<p>*i’m not quite affluent but through 17 years of savings and work / work studies, i can pull off tuitions with top sticker values.
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<p>Wow…you have $200k+ saved! How did you do it? 
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<p>BTW…COA stands for “Cost of Attendance” which is the total amount it costs to attend a college - tuition, fees, room, board, books, transportation, personal expenses. Many privates are costing about $50k+ per year. Many OOS publics are costing between $35k-50k per year for COA.</p>