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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I went to highly ranked SLAC, which is now almost $80k all in and is stingy with merit, as top ranked SLACs can be. Pretty much everyone I know from my college is highly successful not just with our $300k+ jobs but have done really interesting things, seem mostly happy and motivated in all aspects of life. I want for my kids to have that life. Does spending $320,000 on my kids college guarantee that, of course not, but I cannot help myself to spend the money I have for that purpose. Maybe I am the sucker the schools are looking for and maybe my kids will not be able to get in anyway. But if they can, not making them turn down the likes of Boston College, Swarthmore, Vanderbilt. Completely respect that others think I am crazy, I might look back in 15 years and regret it. [/quote]

That's interesting and I'm glad it worked out but I bet you'd be just as successful if you went state U.  Seems like there are several philosophies...

*  Go to the cheapest place you can that offers what you want
*  Go to the highest ranked school you can get into/ or perceived best fit regardless of cost
*  Go to a "good" school that won't break the bank

In my family, there has been no correlation between highly ranked schools and job satisfaction with the exception of the one family member that went to a highly ranked school but she scored a 1600 on the SAT.  She probably would have done just as well as state U though.  [b]She had a free ride[/b]. [/quote]

She only had a free ride at the highly-ranked school because of financial need.  Highly-ranked schools do not (generally) give out merit scholarships to high performers.

Our OOS LAC choice was/is not about the "outcome"; it's about the experience itself.[/quote]

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