<p>You are a considerate and practical person.</p>
<p>Thanks:) If I can get a part time job, I could probably pay for about $3,000 of it, which would only put my parents at about $5,000 to $7,000, which is reasonable. We have a little bit of extra money(not too much though), so that would(hopefully) work out.</p>
<p>The only OOS colleges I’m applying to is Tulane and Brown. </p>
<p>Most likely, I’ll be attending one of my state schools: UVA, JMU, GMU.</p>
<p>OP, this is a great topic. I agree that it is never too early to start thinking about college cost.</p>
<p>In our case, we started talking to S about it during his junior year. I made an Excel spreadsheet with all the colleges that he wants to apply to and the COA. I still don’t think he totally got it yet.</p>