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[quote=Anonymous]OP, do you not have 529s set up for your children?  Since you asked.

Both DH and I had to pay for our own private colleges, our own homes, cars, and our own wedding, so setting up our children for college was never a joke to us.  What we wanted, we paid for - it is a priceless experience, truly.

This meant no private K-12, no cars that were out of our reach, no vacations that were out of our reach, no homes or additions that were out of our reach.  Nothing. It is just DH and I - no one else.  If we asked for money for something we could not afford, each of our families would have looked at us blankly, shrugged, then changed the subject.

There was no guilting anyone into anything, period. Even if we (DC) were the only grandchildren.

So yeah, college was always a priority for us, from day one. We had no choice.  Otherwise, you shop around for what you can afford, and tell your DC to apply to your list.

There is no merit scholarship for the top schools for which our DC were eligible.  It does not work that way. [/quote]

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