Saving for College?

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Yes, but you have to be careful with the military option. My husband thought he'd go through college on an ROTC scholarship... and then his first kid unexpectedly came along. They were cool about it, just nicely let him out of his contract so he could put off school to go get a job to support her--but he had to pay them back all the money they had "invested" in him so far, somewhere around $6,000.

Didn't have to go so nicely, though--another friend of his tried to drop out of the program (so he could drop out of college), and they chose instead to invoke their right to enlist him as a private immediately.

In Texas, if you're in the top 10% of your class, you're guaranteed admission to any state university, and if you're a National Merit scholar, you pay no tuition at any state school.