We have about $260k each plus partial GI benefits for an 11th grader, 8th grader and 6th grader. While it’s a lot of money saved, we won’t be able to full pay $90-100k annual tuition bills and will encourage kids to chase merit/fit and save $$$ for grad school.

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Anonymous wrote:I plan on having 200k per kid in 529s.
If that’s not enough, I can use other investments or cash flow

Sadly, that won’t be enough for even in-state when the time comes. UVA in/state is $40k. Privates like USC are at 99k a year and will cross over $100k soon. How many years to go?

Our DS is OOS and the tuition is $12k a year. The estimated total with room, board and fees is $28k. Thats before any academic merit reductions.

My kid will have about 200K (junior now) from us from each puttingin $400 a month, $40K from a 529 that grandparents put 10K in the year kid was born. We will have to cash flow the rest.

Anonymous wrote:Kid 1 (Age 15) Balance: $167K
Kid 2 (Age 13) Balance: $$153K

Monthly contribution is $500 per kid.

Will stop contributing when they graduate High School.

This is also exactly us

We did not have nearly as much as most people here, and it turned out to be completely fine thanks to a lot of merit and a reasonable starting cost. We just cash flow and keep saving for grad school.

The grandparents paid quarterly for my oldest and plan the same for the nest two.

I give my sister money for her daughter’s tuition since we’ve never had to pay for private school or camps / activities.

We have a lump sum of $375k set aside for college tuition in an investment property for one child in 5th grade. Child is in a private school now and will be through 12th. Cash flowing elementary/middle/high school.

Kid 1 (Age 15) Balance: $167K
Kid 2 (Age 13) Balance: $$153K

Monthly contribution is $500 per kid.

Will stop contributing when they graduate High School.