I didn’t mean it to be snarky. I honestly think it’s a nice thing. My income is less than 40k, so I can’t pay that for college. A 4 year degree + 4 years med school at 40k is $320k, so even paying for half that is a great help.
(Maybe.) 
Thanks for the optimism...she got 3 Cs in her junior 2nd semester after her grandmother died and she was a mess. Just a mess. So I'm not holding out hope. I joke that 1.2 million take the PSAT, 50,000 are commended or higher, 15,000 are finalists so she has to be in the smallest percentage (the 1,000 that don't progress from SF to finalist). So she's the most special.
And can I say how BRAVE you were to wade into College Confidential? Seriously, those folks are intense!
I do like that we can discuss things and stay friendly on this thread. Such a nice respite from the polarization of the outside world.
Yeah, CC is scary, and I still venture over there, but it took a long time to figure out who was biased or just plain wrong and who is actually helpful. The real crazies show themselves pretty quickly. I found a brand new one just a couple of days ago and boy is she is nut. 
No worries - I didn't take it that way.
I just like to carry forward the FIRE mantra that it doesn't take crazy six figure income to achieve financial independence 
One of the most common misconceptions about the FIRE movement is that it's only for people making $250k and such. While I will acknowledge that we have had a few fortunate events occur in the past 3-4 years, we were already well on our way towards FIRE (and still are) despite being a single-income household that has never had a six-figure salary figure 
My ex boss was paying for his son to go to U of C. He actually bounced a few of my paychecks while trying to pay tuition and his employee.
Did you try the automated status line? What’s it say
Did you try the automated status line? What’s it say
@SouthFayetteFan our FIRE people could head on over to this DISchurners thing I’ve heard tale of if y’all want a FIRE discussion area without lighting the DIS on fire*
Hahaha- you have a ways to come in churning! I’m post 5/24 but so far this year I have 2 BoA denials (both of which would have been shoe in approvals 6 months ago) and 2 Barclays denials (1, biz AA was a shoe in for most, A+ was a flyer and I knew it). I’ll prob hit 5 since I applied for the AA Biz a second time but I put spend on my 1 Barclays card ahead of my application this time & I am NOT going to call to discuss my app. Or answer a call from them. Nobody goes through each and every cc on your report quite like a Barclays rep...
DISchurners could work but I like the flow of the discussion here. And the little pictures make it feel more personal! Maybe we just need a nonchalant name ala “I love credit cards so much”.
College finances are such a tricky topic! I visited high schools to recruit for my univ because my univ paid me $50/school. Money I needed to travel with our MUN team! What broke my heart was kids coming to hear me talk and telling me their parents could NOT find out they came to hear me. College was off the table and a taboo topic. They came from poor enough families they would have qualified for ALL the aid- and had their parents just educated themselves they would have known that. It still breaks my heart the potential these kids in my hometown have, but their parents have drilled it into them even bringing up the topic of college will destroy their familial relationship.... As such I count as a win EVERY SINGLE PARENT HERE whose is willing to even talk to their kids about school. And the conversation “I can’t pay for any of it but I’ll do whatever else you need” is also a win because some kids are not even give that chance.
Yeah we live in the same town as the college I went to which has a huge education program and I’m a tad picky on the schools I want. Luckily I can be since Dh has such a good job. Otherwise I would have to take anything. I usually stay pretty busy with subbing though. I actually like subbing because it’s so flexible. I get to be with different kids every day and I have to do 0 planning which means I can leave right when school gets out.
I still wear mine. If someone wants to say something I’ll tell them, “well it still fits so I’m wearing it” lolBlasphemy, obviously your children will attend colleges that take credit cards for tuition for minimal fees.
I just avoid most dated shirts
That’s all you can do is try and book it and see what happens. After the stress of our wdw trip I like not having to plan anything ahead for Tokyo Disney. I am going to try to book dining ahead of time on the Japanese site but that’s it.
