[quote=FlyerInHi]A student doesn’t know he will get accepted until he applies.
So in practical terms do parents who don’t want to pay tell their kids:
1. Don’t apply because we can’t afford it; or
2. Sorry, you applied and got accepted, but we can’t afford it; so go to a state school.
Why do you necessarily have to put a degree or a skill to use? For example, most of the time, kids take piano lessons to become more accomplished humans, not to make money playing concerts.
Like I said before, I’d rather my wife be a Harvard graduate than a graduate of the cosmetology academy. Maybe she will never use the degree professionally, but the degree has more value to me.
If anything, I know that she will contribute better genes to my kids. That may all sound “heartless” and “loveless”, but if we are going to plan for retirement, why not plan the kids we have?[/quote]
my cousins and their wives went to plain colleges their kids went ivy. I did the reverse.
