Choosing a Scholarship Over a College Name Brand

Source: parenting.blogs Posted By: Nishel R...4027 days ago

A recent Wealth Matters column (“Measuring College Prestige vs. Cost of Enrollment”) described an unemployed father whose daughter was offered a full scholarship to college. Yet he planned to pay a $32,000 annual tuition bill so she could attend her more prestigious first-choice college instead.

Think that’s crazy? I don’t. Four years ago, my family faced the same quandary. We’ve been there — and we understand.

The results of our daughter’s grueling college application process were in. She....

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