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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My DC is still deciding. They are upset because their top two schools did not give any merit, so we said they need to decide between the other schools. They have other options that we feel are good but a little less selective. Has anyone else been in a similar situation? We have two younger children and just can’t justify an extra $100k for these schools. We feel like we would have to spend the same amount on their siblings. [/quote]

Yes - we are turning down Ivy for an out of state public school. Not as prestigious as Ivy, but public has smaller class size and better career placement opportunities. Also public less $$$. Total of $145K for public vs $332K for Ivy. It was a no brainer[/quote]

Wow! which public is this (or at least which part of the country)?   Does the $145K total include some merit?[/quote]

It is a public school in a state where it is easy to go in-state after the first year. [/quote]

Yeah, right, where it is easy to game the system state. No wonder you don’t want to name the school [/quote]

And… if you were never going to send your DC to IVY, which it’s obvious that you were not, why apply in the first place? For bragging rights? You took someone’s seat !!![/quote]

Wow! Lots of anger. The Ivy was actually DCs first choice going into the college application process - applied ED and got deferred. So actually we would have sent him there had they accepted him ED. We did not apply to the Ivy to simply take someone else’s spot and have bragging rights. [/quote]

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