Corporateburnout
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Spanky said:Make sure that you are not paying the brand-name schools with costs of about $50K per year. You can always send them to a local community college then to a local state university. This is a big saving for the same education (but not name recognition). Actually your kids may receive a better education since these schools are focused on teaching as opposed to research by brand-name schools in search for fundings (or profits). A significant number of classes are taught by teaching assistants. Relationship between professors and students does not exist.
Obviously, if a brand-name school offers financial aid in significant amount, it might worth considering.
Actually they both attended brand name private schools. They were offered some merit based scholarships which reduced the cost of attendance to about 25K to 30K per year.
I was very impressed with the education they both received. My youngest attended a liberal arts school with an average class size of 25 ( her senior year classes had 12 students). All classes were taught by professor with terminal degrees. Her professors were always accessible to her via e-mail when she studied abroad for a year. I felt their education prepared them for life rather than just a profession.
A couple of my kids friends attended state universities with class sizes of 200 or more taught by assistants and had no educational assistance from any professors outside the classroom.
But I can only talk about my kids' experience and I am sure others may have had a good education in the public sector.