Would you pay full-tuition for these schools?

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<p>Rather than look at a list of colleges that a site thinks are "Best Value" I want to get some more tangible data.</p>

<p>If you had to choose between spending 50k+ for these schools, or 10k at the flagship state school (like U Miami, U Ohio, UMass)</p>

<p>Which of these would cut it if YOU had the choice of going yourself? (I know many of you probably have gone to some college, but if you had to do it again given the current financial situation, would that decision change?)</p>

<p>Ivy Leagues
Top Tech Schools (MIT, CalTech)
Top LACs ("Williams, Amherst, Swarthmore, Middlebury, etc)
2nd Tier LACs (Colgate, Skidmore, Bates, Hamilton)
Out of State Public Ivy (like UVA, UC Berkeley)
Close to Ivies ("Tufts, WashU, UChicago, Northwestern, Rice etc)
Well-known city schools (NYU, BU)</p>

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<p>University of Miami is a private school, not a state school.</p>

<p>In Ohio, the flagship university name is The Ohio State University (the one in Columbus), and there is no University of Ohio (although there is an Ohio University system).</p>

<p>As far as your question goes, you’ll get various answers based on people’s household finances, areas of study, home states*, and other preferences with respect to schools to attend (big versus small, etc.). And some who are not satisfied with their flagship state school might say that they would go to the $30,000/year other school instead of the $50,000/year other school, or something like that.</p>

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<li>Someone from California, Texas, Virginia, North Carolina, Wisconsin, Illinois, Michigan, etc. may find the flagship state school to be a perfectly fine place to attend. On the other hand, some flagships in low population states may be limited enough academically to be unattractive to a non-trivial number of students.</li>
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<p>I wouldn’t go $200K in debt for ANY undergraduate school.</p>

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<p>In Ohio…there is also Ohio University (in Athens…says the proud alum). Miami University in Oxford Ohio is also a public university.</p>

<p>If you don’t need to consider finances, and are willing to pay full freight for these schools…then don’t eliminate any of them. Personally, I hope you don’t plan to APPLY to that many schools. Also, you really have schools that are geographically and climate wise ALL over the map…from rural and very cold Middlebury to warm and sunny Rice.</p>

<p>It looks like you are planning to spend $50K plus per year for college as you mention OOS publics, and not instate options for yourself.</p>

<p>If you are from Ohio…the schools in Ohio offer very good value for the money.</p>

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<p>This is the key. If money were no object, I would pay $50K for all of the colleges you listed. If money were a problem, I would send my kids to our in-state colleges (I live in CA).</p>

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<p>^^^ Even if money isn’t a problem, what is wrong with Berkeley?</p>

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<p>too liberal? ;)</p>

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<p>Nothing at all. Berkeley is excellent, but it wasn’t on OP’s list.</p>

<p>Oops, yes it was! Sorry. But if money were no object, I would pay for any of the colleges on OP’s list that met my kids’ needs.</p>

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<p>I will not send my child to a school full of snobby rich kids.</p>

<p>Sorry, but I will not call any school out, but my child has friends at 85% of the listed schools.</p>

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<p>Do whatever that makes you feel good.
Would you buy 5CT diamond or 0.5CT diamond for your wife?
Would you pay $1500 for a first class airplane ticket or $500 for an economy one?
Would you pay $100000 for a Mercedes or $20000 for a Saturn?</p>

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<p>Steak or beans for dinner?</p>

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<p>You can go to more than $200,000 if you want.</p>

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<p>I guess your kid wouldn’t be going to any college then.</p>

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<p>so, everyone here goes to community college? or all the stars go to Oiln or Cooper?</p>

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<p>@oldfort: thank you for the information</p>

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<p>Oldfort- Post of the Day (14). Maybe TN State woukd work for Mater</p>

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<p>I offered full-pay to our son wherever he wanted to go. He chose an inexpensive state school. We saved enough for full-pay privates for our kids, so paying for it is no big deal. The stock market has been very kind to us for the past 22 years.</p>

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<p>I’m in Michigan. $10,000 will only pay for one semester. It’s a silly question. For us with two great big uni systems it’s about $25-30,000+ vs. $50,000+ if you don’t have FAFSA/Profile expected need. </p>

<p>And I’ve yet to hear anyone really define the differences other than culture/fit between those northeast Tier 1 LACs and Tier 2 LACs except the regional perceptions of Northeasterners.</p>

<p>I’d cut Tech schools if I wasn’t interested in Tech. See how silly your question is?</p>

<p>What people pay for is ingrained in their own value system. Personally I look for the best of anything based on my criteria at the lowest cost…don’t we all???</p>

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<p>We were very lucky to inherit enough money to pay for college for our two kids. One went to a top tech school (Carnegie Mellon for Comp Sci) the other is at a “Near Ivy” (Tufts) no complaints. The CMU grad, is earning enough that even if he had had loans he’d have no trouble paying them off. Their education is my last big gift to them, as my parent’s gave an education to me.</p>