How much is UChicago worth?

Seashore
Wed, 06 Apr 2011 20:31:53 +0000

It’s great that you’re thinking about the financial burden; plenty of young people don’t. But different families have different priorities as to how to spend their money. For some families, even intellectual and financially secure ones, the philosophy is something like “XYZ State is a great school and that’s where I went. That’s where you can go too.” For other families, the philosophy might be “I got to go where I wanted. My kid will do that too.” Talk to your dad. Maybe you having your choice is where he wants that $80K to go. Maybe not–but unless you’ve had the conversation, don’t assume that all parents’ first priority is saving money on college.