Anonymous
06/11/2026 00:33
Subject: 100k+ COA is here
Anonymous wrote:Why $100,000 on an LAC? I get Harvey Mudd and Claremont McKenna, but smith? Really?
And exactly why are HMC and Mudd superior to Smith? Smith has a far more storied history than either and has consistently outranked HMC.
Anonymous
06/11/2026 00:29
Subject: 100k+ COA is here
Anonymous wrote:All colleges should be tuition free for domestic students. I cannot imagine how schools with massive endowments still have the nerve to charge more than $100K a year.
You sound like ranting, if free for domestics, then top colleges will be 80% internationals. Wait, there won't be any top college.
Anonymous
06/11/2026 00:23
Subject: 100k+ COA is here
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Only about 12-15 schools in the US are worth it as far as highest concentration of 1530+ students, increased chances of getting into T14 law/T30 med/T10 phD, and increased chances of getting the most prestigious jobs.
Provided you do not need significant loans, which you usually don’t as these same schools have the most generous financial aid typically with minimal or no loans in the package.
Who are those 12-15?
NP - these 12:
1. Harvey Mudd College $104,512
2. Duke University $103,975
3. University of Chicago $103,821
4. Wesleyan University $101,030
5. New York University $100,998
6. Georgetown University $100,864
7. Brown University $99,994
8. Northwestern University $99,375
9. Amherst College $98,840
10. Wellesley College $98,186
11. Rice University $97,309
12. Columbia University (2025-26) $95,946
Why Wesleyan? not WashU or CMC?
Anonymous
06/11/2026 00:22
Subject: 100k+ COA is here
Anonymous wrote:All colleges should be tuition free for domestic students. I cannot imagine how schools with massive endowments still have the nerve to charge more than $100K a year.
All those administrators making $500k a year adds up to a lot.
Anonymous
06/11/2026 00:11
Subject: 100k+ COA is here
All colleges should be tuition free for domestic students. I cannot imagine how schools with massive endowments still have the nerve to charge more than $100K a year.
Anonymous
06/11/2026 00:05
Subject: 100k+ COA is here
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Kiddo full tuition ride in a top 10 COA, shielded from tuition hikes but feels the pinch from higher than inflation rate dorm + food increases
Are you always this tone deaf?
WTF?
Anonymous
06/10/2026 23:59
Subject: 100k+ COA is here
Anonymous wrote:And you are not going to get any aid at these places if you have a DMV house that is worth $1 million.
We have HHI $300K. Two kids in college. Places like Brown and Duke gave us zero aid this year because we have too much equity in our residence (a completely basic $1.2 million dollar DC, 1200 square foot colonial with zero upgrades).
Not saying we are not fortunate but just that these schools make zero sense for a large and growing middle ground of students like ours.
You could do it, but you choose not to. A $1.2 million house is substantial.
Anonymous
06/10/2026 23:57
Subject: 100k+ COA is here
Enough can afford to pay and its supply/demand.
Anonymous
06/10/2026 23:56
Subject: 100k+ COA is here
Anonymous wrote:And you are not going to get any aid at these places if you have a DMV house that is worth $1 million.
We have HHI $300K. Two kids in college. Places like Brown and Duke gave us zero aid this year because we have too much equity in our residence (a completely basic $1.2 million dollar DC, 1200 square foot colonial with zero upgrades).
Not saying we are not fortunate but just that these schools make zero sense for a large and growing middle ground of students like ours.
That profile gets some aid at the most generous schools: Princeton Harvard Penn Stanford Yale and MIT
Anonymous
06/10/2026 23:49
Subject: 100k+ COA is here
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Why are colleges in super high cost of living areas like NYU the same price as colleges in the middle of nowhere New England? Those dorm prices cannot be the same
Williams runs on $97k, Amherst about the same. These are as prestigious as Harvard and Yale, but at a lower cost than schools like NYU.
Williams nor Amherst are anywhere near Harvard level, are you crazy? They’re good generalist teaching colleges, but Ivy level they are not.
Anonymous
06/10/2026 23:45
Subject: 100k+ COA is here
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Why on earth would anyone pay that much for these colleges?
For some people, that’s nothing,
Sure, but it doesn't mean they should. Some people don't understand the value of things, I guess.
just because you don't value it doesn't mean it isn't a good value. opinions differ.
Anonymous
06/10/2026 22:58
Subject: 100k+ COA is here
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Only about 12-15 schools in the US are worth it as far as highest concentration of 1530+ students, increased chances of getting into T14 law/T30 med/T10 phD, and increased chances of getting the most prestigious jobs.
Provided you do not need significant loans, which you usually don’t as these same schools have the most generous financial aid typically with minimal or no loans in the package.
Who are those 12-15?
NP - these 12:
1. Harvey Mudd College $104,512
2. Duke University $103,975
3. University of Chicago $103,821
4. Wesleyan University $101,030
5. New York University $100,998
6. Georgetown University $100,864
7. Brown University $99,994
8. Northwestern University $99,375
9. Amherst College $98,840
10. Wellesley College $98,186
11. Rice University $97,309
12. Columbia University (2025-26) $95,946
Anonymous
06/10/2026 22:17
Subject: 100k+ COA is here
Anonymous wrote:Why are colleges in super high cost of living areas like NYU the same price as colleges in the middle of nowhere New England? Those dorm prices cannot be the same
Williams runs on $97k, Amherst about the same. These are as prestigious as Harvard and Yale, but at a lower cost than schools like NYU.
Anonymous
06/10/2026 16:58
Subject: 100k+ COA is here
Anonymous wrote:Kiddo full tuition ride in a top 10 COA, shielded from tuition hikes but feels the pinch from higher than inflation rate dorm + food increases
Are you always this tone deaf?
Anonymous
06/10/2026 16:54
Subject: 100k+ COA is here
Anonymous wrote:Outrageous! SMU, GWU!!:
1. Harvey Mudd College $104,512
2. Duke University $103,975
3. University of Chicago $103,821
4. University of Southern California $103,162
5. Barnard College $103,000
6. Washington University $102,260
7. Smith College $102,226
8. Fordham University $102,188
9. Claremont McKenna $101,990
10. Vassar College $101,051
11. Wesleyan University $101,030
12. New York University $100,998
13. Georgetown University $100,864
14. Bates College $100,437
15. Colgate University $100,224
16. Haverford College $100,026
17. Brown University $99,994
18. Northwestern University $99,375
19. Pepperdine University $99,258
20. Hamilton College $98,850
21. Amherst College $98,840
22. Wellesley College $98,186
23. Rice University $97,309
24. Southern Methodist University$96,388
25. Columbia University (2025-26) $95,946
26. George Washington University$95,155
Surprised GW isn’t at or closer to the top. They were always topping the most expensive lists for years. So was Tufts and they’re not even on here.