Posted on 02/14/2013 1:12:15 PM PST by Kaslin
“DO NOT borrow money from the Federal government “Direct Loan” program! We did that for one year and they are a nightmare to deal with.”
We never did that, but what was the nightmare?
“Nevertheless, it is shocking how much middle-class families are expected to pay toward college costs, and how little of the total assistance distributed is in the form of merit-based aid.”
No, it’s not. At least if you think as a conservative. The ENTIRE GOAL of the left-wingers that run our colleges has ALWAYS BEEN to punish the rich...and to them, the rich is anyone above the federal poverty level. So they have FINALLY achieved their long-term goal, which was to charge tuition based on family income - you make more, you pay more - that simple (and, by the way, try to think of anything else priced that way). Of course they couldn’t say that outright, so they took an indirect route to the same place. They simply have a very high “sticker price”, but give discounts to those that ‘qualify’, due to ‘hardship’.
Do you see the message...when Harvard and the rest of the Ivory League stated that there would be NO MORE MERIT-BASED scholarships (about 2 years ago), they had finally achieved their dream...from their early LSD days...and there is NOTHING we can do about it, since they OWN the schools.
OUTSTANDING!
Judge Smails is THE MAN !!
It’s the “big education” cycle, dear to the hearts of Democrats:
1) make massive borrowed funds available to students
2) increase school tuition to absorb funding
3) schools pay inflated salaries to inflated ranks of profs and admins
4) profs and admins donate heavily to Democrats
and repeat
It’s the “big education” cycle, dear to the hearts of Democrats:
1) make massive borrowed funds available to students
2) increase school tuition to absorb funding
3) schools pay inflated salaries to inflated ranks of profs and admins
4) profs and admins donate heavily to Democrats
and repeat
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worth repeating
If you’re paying full price you’re doing it wrong.
Kids can work their way thru. They’ll value it more if they do. Help out, but no free ride.
Be flexible with school and degree. Few employers care where you went, just that you did and can finish long term hard projects. Go somewhere you can afford. There is a lot of free money out there if you’re willing to go to it.
Go somewhere cheap for the first couple years, taking classes taught the same everywhere. Finish somewhere special.
Get a real job which is willing to invest in you. Many will pay your way if you get a relevant degree.
My error. My daughter says its Chegg.com
I started my own business about six years before our kids started college. The turn in the economy cost a lot of our savings. The college accounts were the last to go...but they were raided.
I discovered that if your kids are good students, good citizens, and can sell their abilities to a college, there is a ton of financial aid out there.
I have two kids in college. They each work many hours a week on campus. Combined, their debt will be about $25k. Now our business is moving again...we will help pay off their debts in about five years.
It’s possible to do it. It just takes work.
They don’t respond to inquiries. They don’t apply the funds to the loans you direct them to. If a private lender did what they do, thekd be prosecuted.
wgu.edu
“They don’t respond to inquiries. They don’t apply the funds to the loans you direct them to. If a private lender did what they do, thekd be prosecuted.”
Thanks...no surprise with that bunch. Sorry to hear it though.
not that i am surprised,
but there is a lot of tremendous advice on this thread.
Now, if everyone who posted was a member of congress i would sleep better.
You've only been here 13 years, people don't know that yet.
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