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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Hardly anyone pays sticker price.[/quote]

[b]That’s just not accurate. At top 20 schools typically 50-60% of students are not receiving aid. And at the next tier it’s 40-50% (more merit aid comes into play). [/b][/quote]

I've never understood why people bother to attend private colleges for schools that are outside of the top 150.  Every state has public universities that rank the same or higher.  Even families who are not paying the full sticker price of $45,000 are generally paying more than what they would pay for a similarly ranked state school  Take Virginia Wesleyan for example.  It's a non prestigious private college.  Why would anyone choose to pay for that as opposed to schools that attract similarly qualified student such as Longwood or Radford.  I just don't get it. [/quote]

I've never understood why people would decide who should educate their children based on how some magazine ranks them.[/quote]

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Because there are thousands of colleges and families are trying to figure out which ones to apply to? Because they are trying to use some metric to distinguish between them and not be overwhelmed?[/quote]

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