<p>There has been some variance in certain Asian communities over time – i.e. the attitudes of those who came here in the 70s differ from those who came in the 90-2000s. It seems like the immigrants from a few decades ago believed that education was the most important thing regardless of cost. They would save all they could to make sure that if/when their kids got into the top schools, they could afford to go without concern for whether the school would offer enough FA; often that meant living in smaller homes, driving used cars, foregoing vacations etc. for many years in order to save. It seems like the “kids” of those parents are now starting their own careers and the parents are now fairly well established and able to splurge on the nicer things since college tuition isn’t as much of a focus. The immigrants from those same communities from the more recent yrs seem to place more immediate value on “stuff.” Thus, you’re more likely to hear comments like ‘I studied at unknown xyz university in my home country and I’m doing great so there’s no way I’m going to waste my money on ivys/top 10s etc for my kid because it’s unnecessary.’ Some will say that it’s more important to them to drive 2 luxury cars, have a 5+ bedroom home, etc. and if their kid wants to go to an ivy they can fund it themselves – it’s not an attitude that was ever prevalent in the older Asian generation.</p>