<p>Whether it is worth it is up to the values of those who chose to attend. For us, it was well worth it. </p>
<p>By the way, my kid who went to NYU got as much in the way of grants as my kid who went to an Ivy league school…significant.</p>
<p>Also, I am a former teacher and one reason I gave up teaching was the hours I spent on it…I worked at school every day until 6 PM and took work home for the night and spent all of Sunday working on it as well, and significant time over the summer. It entailed so many hours that it was hard to do once I had my own kids.</p>