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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We make around 140k and when I hear about these policies I feel encouraged simply because we have a very academic, ambitious kid and it gives me hope that she will have more options for college than whatever in state school we can afford. We save diligently for college because she's very clearly college bound, but it's hard and we have to budget very carefully. We also will be fortunate to have 150k total by the time she is college age, even though we've been saving since she was born. So we will hopefully be able to swing in-state tuition. But she's a really smart kid with big dreams, and she works very hard. If she is able to get into an elite college, it is a relief to me to know that they will work with us to find a way for her to afford to go, since we will never be able to afford a school that charges 80-100k a year.

It is wild to me how resentful some of you are about this. Are your kids even getting into these schools? I feel like if you are wealthy enough to be able to pay these sticker prices, AND you have a kid with the stats to get in, you are in a good situation no matter what and there is little to complain about here. I don't get it.[/quote]

Nobody’s launching a crusade. People are grumbling because colleges said something was free and then said “whoops but not for you because you were foolish enough to save.” Looks like you’ll be in exactly the same situation in a few years: feeling fortunate that your kid can go to college at all, but laughing ruefully at elite colleges that say they want to make college “affordable for everyone”  or “enroll the best and the brightest,” but then, because you saved, make it clear that your kid won’t be able to attend. And then when people tell your kid that she’s actually not as good as she wants to believe because she didn’t go to the elite school you couldn’t afford … you’re not going to start a revolution. But you might be right here grumbling on DCUM. [/quote]

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