wakephan09
fuck duke
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Yeah the oft-quoted $20x,000 pricetag (e.g. any BKF post) assumes all posters are paying sticker price. Not probably the case.
I wouldn't have gotten the degree I did get without lots of scholarships. I surely wouldn't go back for a $200K degree without plenty of help.
I'm curious which degree you think is worth $200K.
Anything STEM related.
but if you live in CA (Berkeley), GA (GT), Indiana (Purdue), Illinois or Michigan, it's really hard to justify paying private tuition with a very, very solid state-funded option available
Depends on the difference in cost once you take scholarships into account. It can be a big mistake to assume public vs private out of pocket costs are going to be wildly different.
of course you should take scholarships into account
many self-proclaimed or universally regarded "elite" institutions offer no merit scholarships
But many do meet 100% of your financial need.
have you been through the process of calculating your estimated "need" vs. what an institution determines it to be?
CBO score released yesterday really shows how this is a money grab from poor to rich. See unlike Palma’s bullshit analysis it takes into account other factors that change. So if you are poor you get fucked first, then the middle class, then the upper middle class, then 1 mil+ get all the benefits.
Yes, I've attended college.
get back to me when you start sending kids to college
our "need" for financial aid was determined to be $0, meaning full, 100% sticker price was absolutely the cost metric that we needed to consider
coulda raised smarter kids
many self-proclaimed or universally regarded "elite" institutions offer no merit scholarships
get back to me when you start sending kids to college
our "need" for financial aid was determined to be $0, meaning full, 100% sticker price was absolutely the cost metric that we needed to consider
#humblebrag
my position is hardly unique among WF graduates, I'm sure
"bragging" would be talking about writing a check for $300k to send one kid through college, no problem
I am however offering a recent perspective of the financial aid process for elite high-cost universities, while you ... attended college at some point