Reply to "Ivy Tuition for Upper Middle Class"

Smitty2810,000+ posts

b i g m a c posted:
I detect a whiff of "this isn't fair" in this discussion of upper-middle class folks having to pay full retail for top academic schools. If you don't qualify for the financial aid, congrats, you are doing well. If you don't want to pay full retail to go to that top school, focus elsewhere.

Sure, if you live below your means your entire life so you can contribute to your child's 529 and also make investments for a better life, you pay full retail. Alternatively, friends and co-workers with the same income spend on RVs, vacations, and you name it and save nothing for college and little for anything else, and they get hefty award packages. You bet there's a strong stench of unfairness in this system.

9/28/181:46 PM

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