The smart money goes to the community college to fullfil the basic degree reqs and moves to a 4 year college, for the final degree.
$154,0000 for a B.S. degree...nonsense. One can do it for less than $20K
Amen to that. I (like many others) have done just that. My bachelor's degree is from the 4 year university I attended for junior & senior years even though I paid (all out of pocket) about half of what it would have cost to go there all 4 years. Community Colleges do serve a purpose for those who know how to utilize them wisely.
That saves a ton.
I am faced with sending my two daughters to college. One this September and another in three years.
I came home from work this evening and my elder daughter informed me that she was looking to go into National Guard and go to college. She's in JROTC now and feels a need to serve our country.
I am a proud papa tonight.
My wife and I both worked our way through college, and we have talked in the past (not constantly by any means) about how much more value we got out of our education because we paid for it.
I am able to pay for her schooling, but I have lacked the guts to say she needs to find a way to do it herself.
This is a constant internal battle that I have had with myself because I truly believe that if she was paying her own way she would make better choices and apply herself in her studies. On the other hand, I want to give my child the best opportunities that I can afford.
I may come off on FR as a hard ass sometimes, but I find it difficult to tell my kids that they have to pay for their own college when they are surrounded by a school full of so-called rich kids that will go to Penn, Harvard, Yale, Johns Hopkins and the like when my kids know we can only afford Penn State.
Now my daughter tells me how she is going to pay for her school and serve her country. I couldn't be happier.
Maybe, just maybe, some of the things my wife and I have taught our kids has made its way into their minds full of mush.