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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Another Emory wave, their yield seems off this year.[/quote]

The are a second tier school and are need aware and looking for kids who will pay them $95K. I predict schools like this will have trouble going forward.  Same with WashU (although I'm not sure of their need blind/aware status) but they are similarly priced and the pool of people willing and able to pay roughly $100k/year in cash for them is shrinking.

We have HHI of $400K and my kid just got into Emory as a transfer and they want the $95k/year. There's no way we'd pay that. My child is going to an Ivy and we're honestly questioning that ROI in that school. by any standard we have a pretty High HHI and yet 100k per year of college feels completely crazy.  there have to be many like us .

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Yep, there are lots of folks like that at my kids' FCPS public HS. Over the past ten years or so, there has been a marked trend towards attending public colleges, with more and more OOS flagships becoming desirable. As a paying parent, it's much easier to swallow $50-$60K/year than the $100K/year that the privates are pushing. Plus there is a decent amount of merit money out there for top kids, even at state flagships. [/quote]

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