Parents of the HS Class of 2023 (Part 1)

I agree with @DadBodThor that the bigger issue is what schools are regarded as “undesirable”. As I mentioned above, back in 2018, there was a tendency to look down on UCs compared to private and OOS options, and also sheer disbelief that people would opt for lower ranked schools with great merit. Hopefully that will change as money gets tight, but some parents who have already chosen to go private for high school might have a similar attitude about college.

My D18 chose a full ride at Utah over UCB and UCLA, Regents at other UCs and even merit at UT Austin, which many people simply couldn’t believe and were quite unpleasant to her at the end of senior year (especially given their preconceived notions about “red” states). But she knew that it was one of the top ballet programs in the country and that as a poor dancer, her 529 money would go a long way towards keeping her afloat after college.

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