| We had a similar "dilemma" over here. After applying and being accepted by several schools, we realized that we could not afford my S number one choice school. The financial aid was just not there. Which was on the eastcoast. We kind of made a deal with him: If he chose a cheaper school, we would fund him a certain amount of money each summer to go where he wants to and obtain a job there for the summer. He ended up choosing an OOS state school, which is by no means cheap, but works out to about 20k per year less than his #1 private school choice. I just could not see going deeper in debt than we had to. And now he is extremely excited to go to that school, as he picked the major and it's in the same state as the expensive private school. In fact with the small scholarship he recieved, it works out to almost exactly the cost of our in state school to which he was accepted to, but never really showed any interest in attending. Well I say give it a year and see how things turn out. Your son has to realize that in reality the money used to pay for his college is YOURS, not his and you can choose to spend it any way you choose, regardless of what you did for your daughter. Goodluck to you and your family. |