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greenbriar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-08-08 08:46 PM Original message |
Just got back from college visit for daughter. 11,000.00 a year for the next 4 years |
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LulaMay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-08-08 08:48 PM Response to Original message |
1. My son goes to Chapman Music Con., got a scholarship for 12 grand, we pay 15 grand on top |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-08-08 08:49 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. Wife is going to Chapman right now |
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Obamanaut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 05:19 PM Response to Reply #1 |
54. Grandson goes to a non-state school, costs similar to what you |
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OhioChick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-08-08 08:50 PM Response to Original message |
3. Isn't it just ridiculous?? |
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TomInTib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-08-08 08:51 PM Response to Original message |
4. You're still paying for your own student loans? |
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greenbriar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-08-08 08:53 PM Response to Reply #4 |
6. well, we went to college late |
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Kittycat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-08-08 08:53 PM Response to Original message |
5. Not minimalizing it - but that is not as bad as I was expecting to hear. |
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greenbriar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-08-08 08:55 PM Response to Reply #5 |
7. yes it does include room and board |
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MaryCeleste (898 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-08-08 09:47 PM Response to Reply #7 |
27. Double the amount and see if you can still handle it |
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JerseygirlCT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-08-08 08:58 PM Response to Original message |
8. In the nearly 26 years since I graduated, tuition has more than |
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kath (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 12:24 AM Response to Reply #8 |
38. yeah, wages sure as HELL haven't qiuntupled. In some fields, they've barely gone up at all. |
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tachyon (520 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-08-08 09:01 PM Response to Original message |
9. 70 to 1 is pretty usual for lecture classes which often could easily be done |
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RB TexLa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-08-08 09:02 PM Response to Original message |
10. Yet another reason I'm glad I don't raise children |
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TomInTib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-08-08 09:12 PM Response to Reply #10 |
15. Another reason I am glad mine dropped out of High School. |
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annabanana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-08-08 09:16 PM Response to Reply #15 |
18. nurtz. . . . .n/t |
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TomInTib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-08-08 09:30 PM Response to Reply #18 |
22. nurtz? |
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tachyon (520 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-08-08 09:39 PM Response to Reply #22 |
23. It's old (VERY old) slang for "nuts". Often spelled 'nertz' |
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TomInTib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-08-08 09:42 PM Response to Reply #23 |
25. Thanks.... |
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annabanana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-08-08 10:02 PM Response to Reply #25 |
30. eep |
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TomInTib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-08-08 10:29 PM Response to Reply #30 |
33. No problema, anna.... |
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TomInTib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-08-08 09:44 PM Response to Reply #18 |
26. Really? |
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canoeist52 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-08-08 09:03 PM Response to Original message |
11. As far as I can see, there is no financial aid |
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Submariner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-08-08 09:03 PM Response to Original message |
12. I must have been real lucky |
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jody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-08-08 09:04 PM Response to Original message |
13. Children are the future, perhaps the only future parents have. You live through your descendants. nt |
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GreenPartyVoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-08-08 09:05 PM Response to Original message |
14. I still say all education should be publicly funded. Period. (Like healthcare) |
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AP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 09:10 AM Response to Reply #14 |
44. I think there should be some cost to it, so that people use their time wisely in college, but it |
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GreenPartyVoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 02:02 PM Response to Reply #44 |
52. Yeah, we went bankrupt and still had the student loans to contend with. Really, my theory is |
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AP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 05:31 PM Response to Reply #52 |
57. I think a lot of these problems with home prices, price of education, and getting into and staying |
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GreenPartyVoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 11:21 PM Response to Reply #57 |
59. Yeah. And it isn't always luxury shopping either, although we have done that too if you |
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sarcasmo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-08-08 09:13 PM Response to Original message |
16. Why do you feel you have to pay for your child's College education? |
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greenbriar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-08-08 09:15 PM Response to Reply #16 |
17. I don't but the financial aid lady said part of their formula is parent contribution |
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sarcasmo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-08-08 09:19 PM Response to Reply #17 |
19. Interesting, I told my son his room and board were free that was our financial contribution. |
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MaryCeleste (898 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-08-08 09:51 PM Response to Reply #16 |
28. In my case I chose to. I did not have to pay for mine, I felt obligated to pass that on |
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Diane R (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-08-08 09:28 PM Response to Original message |
20. We've just finished paying for 3 kids, 13 years of Undergrad, 4 yrs of Dental School. |
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YDogg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-08-08 09:40 PM Response to Reply #20 |
24. You rock. |
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redwitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 05:27 PM Response to Reply #24 |
56. I second that! |
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aikoaiko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-08-08 09:29 PM Response to Original message |
21. If you graduate from a GA high school with a 3.0, all tuition at GA universities is free |
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canoeist52 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-08-08 11:18 PM Response to Reply #21 |
34. But be advised, tuition at most schools is becoming a small |
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aikoaiko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-08-08 11:21 PM Response to Reply #34 |
35. What you say is true, but HOPE also pays fees |
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canoeist52 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-08-08 11:32 PM Response to Reply #35 |
36. sounds like a great program then! |
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aikoaiko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 12:18 AM Response to Reply #36 |
37. Hope is one of the reasons why some GA Democrats still have love for Zell Miller |
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DFW (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 09:04 AM Response to Reply #21 |
43. NOW you tell me!! |
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YankmeCrankme (576 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 10:59 AM Response to Reply #21 |
46. If I remember correctly, |
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aikoaiko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 05:10 PM Response to Reply #46 |
53. Its true. eom |
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NJCher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 11:20 AM Response to Reply #21 |
49. aaargh |
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aikoaiko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 05:20 PM Response to Reply #49 |
55. As a college professor at a GA university w/ a wide caliber of student - I have never been pressured |
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alcibiades_mystery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-10-08 12:43 AM Response to Reply #49 |
60. I agree...a "B" average in many schools is actually more like a C |
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Madam Mossfern (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-08-08 09:51 PM Response to Original message |
29. Sending our 4th through college |
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Zoigal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 06:30 PM Response to Reply #29 |
58. My university tuition is around 35,000 per; when i went in the late '40s it |
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tularetom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-08-08 10:10 PM Response to Original message |
31. Do they ever understand the value of education? |
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laureloak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-08-08 10:18 PM Response to Original message |
32. #1 Rule: Apply to schools with generous financial aid even if |
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Starry Messenger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 03:25 AM Response to Reply #32 |
39. . |
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KatyaR (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 08:55 AM Response to Original message |
40. The daughter of a friend of mine just got her scholarship letter from |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 09:01 AM Response to Original message |
41. State college tuition has run way ahead of inflation |
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Echo In Light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 09:04 AM Response to Original message |
42. College is a racket |
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riderinthestorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 10:46 AM Response to Original message |
45. $28k per year for my daughter, all expenses, state college. |
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Junkdrawer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 11:01 AM Response to Original message |
47. My alma mater just raised yearly tuition to $50K...it was $2.5K in 1972... |
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OmmmSweetOmmm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 11:11 AM Response to Original message |
48. My youngest son was just accepted to 2 state colleges at $13,000 per year. The tuition is only $5M |
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NJCher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 11:34 AM Response to Reply #48 |
50. I will tell you something interesting |
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OmmmSweetOmmm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 12:04 PM Response to Reply #50 |
51. I'm in a suburb of NYC and this is one of the wealthiest counties in the country. |
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better tomorrow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-10-08 01:14 AM Response to Original message |
61. is she going into a career where there is a shortage? if so, |
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