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Dr. Shepper

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1. My daughter (8th grader) recently

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Tue Sep 24, 2024, 06:00 AM

Sep 2024

Showed interest in Stanford and MIT so I looked up the tuition and nearly had a coronary. The cost (>60k/yr) is simply unmanageable for middle class and below salary. It’s another mortgage but paid off in almost a tenth of the time.

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The U.S. News College Rankings Are Out. Cue the Rage and Obsession. [View all] mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2024 OP

My daughter (8th grader) recently Dr. Shepper Sep 2024 #1

Those institutions do give out scholarships to people who can't afford it Elessar Zappa Sep 2024 #2

I knew an engineer who went to Northeastern. mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2024 #3

Yeah actual tuition paid is a function of income. Lucky Luciano Sep 2024 #7

If your state has good state universities, consider them. yardwork Sep 2024 #8

My Daughter, years ago Roy Rolling Sep 2024 #4

And university administrators strive to move their institutions up the rankings Redleg Sep 2024 #5

This message was self-deleted by its author MichMan Sep 2024 #6

Oh, yay. The sclerotic usnews list of colleges is out. Hugin Sep 2024 #9

Income under $150Kfree tuition at Columbia; under $85 free at Harvard... etc. lostnfound Sep 2024 #10