I totally agree. I am trying not to judge. Maybe they live in an extremely high cost of living area, maybe they have huge student loans, who knows. But as a recipient of generous financial aid from a boarding school, we are paying a very fair amount that is still a bit of a challenge for us. I have a hard time imagining thinking of asking for financial aid if I made 500k a year. If we made that much, compared to what we make, we could pay cash for both kids full tuition anywhere they wanted to go. We make waaay less and my spouse was getting his phd for 5+ years in a town where there were no jobs for me and we had two small children. Then after he got a job it took me 3 years to get a decent job in my field. Our retirement and college savings took a backseat. And now I can’t imagine having to try to pay what colleges expect us to afford. Sell our modest home and move into a tiny old run down home, get rid of our phones? We already don’t go on vacations. It stresses me to think about how we will do this.
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