| Sybbie, I didn't mean to imply that I thought YOU had posted about applying to the state schools, but I have seen that type of comment posted a number of times.
In my personal experience, it was MUCH cheaper to go to the private school than it would have been to go to the local state school. That has proved true for my child as well, except not the *much* part. My child has known right along that finances will play a huge part, and she's definitely weeding out colleges that are LEAST affordable. However, all of them are going to stretch our resources, and that's where *I* have to really make some decisions about how much debt I'm willing to take on for my children, and how much they will have to take on.
I have found your posts very informative, and I read the link someone posted to the long paper on the college board website, but again, I think until you have firm numbers to apply to your own individual situation, it's very hard to wrap your head around the calculators and theories and statistics. |