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whimsicalism on April 19, 2022 | parent | context | favorite | on: College became the default – Let's rethink that

Would this "less expensive school" have paid you to attend? Otherwise, I don't see how it beats your fully paid elite school experience.

--someone else who went to their cheapest college option: an elite private school in New England.

twobitshifter on April 19, 2022 [–]

No, it would not have beat the cost in my case. I did know others who got academic full scholarships to state schools but little financial aid to private colleges.

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