High end college vs. honors program at state college?

sevmom
Fri, 16 Feb 2018 01:50:15 +0000

@websensation , it is great you had the funds for Stanford full pay. You are fortunate. Most/many parents are not in that position. We were full pay for two kids for our state schools. We did not pursue merit. You did, but still took the most expensive route. Were the other options the back up plan if not admitted to Stanford or similar schools? Just curious, as you have made lots of posts about choosing Stanford over less expensive options .

Older high stats son just missed the more middle class initiatives that private colleges started around 2007. The landscape seems to have changed in the last 10 years. More prep, more looking for merit, more realizing that privates with large endowments could be within reach, more applications sent out. I am glad I am beyond all that. It makes my head spin!