<p>Granted, our finances are a little separate whereby my DH pays the big bills and I pay incidentals and other stuff. However.. </p>
<p>I just did the math today -- on top of all the Christmas shopping -- and even with two schools not having application fees at all, I still came in at $390 for the schools my son applied to. And then I think about those kids having applied to 10-12 schools? Seriously, Santa should have just left this receipt under the tree instead of getting son an iphone!</p>
<p>And too.. how do these schools come up with their fee structures? Some are free -- Colgate for one --and the others range from 60 to 70. Obviously it's not that big of a deal considering I am just doing the math today (after the fact), but while it's nothing compared to tuition, it's not exactly nothing. You know?</p>