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Not going to lie, but Americans paying 100% of their kids college is kinda weird as an immigrant.

My kid can take out loans and sure I’ll help, but hell no I’m not bank rolling multiple kids at full private school tuition.

At least where I grew up a solid public school college was not an impediment to a good career.

I’ve notice Americans tend to hyper-optimize - I love it when parents tell me they bought in Palo Alto because the public school was rated a 9.3/10 versus San Mateo at 9.1/10.

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“ Americans paying 100% of their kids college is kinda”. As a non immigrant it’s weird to me too.

There are a class of parents who obsess about “the best”. Best schools, best tutors, best nutrition, best ‘experiences’, best neighborhood. It’s a hedonistic treadmill in the making.

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Exactly. Saving $200k per kid for private college is not a “need” its a luxury. But a lot of upper class Americans see it as the “baseline”.