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2nd Trimester
voelkels
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OK Ladies - Brace yourself
voelkels
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In 17 years, the average college education will cost $280,000, about $650.00 a month if we start saving now.
Here is a great website for help and planning. ?savingforcollege.com?
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Re: OK Ladies - Brace yourself
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This is such a great perk. I got the same deal because my dad is a college employee. All I had to pay were the student incidental fees. YAY!
Mom, why are you washing my feed in the sink?!
I will help my kid as much financially as I can. I also expect them to apply for scholarships and take a few loans out themselves. That's how my parents did it for me and I think it made me work harder in school knowing I would still owe some (actually a small amount about $20,000 when I graduated) money after the graduation.
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This.
I totally agree with this philosophy. I want my kids to be fully invested in their own educations. From my experience, kids who get the free-ride, paid for off-campus apartment, car to drive around town, etc. are more likely to take their college education for granted.
I worked two jobs, doubled majored, graduated in three years, and was still Magna *** Laude. My parents didn't pay one red cent (not that I advocate that either!) If I can do it, my kids can too.
You know what one of the main factors in driving up the cost of tuition is - healthcare. Many of the faculty are older and because the job is not very physically demanding, they can often teach into their 70s and 80s. So the university pays high healthcare premiums. Like most places, the employees share the burden, but many opt out and take healthcare through a spouse.
Add to that the cost of all the new technology that is "needed" by the students (upgraded computer labs even though everyone has a computer, fast internet, wifi etc) and you can figure out where the money is going.
It is not going to salaries for administration and staff (my paycheck to proof of that lol).
::giggles:: It censored FLVintageBride's academic honors.
Here's hoping Louisiana doesn't decide to make its TOPS scholarship need-based. Right now, if you make over a certain GPA and ACT score, tuition is paid at public universities. All I had to pay was student fees/books/room and board. My college fund is now this baby's college fund.
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I worked two jobs, doubled majored, graduated in three years, and was still Magna *** Laude. My parents didn't pay one red cent (not that I advocate that either!) If I can do it, my kids can too.
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Seriously? Did it really just edit her honors?
My parents helped me very much, but I took out loans too.
I don't feel the need to put my child 100% through college. It doesn't teach them the value of their education.
Ridiculous, yes... but who pays for college 100% out of pocket?
It'll be OK.
Also ridiculous that magnacumlaude is a no-no word. Oh The Bump.