Funny! I have toured a few private colleges recently - and the student tour guides selling points are always the all-night bowling alleys or the Saunas or the 24 hour burrito shops in the dorms, etc.... They are indeed selling it like some kind of club-med. It might be attractive to the kids doing the tours, but it makes the parents angry!
My daughter fell in love with a private school she saw. I immediately put the kibosh on it, saying we’d have to look at the costs.
Private school tuition for one year = three years at public nearby university with a good reputation
She could blow our college savings in 18 months at the beautiful school or attend four years at public. I said you ain’t going there, girl.