> Certainly considered things like that. Not sure if you are a parent, but just wait until you go on school tours with your kid and see them fall in love with a specific school.
I know this is a standard way of thinking, so I’m not criticizing you personally, but…what’s love got to do with it? College is a business proposition where whoever is paying has strong metrics to base what they are willing to pay for on: average starting salary on graduation, placement rate, etc. The rest is a luxury; certainly the attendee is entitled to a preference, but if that preference is more expensive, they should pay for it (and be made aware of exactly what that looks like).
I’m a parent and we are emphatically not saving for a half-million-dollar college tab for our child. We are instead making sure we are in states with quality state options that our child can attend on local universal merit programs; anything further, they are responsible for.
I know this is a standard way of thinking, so I’m not criticizing you personally, but…what’s love got to do with it? College is a business proposition where whoever is paying has strong metrics to base what they are willing to pay for on: average starting salary on graduation, placement rate, etc. The rest is a luxury; certainly the attendee is entitled to a preference, but if that preference is more expensive, they should pay for it (and be made aware of exactly what that looks like).
I’m a parent and we are emphatically not saving for a half-million-dollar college tab for our child. We are instead making sure we are in states with quality state options that our child can attend on local universal merit programs; anything further, they are responsible for.