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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If you're a really good student, college admissions is very confusing these days.

For below top 50, it's pretty easy. Submit a test score if you want. Your 4.0 is good enough. A couple of ECs. No one cares about your race. Extra bonus if you can get a teacher rec that says something nice. Easy peasy. Get some merit

For top - it used to be 20, but US News made things weird - let's say 40. It's the apocalypse out there.

Be extremely strategic with the ED card. It makes no difference at MIT. To their benefit. But it also doesn't make a difference at Harvard. To their discredit. That's where they get the Jared Kushners of the world.

Always look at the data. Who are they taking and why and when.

It's game theory. Alway tell your kid it's nothing personal. It's a game. Play it as such. The ED thing is a thing. It's a tool. But it should only be used at schools the kid really, really wants to go to.   [/quote]

OP here. That’s basically it. This is a top 30 LAC. If it was an Ivy, I’d have no issue spending the money. But it’s not. We specifically looked at it because they do seem to give good merit to a lot of students—especially considering their ranking. But I know we’re giving up leverage.

I think we’re going to just do it. [/quote]

“Well I’m gonna nickel and dime a school my child actually likes and would succeed at but no worries I’ll happily pay $100k a year for a school that has a 5% accept rate as long as it’s BROWN or DARTMOUTH” is wild.[/quote]

Either you can "afford $80k/year" or you cannot.  If it's a major stretch, then you probably shouldn't be doing it for Brown or Dartmouth either....prestige is really not worth it.

I suppose the only time I'd say no to a school is if my kid was picking somewhere that the education is truly subpar---as in I'd like to pay $80K/year to attend a school ranked #456.  But that won't happen because schools ranked like that are not charging $80K+/year.  
But if my kid really felt their "best fit" was our state school with avg SAT of 1080 and gpa of 3.3 then I'd let them go there[/quote]

Your kids definitely hear you when you tell them you will pay infinite dollars for YOUR choice and will pay very little for THEIR choice even though you have the same resources for both.

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Two colleges may have the same price tag but not the same value. I think you need to factor that in.[/quote]

Here's the thing: if a school ranked 75 is a better fit for your kid, it has more value to them than Harvard for the same price.  But I'm guessing you don't see that---you just see prestige and the value from that.  The value comes from your kid attending, being successful and finding their path in life---for many kids #75 (or something like that) is worth more than Harvard/Yale/etc. 
If you can afford Harvard, they you can afford any school and it sends your kid the wrong message IMO if you say you wont' pay.  Because in reality, the "not worth it schools" do not cost $80K (and by not worth it I means something ranked below 300/400---or say Liberty U for many reasons other than academics)[/quote]

You make a lot of noise and empty barrels rattle the most. [/quote]

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