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....