The old scholarship at a less selective school or higher price for more selective school question...

Good point, PurpleTitan. We are hopefully NOT going to lose our jobs, thought! So far it looks like will keep our current jobs and I sure hope so as I love my job. If one of us did, we would still be OK. I did the SAHM thing for some time when our son was little and we managed. We can pay for all 4 years already with college savings and our mortgage is paid off. A relative is giving our son almost half of the price of the more expensive school, each year. I think we are going to be OK to have him go there.