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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don’t understand folks who say “money isn’t an issue for us” when it comes to paying for private college.  Are they saying that money isn’t an issue for them for ANYTHING, anything relating to their kids, or anything relating to their kids’ education?  If it’s the first, that’s great, good for you, but there are very, very few of you out there.  If it’s the second, well, congratulations on spoiling your children.  But if it’s the third, why shouldn’t cost matter to when it comes to college?   Why pay more - sometimes much more - for this one particular item in the absence of any evidence of any tangle difference in outcome?

Posters will respond that it's all about "fit," and that their kids deserve to go anywhere they want to college, but why is that the case?  Why is it so difficult for parents to understand that it's not a marriage - it's college - and fitting into a glass slipper is not a requirement?  this way of thinking is coddling to the extreme.   [/quote]

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It's especially stupid to worry about college not being a "good fit" when there is entire life ahead, having to work for a living, build your own nest egg or pursue real life ambitions outside of college acceptance, meeting a partner and starting a family or not, etc.  So many very tough choices ahead for your kids and most of it isn't going to be a "good fit", it's learning to deal with life as an adult.  If you have enough money to pay for your kids to go to college you are giving them a leg up not making them a debt slave upon graduation, great.  Congratulate yourself, and you don't need to agonize if the college is going to cater to your kid perfectly.  [/quote]

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