I totally get kids wanting to go away for college (having been such a kid myself), but then you can really run smack into sharp tradeoffs between what will be affordable and what would be your ideal experience. For some kids/families, this is a solvable problem once they really learn what options exist, but for others . . . it is a real challenge to give the kid the specific going-away-for-college experience that they want at an affordable price.
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