[quote=lifeisgood]Why not save that cost for tuition to a college? Isn’t that the diploma that counts anyways?[/quote]

College prices have gotten out of whack (you can find about 50 threads here that discuss that). If you saved what the projected college costs would be, you’d be living a rather spartan lifestyle if you weren’t clearing 250 grand (in San Diego). Not worth doing, in my opinion.