<p>^ I said that. I said it was either a super selective school and she got a full financial ride or it was a lower ranked school and got a mixture. Read post 71.</p>
<p>I did not assume anything.</p>
<p>Read HERE romani
Many people use the terms “full ride” and full tuition interchangably. They are NOT the same.</p>
<p>^ The poster said full scholarship. Not full tuition. We have been talking about full scholarship/full ride. IIRC, it was you who brought up free tuition- no one else.</p>
<p>I am still failing to see your point.</p>
<p>I added our state’s example of the full tuition as a comparison. I am simply saying this girl could have gotten a tuition/room/board scholarship as a combination of need and merit $$., and that it isnt as rare as dadII was suggesting, which really was a thinly guised brag about his daus Stanford scholarship anyway. He wont tell what his son got at U of Chicago-- or will you, dadII?? Why dont you share?</p>
<p>LongPrime, of course you did him wrong. You failed to protect him from himself, allowing him to squander his money on an education that he could have had for almost-free. Had you made him take an alternative to the over priced school, he could be driving too fast in his brand new sports car with the top down. Chicks would dig him, dudes would envy him. You are a terrible parent. All he has to show for all that money is a piece of paper that he is certain to be embarrassed to hang on the wall … after all, others would know what a bonehead he is for wasting his money.</p>
<p>Right?</p>
<p>@jym- yes, I said myself that it could have been a combination of merit and need. Yet, you continued to tout full tuition- but I do not understand where that came from or what relevance it had.</p>
<p>And personal attacks really aren’t necessary now are they?</p>
<p>Also- I don’t recall Stanford being mentioned at all by dad in this thread. Perhaps this is a separate issue?</p>
<p>This
is a thinly guised brag about Stanford, whether you think so or not. Feel free to disagree. Its pretty plain to most who read those posts. JMO. Sorry-- dont have time to do this dance tonight. And there are no personal attacks.</p>
<p>Romani, there is a lot of history behind some of these posts … don’t take offense.</p>
<p>DS did have a choice.
If he attended school other than a Forbe’s school, We’d make him FIGHT for this money which was our money before we put it into the UGMA. </p>
<p>You should that diploma, 24 x 18.</p>
<p>Re post #74-
I am thinking, to answer your question, LongPrime, that your kid made his own decision about where he matriculated, not you.</p>
<p>** Just saw your response Kelsmom. LOL!! (and thanks for post #88. Thats exactly right)</p>
<p>** and I assumed his post was tongue-in-cheek. It was quite funny!!</p>
<p>LongPrime, I assumed you were being tongue-in-cheek. Is your son seriously upset with you?! </p>
<p>Parenting is not for the faint of heart!!</p>
<p>I guess the most expensive colleges are those from which you graduate with huge debt, and a degree with sad job prospects. If you graduate and hope your parents bought the Costco picture frame value pack so you have something to frame the diploma - it was a ‘most expensive college’. :rolleyes:</p>
<p>Any college can be “too expensive.” I work at a relatively inexpensive (as colleges go) school and have had to explain to students that they no longer have Stafford loan eligibility … and they aren’t even close to getting the degree yet. That means they have borrowed $57,500.</p>
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<p>Ah got it. </p>
<p>I feel out of the loop now lol. And I didn’t take offense. I was just utterly confused.</p>
<p>Sorry for the confusion, romanigypsyeyes. If you want to have a clearer picture, read some of starbright’s recent posts in some other threads. They are classic and spot on.</p>
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What is a Forbe’s school?</p>
<p>just trying to punch up my writing mood.</p>
<p>I tried logical style in Parent’s Cafe, <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/parent-cafe/1009383-opportunity-value-education.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/parent-cafe/1009383-opportunity-value-education.html</a>
on Oct 5, and didn’t get one post until today 10/10. My post in this thread is essentially the same as my initiated cafe thread. </p>
<p>I have, ‘post envy’. Some parents have a certain style that entices replies. I am trying to emulate. :)</p>
<p>kelsmom, DS is not upset with us {I think}. He came home this week and got 3 boxes of apples for hard cider, 3 boxes of tomatoes, and 4 loaves of bread. He also showed us his table sculptures-very unique, imaginative, and hopefully make him more $$$ than engineering. :)</p>
<p>Ahh, yes, LongPrime. Saw your previous lament and responded with this:
<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/1065705940-post124.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/1065705940-post124.html</a>
Is that why you directed your earlier post to me? I get it now. Good job!! Look how many responses your tongue-in-cheek post got! Bravo!</p>
<p>Forbe’s school= title of this thread</p>