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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You paid for your first daughter to go to the UG school of HER choice.

You are paying for second daughter to the UG school of HER choice.

Sounds pretty equal to me.

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It seems to me there are two questions--

1) do you have to be "equal",

2) how do you calculate "equal"?

I'm not convinced the answer to 1 is "yes" so I am less concerned about 2.
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NP here.  You "have" to be equal when you're a parent who promises to pay for undergrad ONLY for your 2 kids and your kids make decisions on which schools to attend based on that information.

Equal in this case could have gone several ways, IMO.  Parent could have promised to pay only the cost of in-state tuition and the kids pick up the balance if their chosen school costs more (so kid #2 at the private college has to take out loans to cover the extra cost).  Parent could have told the kids they would each get a lump sum of money toward their higher educations and continue paying until funds run out, and whatever is left over goes to the kid for a down payment on a house.  Or parent could have promised to fully fund their undergraduate education at whatever institution the kids selected.  The OP in this case chose door #3.  Now the OP wants to change up the rules because kid #1's undergrad was cheaper than kid #2's.  OP is entitled to do so, but it certainly isn't "equal."[/quote]

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