go. [/quote]

You are mistaken. My husband and I are ivy undergrad and ivy graduate school. But we live here because we chose careers in public service. Our degrees have certainly opened a lot of doors and given us flexibility to do what we love.  But we think our kids can have the same success at an instate school (both of us came from parts of the country with poor to mediocre in state options). I find it telling that you judge the quality of a degree by how much money you earn. [/quote]

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