What kind of loans are you talking about here? Nothing that you guys can swing with just the student federal loans, plus her working on campus and summers? And has she actually looked at what it takes to get hired by the FBI and the CIA??? There are a lot of kids who assume that a BA and a skill does the trick- have her check out the requirements before she goes full on in love with American. It’s a great place but it is NOT necessary to be in DC for college in order to end up there. And if the money doesn’t work, how is she going to launch her adult life with those kind of loans???