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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]DCUM area has high proportion of government workers who typically save save save - and are generally pretty fiscally responsible. Here in NYC area you have high earners / high spenders who just plan on covering college from free cash flow, like i’m doing now for two kids enrolled concurrently. Typical ant vs grasshopper lol[/quote]

I'm the DC saver. Also a widow with a relatively low income - low enough that it was below the "dream" school's advertised "full tuition waiver." Guess what - no FA offered, and when I appealed, I was told that I have more[b] non-retirement money than most parents of incoming freshman[/b]. And this is a school with lots of rich kids. I actually said to the FA counselor, "I find that really hard to believe" and I do. Plus, that money has to supplement my income until I retire because[b] I can't meet my monthly expenses on my income alone.[/b] My appeal was rejected, and DS is not attending that school.

Sour grapes all around. I have done everything right. But at least I can easily pay for 4 years at the school where DS landed. And he's being great about it; he told me I should never apologize for saving money.[/quote]

Oh I bet it is more than most incoming freshman! We are full pay, no loans,  for two at two different ivies and have nothing non-retirement other than a tiny 529 that was spent the first year they overlapped. Very few of my full pay ivy friends have anything outside of retirement. If you have all of that NON-retirement, presumably you also have adequate retirement savings too-- then why didn't you let him go to his dream school? Why are you spending more than you earn? The dream schools with the full tuition waiver are all ivy/T10 schools. Students there can EASILY get TAships or library jobs that make 5-6k per year, and there are dozens of options to get funded summers, some with generous stipends, never mind the job/career boost.[/quote]

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