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Wellstone ruled

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7. Oh my,how times have changed.

Reply to muntrv (Original post)

Mon Sep 11, 2017, 08:15 PM

Sep 2017

Our Grand Daughter is enrolled at our local University. She was able to pull a Scholarship due to the fact the kid is a Brainy. But the Room and Board thing is brutal to say the least. Granny and I as well as her Parents are making it work. Planning on doing a sit down with our Kids this Thanks Giving with the Idea of Foreign College as a better deal. Just does not make sense to have these kids loaded with debt.

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What many older people don't know about college costs today. [View all] muntrv Sep 2017 OP

I've seen some families get better aid from private schools than public, making private more WhiskeyGrinder Sep 2017 #1

One of my clients attended USC for less than her sister paid for UC San Diego . . . Journeyman Sep 2017 #11

I'm paying for my daughter's tuition room and board in Prague for half of what Xipe Totec Sep 2017 #2

No, jo. Igel Sep 2017 #15

Ona tam studuje, ne ja. Xipe Totec Sep 2017 #16

It's disgraceful. marybourg Sep 2017 #3

So true! leftofcool Sep 2017 #5

The difference is that students today will be paying far more for college than their elders. pnwmom Sep 2017 #20

Count me among them genxlib Sep 2017 #4

Actually, that's a fairly old scam and is marybourg Sep 2017 #6

Oh my,how times have changed. Wellstone ruled Sep 2017 #7

I had a Michigan Competitive Scholarship. LisaM Sep 2017 #8

The G-Daughter has a full ride as Wellstone ruled Sep 2017 #10

More teens today are considering community college crazycatlady Sep 2017 #9

Unfortunately... Adrahil Sep 2017 #17

I paid off my student loans by the time I was 40. MissB Sep 2017 #12

barebones dorms are now luxury palaces with electronics for the millenials who msongs Sep 2017 #13

Budget cuts and low wages are much more to blame, but millennial-bashing is certainly more fun. WhiskeyGrinder Sep 2017 #14

When the title of the thread starts whistler162 Sep 2017 #23

You have no idea. xmas74 Sep 2017 #18

I've seen some of the dining halls. LisaM Sep 2017 #19

So you saw a dining hall? xmas74 Sep 2017 #27

I've been in a couple of them, but here, I looked up the menu at UofM because that's where I went LisaM Sep 2017 #29

What many younger people don't know about salaries then: Starting, 1971, $6,700. WinkyDink Sep 2017 #21

The cost of living has also one up crazycatlady Sep 2017 #25

My daughter has a masters and started at half what you claim they want to start at. Cuthbert Allgood Sep 2017 #28

Our youngest just finished a master's degree at an Ivy League school mnhtnbb Sep 2017 #22

My grandfather worked his way through Harvard as a janitor DFW Sep 2017 #24

Free tuition for all is the future Not Ruth Sep 2017 #26