Flip side: Over my dead body my daughter would go to...

[alum]

Originally Posted by PeppyGPhiB

No you wouldn't, because the Ivies - like lots of private schools - have excellent financial aid. Most of the Ivies pay almost the entire tuition now for their students. And many other private schools (such as my alma mater) have such nice endowments that they give generous grants and scholarships, making them possibly more affordable than a public university (certainly an out-of-state public).

The Ivies and a couple of other like-minded schools only provide need-based aid, not merit-based. They don't need to attract attract star applicants with the lure of a merit scholarship. The Estimated Family Contribution is calculated using the CSS Profile (more extensive than FAFSA). The CSS Profile's idea of a student's EFC and what the family thinks it can afford are sometimes very different.

That being said, if the student DOES qualify for need-based aid, the FA package will probably have a higher percentage of outright grants vs. loans/work-study since these schools have huge endowments.

[OneHeartOneWay]

I know this is a "for fun" thread, (and I promise, I'm having fun!) but...

Not all the for-profits are evil. Some, most even, yes, but some serve a needed purpose. If you're daughter is considering a for-profit, it likely means she's not in the demographic to be able to attend the schools you would want her to, and the for-profit route may be her best option. Not all our daughters can go to Beg Ten, SEC, etc. schools. While it varies company to company and campus to campus even, some for-profits are respected in their communities and provide a needed educational avenue for non-traditional students, leading them to careers that otherwise wouldn't be available to them.

Stepping off soapbox, and awaiting the stones that will be thrown!

[AnotherKD]

Originally Posted by OneHeartOneWay

I know this is a "for fun" thread, (and I promise, I'm having fun!) but...

Not all the for-profits are evil. Some, most even, yes, but some serve a needed purpose. If you're daughter is considering a for-profit, it likely means she's not in the demographic to be able to attend the schools you would want her to, and the for-profit route may be her best option. Not all our daughters can go to Beg Ten, SEC, etc. schools. While it varies company to company and campus to campus even, some for-profits are respected in their communities and provide a needed educational avenue for non-traditional students, leading them to careers that otherwise wouldn't be available to them.

Stepping off soapbox, and awaiting the stones that will be thrown!

No stones being thrown, but I would agree with the bolded when talking about technical schools like ITT Tech. But places like Strayer and the others? Not at all. In fact, places like American Military University, a for-profit school geared towards people in the military and the intelligence field, routinely gets bashed by all of the government HR staff and people in the intel/government field that I know.

[alum]

^^I would agree.

There are plenty of not-for-profit schools that offer evening, weekend, accelerated, online, and hybrid programs as well offering the traditional daytime 3x per week/16 week semesters. I have worked in military education at multiple installations over the years. The schools that are on these bases each have a traditional brick-and-mortar main campus in addition to the satellite campuses.

[DrPhil]

Originally Posted by AnotherKD

No stones being thrown, but I would agree with the bolded when talking about technical schools like ITT Tech.

Thanks for reminding me:

Over my dead body will my daughter or son attend a for-profit, including technical schools like ITT Tech and any other for-profit school, prior to getting a bachelor's degree elsewhere.

I am absolutely positively utterly amused by this thread.