<p>Helidad, I don’t think it’s a matter of others not having sympathy for you, after all we’re all pretty much in the same boat here. For me (and having already had two children in more expensive schools), it’s just a matter knowing that’s what it is. I understood that tuition will go up going in. There’s also the annoying and growing costs of getting in to college: standardized tests, grade reporting, college applications and visits. And a myriad of costs afterwards.</p>
<p>UDel may be positioning itself against the competition but so are we, positioning our children against the competition by chosing and deciding where they will go to school and what we are willing to pay or sacrifice or borrow for it. In the end we hope that it will give them a better leg up in the world when they graduate with a UDel education and diploma vs. X College or University.</p>