Originally Posted by JonLaw
Then there's the scholarship issue.

I argue with my wife about this. I make the point that if our child was intellectually/academically capable of obtaining a full scholarship, but failed to work hard enough to get it, why should I pay for it? I

got a full scholarship and didn't cost my parents anything...why can't they get full scholarships, too?

The obvious answer is that the most selective universities, including the Ivies, Stanford, and MIT, only offer "need-based" scholarships.


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