<p>Our 529 enables DS to attend any school that accepts him. He has the goods to be an attractive candidate to even the most selective schools (and attends a very selective high school). Because his HS requires each student to apply to one of their state schools, he has applied and been accepted to ASU and is working on his Barrett app. He will make his choice based on the program he likes best, and it might very well be a low- to no-cost program. We are not in the camp that equates college with trade school, so ROI does not figure into our or his equation.</p>