re: #75 iossarian

30 years ago most people with any kind of job could afford to send their kids to the flagship state university, if they qualified academically. Now they’re screwed: it’s the community college or $50K in debt

Not really

In-state tuitions are (relatively) inexpensive. My son, for instance, is a high school junior going to a private High School. He has his eye on Georgia Tech (amogst others) and had the grades for it. Without any scholarships/ grants he may get, his tuition for Ga. Tech will be LESS than what I am now paying for his high school!

Same goes for University of Georgia (which at this point he is not interested in) as well as Auburn U (which he is interested in and qualifies for Georgias HOPE scholarship even though it’s in Alabama)