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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If you take simple vacations, skip Starbucks, and don't renovate your kitchen, you can save to pay for four years at a school like this for multiple kids.  There is no such thing as the donut hole.

Just ask DCUM, they'll tell you.[/quote]

I have done all that and more (drive 15 yr old cars, cheap clothes, no restaurants, small house, …) so we can save for retirement and now we are expected to blow our life savings if kids want to attend the selective colleges. [/quote]

Nobody is forcing you to send your kid to ritzy private universities ranked 20 to 30. They can get the same degree for much cheaper at more economical schools, many which may offer some merit as well to sweeten the deal. Obviously USC and NYU have plenty of people willing to pay, so why do you care how they blow their money? Move on and stop wasting mindshare on such trivial perceived slights.[/quote]

+1000

There are many things in life most people will not be able to afford and choices are made, where to attend college is no different, nobody is entitled to an elite education.  Choices:  Honda vs [b]Tesla[/b], renting vs owning a townhome vs owning a house vs owning a [b]large fancy house[/b], private schools vs accepting the publics in area you can afford to own/rent, driving vacation to see family vs driving vacation to the beach vs flying to Disney vs[b] flying to Europe[/b], saving for  retirement vs hoping you somehow survive or can continue to work, cooking all meals at home vs dining out for lunches and many dinners, driving 15 yo cars vs owning [b]new luxury vehicles[/b], letting your 16 yo new driver share Mom/Dad's car vs 16 yo getting a brand new car to drive, the list goes on and on.  [/quote]

Only in the United States is higher education compared to luxury goods.[/quote]

Actually in Germany people laugh at the spoiled children of the rich who attend private college because they couldn’t get into an affordable public school. So I can’t agree. The difference is that *some* Americans are too impressed by expensive schools. [/quote]

For a lot of students, top privates are way cheaper to attend than state flagships. That’s partially where the frenzy to get in comes from.[/quote]

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