it seems like you're arguing two different things. if your kid wants to go to calloway, and youre upper middle class it's probs a good investment. if they highly value wake, it's a good investment. if a beach house or or a few thousand square feet or a luxury auto is more your taste, fine send them to state school. wake is pricing people out, but it isnt pricing out many because of the aid. if they wanna go taht bad, make them take out loans. a loan on a benz is a bad investment and people still buy them.
I'd like to know why you keep referring to a beach house or are implying I value luxury items over my children's education? I think Wake is pricing people out and you don't. Fine. Agree to disagree, but stop insinuating.