<p>Trust me, we continue to agonize over this. You are correct our daughter does have the out of state tuition scholarship for Pittsburgh. Being NY residents we do do get somewhat off a break as she was accepted at one of the contract colleges at Cornell. With the same money spending habits that we have practiced over the years we can kind of pay our EFC but total student loans would be (extrapolating) 25-40 thousand. As a general rule we would not encourage that kind of financial future and have discussed the potential scenarios. At the same time I don’t want any regrets down the road. </p>
<p>The deposit check needs to be made out to some college.</p>
<p>Thanks for all of the good information and advice about Pitt. I never thought your comments or tones were harsh, mercymom. I appreciate your willingness to share.</p>