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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]More of a vent than anything else.  DH has a child from a previous marriage who is off to college in the fall.  He is a mediocre student.  2.5 unweighted GPA, 940 CR/M, no AP, no Honors, no activities.  The only schools he can get into are either 1) expensive private that cater to these type of students;  2) non flagship state school; 3) community college.

We don't have the money to pay for option 1.  Child does not want option 2 or 3.

I'm getting so frustrated by the constant dance around how to pay for option 1.  Why can't DH just come out and say "we can't afford it".  What is wrong with being honest with a child who is about to go off to college?  We have enough saved that the child can attend any 4 yr state school that he can get into.  It's not that we didn't save.  We did.  But the difference between in state tuition and private schools over 4 years is extraordinary.[/quote]

I had a similar situation.  I was against helping the child altogether because his GPA was super low, he took 10 years to get a 4 year degree because he was frequently dropping or failing classes.  We found out he was actually counting how many classes he could skip and still barely pass the class, a couple of times he miscalculated and failed.

Why invest any money into this?  Might as well flush it down the toilet.[/quote]

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