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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You actually don’t need any advice. Not your kid, not your finances. Stay out of it. [/quote]

It’s our family. And my husband and I have degrees from four universities and far more resources and even we wouldn’t do something so financially reckless. It feels like they are being swindled and are too caught up in making sure she plays a sport in college. I don’t want to see this wreck their finances, their marriage, put my niece in a mountain of debt, and make it so my niece ends up transferring colleges because she only went to the obscure private for a sport.[/quote]

Since you’re so close to this family talk to your niece at your regular get together! [/quote]

It’s challenging to talk to a niece or the parents when the parents’ egos seem so caught up in making sure she plays in college, any college. They’re being totally irrational. I think it’s a terrible decision to go to an obscure private college in the middle of nowhere [b]when she could likely get into UVA. UVA will have the most recourses, the best departments, and best students.[/b] And again they have no money. Please don’t lie to me that some obscure d3 college is going to let her go there for free. Ain’t happening.[/quote]

1) You have no idea if she is likely to get into UVA, especially if you have not recently been involved in college admissions.
2) Yes, UVA can be a great deal if you have a high level of 'need" as determined by FAFSA. If it's just that they are middle class and haven't saved for college, they out-of-pocket for UVA is likely to be quite high. And, yes, D3 schools may be less. Not zero but my DD's LAC (that I'm sure you'd find unacceptable) costs us $28k after merit aid only
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She has a great shot at getting into UVA. Not even she will apply because the parents are foolishly obsessed with playing the sport in college. And the only colleges she can play at are obscure no-name colleges which basically let everyone play as long as you write checks or take out loans to go there.[/quote]

Tell us the small obscure D3 school that doesn’t give merit for UVA-qualified kids.  Name one. [/quote]

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