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i got MUCH more out of that school than i paid for...in the form of life long friends, a social and professional network, an NCAA national championship from the football team (damn them for getting blown out by sorry ass Auburn this weekend), several NCAA tournie appearances in both men's and women's basketball while i was there.
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That's all part of the experience, which you already bought and paid for. Why would you ever feel compelled to send them more money because of this? Going back to my donut analogy... Let's say you buy a jelly donut. As you walk out of the store, you bite into it and jelly shoots across the parking lot and lands on the shirt of the most beautiful woman you've ever seen. You apologize profusely, she gives you her number and the two of you end up falling in love with each other. Now, you're telling me, because of this experience you're gonna go back and throw more money at the guy that sold you the donut? I wouldn't.
Some people think schools are in some way special to them. As though the school really cares about you and really wants you to do well in life. If that were true, they wouldn't charge you anything to attend there and they'd give education away for free. That isn't how it works because institutions of higher learning are businesses, in the business of making money. State schools offer reduced tuitions because they know that educated people make more money, and more money means more tax income. Throwing more money at your school achieves nothing but making someone else wealthier.