Deciding on a college - parents or students?

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@Joan52

We are in a bracket where we would be pretty much full pay for Ivies and other top schools but because of our household situation, we can not pay anywhere near that. We have no college funds set up. He is thinking about an OOS public college.

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<p>Many OOS publics will be as expensive as privates, and not very generous with financial aid to OOS students (although some, like Virginia Tech, are significantly less expensive for OOS students than other publics and privates). Research carefully before applying.</p>