Geez, will some of you stop it with the pendantic chatter about finances?!? We all realize that finances are a big part of the college selection process, but when the OP expressly comes back to tell you to stop, and instead to answer her specific separate question, why do you insist on going on and on about it? Enough already. And, no, my post is NOT an excuse for you to come back and post yet AGAIN about the financial virtues of some school that is not responsive to the original question, just to somehow illuminate me about the importance of finances.