The Duggars and CollegePlus

[sanantone]

@Westerner,

Thanks for taking the time to respond to my post. Your post did in fact help me to understand the services provided by CP. If CP is providing all this information in a one-on-one personal basis to help their customers then I could see where people are willing to pay for this help. Many parents are interested in homeschooling their kids. Others are looking for cost effective alternatives to traditional degrees. While it is true that these parents could save even more money by doing the research on their own -- or just buying Jennifer's book -- I can understand hiring someone who specializes in this field. I imagine the money buys a certain piece of mind.

According to a recent College Board report, the average "moderate" college budget for an in-state public college for the 2012–2013 academic year averaged $22,261. A moderate budget at a private college averaged $43,289. That is a year. So, I have to believe CP is saving people money in the long run, even though it could be done cheaper by doing it yourself.

So, I think I'm coming around to see the value in CP, even though I couldn't imagine paying them myself, and I do still have problems with some of their marketing.

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P.S. Are we at page 27 yet?

Does that budget include living expenses? Signing up for CP doesn't make your living expenses disappear.