<p>Sweet Dreams
i agree with you. I wish we were in the situation of choosing Berkeley for free or Columbia for $170,000+. I have no doubt that we would go for Berkeley.</p>
<p>How long will it take for a student to recover the $170000 (posttax), and more like $220,000 pretax. Worst-case scenario=forever.</p>
<p>Unfortunately, my D has to choose between UChicago($170000) and Rutgers ($0).
We will wait and see what else comes in the mail in April.</p>