For the rest of us, college is still affordable

[ucbalumnus]

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@SteveMA

ucbalumnus’s issue is that he lives in CA and is under the impression that the rest of the country is just like where he lives and can’t fathom that other parts of the country have great schools and do things differently then he does.

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<p>Actually, I have the same criticism of people in California who have a similar very distorted idea of what “middle income” and “middle class” are.</p>

<p>As far as schools go, what you describe (99% of high school graduates going to 4-year colleges, everyone taking calculus BC, etc.) appears to be the outlier nationwide (and probably in your state as well).</p>