Are you willing to pay or loan for the expensive ivy or top 20 schools instead of cheap state Univ.?

[OHMomof2]

@ucbalumnus

@1NJParent

The order of importance of the factors influencing your kid’s success:

1. Herself/himself
2. The field s/he has chosen
3. The school environment

Parental circumstances and restrictions are probably #0 here. For example, if the parents cannot or will not pay for college, then the kid will not be able to pursue goals that require college, except possibly in a delayed fashion. Other parental factors are whether the parents can live in a place with good public K-12 schools, or have the money to send the kid to private K-12 schools if the public ones are not good. Or which types of extracurriculars the parents will steer the kid to or be willing to spend money on if needed.

Definitely true. #1 factor I suspect.