<p>sybbie & calmom should moonlight as college financial consultants. Both have a knack for clearly presenting the financial facts.</p>
<p>My name is stickerShock because viewing the cc forums & realizing how much $$$$ college costs & how little merit aid is available came as a complete shock to me. Very naive. So glad I was clued into this site while d is only a h.s. freshman. </p>
<p>sketchy doesn't strike me as someone looking to coast along & burden others with his kids' education expenses. He's just trying to make sense out of a very unfair system & do what best serves his children.</p>