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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Truthfully, as a slightly higher than donut hole range family---it's hard to justify $85k-90k year at even the top 10 schools.  It's gotten way out of hand![/quote]

This!  I’ll never understand it. No place is worth that much. [/quote]
It's worth it to us. You don't need to understand.[/quote]

Care to elaborate?  How is it worth it?[/quote]
For one, stock market gains have greatly enhanced our kids' 529s, so the money is there. DH told them they could go to any college they could get into (they were A-/B+ high school students). 2 of them were accepted to 40-50 ranked colleges that were very reach-y. In state option would have been JMU at best. (The third was always a great student and thrilled to be accepted to UVA). For the 2 pricey full pays, they just love/d their college experience and I think the new environment really motivated them to push hard in college. They had better connections, better internships, better job opportunities. Overall, they were just much better-suited, better grades, better students and happier kids in college than high school. Sure, lots of factors, but that's why it was worth it for us. If it had been costing us our retirement or food on the table, they'd be going to JMU and hopefully grateful.[/quote]

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