Advice? LAC vs money from not super pooper?

[ucbalumnus]

@circuitrider

^What decision? This is strictly between the parents and the college. The college makes an offer; the parents wince and ask them to shave a little off the top (some parents may ask the student to contact the college on their behalf); the college comes back with another offer. Or not. But, in the end, no one is going anywhere until the parents are comfortable with the aid offer.

On these forums, there have been parents who seemed uncomfortable with the price but did not want to disappoint the student by saying that the desired college is too expensive (even though that could lead to a bigger disappointment later when the student has to leave the college due to running out of money). It looks like the OP is getting these uncertain vibes (rather than firm answers about which colleges are affordable and which are not) from the parents.