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Sounds like she's still oblivious to what median household income is in the United States (~ $45K/household). Her family's $85k a year is almost twice what's normal.

Frankly, it also sounds like her family wasn't supportive at all, either, though there are at least a few plausible situations, like living in too upscale of an area and having high mortgage payments eat their income, which could explain it.

Likewise, she probably should have started at a community college.

...and she cares more about having fancy wedding than getting rid of her debt. Meh.

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While the family income is $85k a year it has a single working adult, one person with disability, two children and a senior. So it really depends on how old are the children and what pensions/welfare do the person with disability and senior get and how expensive their care is.

I'm not living in the US, but I was under the impression that getting a community college degree wasn't enough to prepare you for the "CPA exam to become an accountant".

I will not comment about finances, but the idea behind starting at a community college isn't that an associates degree will prepare you for something like the CPA exam, but that it will help you satisfy degree requirements for a bachelors degree without spending as much money as doing all four years at a public four-year institution.

The tuition for a community college, per year, is about 1/3rd [1] the cost of a year at a public in-state 4-year college. If you live at home, you possibly save another couple grand a year. Factor in that some states have Guaranteed Admission Agreements [2], it can make community college an attractive option.

[1]: http://trends.collegeboard.org/college-pricing/figures-table... [2]: http://www.nvcc.edu/current-students/transfer/Search/GAAAdmi...

A college-aged student isn't a child, and she doesn't say whether her brother is older or younger.

In the US, you can start a degree at a community college and then transfer to a state/private college later. This has the benefit of you paying a lot less in tuition for first-year and gen-ed classes, plus you can often live at home so you save living expenses.

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