<p>gman11, it is different for every family–I agree, to me it seems hard to justify that much more expense, our pockets are not deep enough for me to feel comfortable with that. This way, I feel we’ll be able to help our kids out with grad school/young adult expenses, and still be on track for retirement. My kid’s having a fine educational experience, and I’m not losing sleep over paying for it.</p>
<p>Others may feel a bigger name is worth big debt; I’m just debt-adverse and always have been.</p>