Anonymous
Post 05/08/2013 19:04     Subject: Of the top private colleges, which ones do you think are worth $57,000 a year?
Absolutely none. And I went to one of those $55,000 a year schools (then $4,000) a year.
Anonymous
Post 05/08/2013 18:45     Subject: Of the top private colleges, which ones do you think are worth $57,000 a year?
Well, I can afford full freight and it isn't worth it.
Anonymous
Post 05/08/2013 18:42     Subject: Re:Of the top private colleges, which ones do you think are worth $57,000 a year?
Anonymous wrote:I have kids at two schools on the Forbes list. They each borrow 3,500/year in subsidized loans. We pay 10K for one and 12K for the other. The rest is covered by the schools in scholarships and need-based aid. It's doable.


+1 very few people pay full freight. Ask the admission office what the discount rate is and how much aid you can expect, then go from there.
Anonymous
Post 05/08/2013 18:31     Subject: Re:Of the top private colleges, which ones do you think are worth $57,000 a year?
I have kids at two schools on the Forbes list. They each borrow 3,500/year in subsidized loans. We pay 10K for one and 12K for the other. The rest is covered by the schools in scholarships and need-based aid. It's doable.
Anonymous
Post 05/08/2013 18:25     Subject: Of the top private colleges, which ones do you think are worth $57,000 a year?
This question came up on another recent thread: http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/20/your-money/measuring-college-prestige-vs-price.html?pagewanted=2&_r=1&ref=your-money&

The short version was that none of these schools is worth $60K if you're going into acting or the culinary arts. The very top schools might possibly be worth that for the connections, especially if you're going into finance. So yes to Columbia or even NYU if you want a job on Wall Street.
Anonymous
Post 05/08/2013 17:44     Subject: Re:Of the top private colleges, which ones do you think are worth $57,000 a year?
Then: people use to worry the college their child was going to was not prestigious enough

Now: people worry they overpaid!
Anonymous
Post 05/08/2013 17:41     Subject: Re:Of the top private colleges, which ones do you think are worth $57,000 a year?
That was not inspiring.
Anonymous
Post 05/08/2013 17:36     Subject: Re:Of the top private colleges, which ones do you think are worth $57,000 a year?
Ugh, 3 or 4 of these schools are on DD's college list. For us, it's not the tuition keeping her out. It's DD's GPA.
Anonymous
Post 05/08/2013 17:33     Subject: Re:Of the top private colleges, which ones do you think are worth $57,000 a year?
Anonymous wrote:Which ones cost this much? Ivies?


http://www.forbes.com/pictures/eddf45ikjm/methodology/
Anonymous
Post 05/08/2013 17:30     Subject: Re:Of the top private colleges, which ones do you think are worth $57,000 a year?
Which ones cost this much? Ivies?
Anonymous
Post 05/08/2013 17:29     Subject: Of the top private colleges, which ones do you think are worth $57,000 a year?
It's actually starting to look really stupid to take on that kind of ridiculous debt. Smart people try to avoid doing stupid things.
Anonymous
Post 05/08/2013 17:29     Subject: Of the top private colleges, which ones do you think are worth $57,000 a year?
None.
Anonymous
Post 05/08/2013 17:27     Subject: Of the top private colleges, which ones do you think are worth $57,000 a year?
Zero. They think we'll pay anything to ship our kids off.
Enough is enough already.
Anonymous
Post 05/08/2013 17:27     Subject: Of the top private colleges, which ones do you think are worth $57,000 a year?
None. Unless you can pay full freight for them or get a full scholarship, not worth the years of crushing debt IMO.
Anonymous
Post 05/08/2013 17:25     Subject: Of the top private colleges, which ones do you think are worth $57,000 a year?
I am starting to feel not any of them. What do you think? It feels like back in 2005 when we were looking to buy a house and they all felt over priced.