@MYOS1634 I’m aware retirement doesn’t count. I didn’t put in it in to any of the calculators either. The college funds are split between 3 children(see about 10,000 per year for college for each === $120-150,000). With that and the full $5,500 in loans + a little bit from my parents, I’m still going in to quiet a bit of debt for any of the high end schools. For H it would be about $60-70,000 worth of debt(about 10-15 in loans per year), MIT would be around 80 and HMC would be $100,000 or so.
I’m definitely working on the SAT/ACT, I’m hoping to get a 33+ in June and hope to use NMSF/NMF/NMS for money if I can’t go to top school.
I’ll definitely look at some of the smaller colleges that you mentioned; Reed has Steve Jobs! That’s pretty awesome! and, lots of others look very nice although some of them have costs up there with the best.
What all states would you consider hook states? There are lots of low population states that I’m not sure if would be considered a hoo, but if it is, I’ll definitely try to use it.
Thanks for all of your help!