Middle-Class Families Shrink Their College Fund Contributions

[TheBlackAdder]

4. I forgot, she has 12 AP credits which don't count towards the 60 credits of county.

So really, she is going to this school, and of the 120 credits, she comes in with 72 as either AP or at a county college rate.

The funny thing is, we live in a competitive school district with numerous Ivy school students every year. She was a class president and some of her classmates laughed at her plan to do this. Now, after the second year, they are all kicking themselves because they are saddled with debt and my daughter will walk away with under $15K in total obligations.

One kid, doen the street, went to one of those law enforcement programs. But instead of going to an in-state school, he went to the next state over, so his tuition went from $25K a year to almost $60K with R&B. Needless to say, his parents weren't too happy. But he is realizing the financial burden it's causing and compares it to my daughter.