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Re:I killed my teenager’s fancy college dreams by tptacek on Friday December 27, 2019 @04:58PM (#21895099)
You're not going to pay for undergrad? We decided not to pay for grad school, but I feel strongly obligated to cover undergrad (I'm thrilled that my daughter chose Illinois over Oberlin).
Re:I killed my teenager’s fancy college dreams by rayiner on Friday December 27, 2019 @09:09PM (#21896569)
Congrats on the daughter!

I mean it obviously depends on what happens a decade from now. I’m imagining some mix of taking some amount in loans with us covering living expenses. My wife worked through Iowa, and I feel like I would’ve done better had my parents made me spend my summer earnings from programming on tuition. But my older kid is so self motivated it may not matter.