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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Ignore the community college idiots. The horror that a B student should go to a 4-year college. What world are you people living in that’s it’s only UVA or CC?[/quote]
the "horror" is paying a small fortune for a nothing college.  I'm not in VA.  I think it's fine to pay in state tuition for those other VA colleges, but some people on here seem to be telling OP to send their kids to OOS and/or expensive private college because those colleges don't care that much about grades as much as how much you are willing to pay. Really? You'd want your kid to go to such a college?

BTW, I went to a no name state U, but I paid in state and commuted.  I've read some posts on this forum of people telling an OP to consider that no name state U and pay OOS. That is absolutely insane.

Some people have more money than sense.[/quote]

And what are you going to do with the money?  Buy more things?  Buy a larger house?  Put in in the bank and... make more money?

How empty and pointless.  I bet you don't travel either.  Because that costs money and you're only left with memories.

Listen, most of us are HAPPY to gift our children the college experience. [b] There is nothing material that I could buy that would bring me more joy. [/b]
I don't think you get this and I don't get you.  [/quote]
Nope, I'm frugal.  I don't need things to make me happy.   I love to travel, actually. That's where my money goes.

So, you're wrong on so many fronts.[/quote]
Also, who said I didn't want my kid to go to college. I absolutely do, and I'm making sure DC is on track to go to college.  But, I'm not paying a small fortune to go oos for a nothing college. I'm happy to pay for in state, or OOS for a great college, but who would be dumb enough to pay for OOS or full pay private for a C rated college.  [/quote]

I agree that overpaying for college is a bad idea, and that's the case for an A student as well as a B student. But if you insist the only option is an in-state public, you don't understand college pricing. Particularly for less selective private colleges the sticker price has no relation to reality. Yes, it may be more than your local state U but the gap is likely a lot smaller than you think.

We have one kid at a small private that is costing just a little more than our kid at a VA public. They offered what she wanted/needed.[/quote]
? never stated only in state public regardless.  My DC in college also applied to MIT, didn't get in, but we would've paid for that.

But, not paying OOS for say, JMU when DC could go to in state UMBC. That's the kind of comparison I'm talking about.

Did your kid get merit aid or financial aid?  If merit aid, what were the stats? If financial aid, what's your HHI?[/quote]

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