<p>If parents desire that you attend a more prestigious and expensive place, they ought to chip in. Much as I love my parents, and want them to be proud of me, they were not able to give me a penny for school and I would have let them know that my decision to go some place affordable was adult and responsible, given my circumstances. It sounds like the parents here want the prestige of saying “my kid goes to an Ivy League school”, without the investment in or personal sacrifice for their child.</p>