Exactly this. As a college student looking at the outside world, I'm truly seeing how fortunate I am to have a family with the means to support me through my ed

Exactly this. As a college student looking at the outside world, I'm truly seeing how fortunate I am to have a family with the means to support me through my education. Pre-scholarship, my tuition bill comes out to > $10k per year (and that's not counting things like housing, and freshmen need to live in the dorms with a dining plan... that's another $10k that doesn't include the summer or winter breaks). The total estimated cost for an on-campus student is $25,000 per year. Looking at the value of my family's house, it's increased almost 40% in three years which seems like it's an insane amount of growth for any asset. Education and houses just seem like they're unreasonably expensive at this point and I honestly don't know how you're expected to break into this market without already owning a house or something along those lines.