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<p>I presume you mean, “Why should I pay for a more expensive college when Podunk U was enough to get my dd into [name of prestigious graduate school]?”</p>
<p>Well, not every child knows from Day 1 that they want to be a neurosurgeon; if, at the end of the day, they change their mind, what do they have left other than a degree from Podunk U? But, more importantly, it’s a pretty hard brick telling your child - not that they can’t have the school of their dreams - but, they can’t have the kind of education that YOUR parents could afford a generation before.</p>
<p>No, I wouldn’t call borrowing heavily to finance an Ivy or a NESCAC education a NEED – but, I would call it a SYMPTOM. :)</p>