Posted on 05/11/2014 6:40:02 AM PDT by Libloather
Make an emancipation declaration
Get hitched (and marry down)
Join the military
Welcome the welfare state
Crowd-fund your tuition
Sell your genetic material
Become homeless
Reimagine the semester abroad
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Start you own billion(s) of dollars company.
It’s called “Working through college”....I did.
I have advised many a people of this. Whether the company offers $1,000 a year or total re-imbursement for classes toward a degree, it is essentially a raise, tax-free! And the kicker is that you get to keep the degree. Someone might even be offered a promotion after the degree is had.
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Put a bunch of money into a good prep course (a for-profit one, not the new government-funded copycat) and score big scholarships. Don’t check the box on the SAT test that says “Don’t send my scores to any colleges I haven’t requested.” You will soon have a mailbox full of offers. Also, check out the books about special scholarships—there might be one for daughters of basket weavers or whatever.
“You have it backwards. You can’t renounce your citizenship in the US, so you first have to leave the country.”
Whoops, I got that backwards. Anyway, you do have to follow “the procedure”.
“And the kicker is that you get to keep the degree.”
Indeed! I had to agree to stay at my firm for one year after the last class reimbursement, but that gave me the time I needed to look around and line up a much better job. Plus, I had logged in years of work experience and had risen through the ranks where I was. So many firms offer tuition reimbursement as a benefit - I’m surprised more people don’t take advantage of it. My nieces and nephews aren’t even looking at that option.
That’s how I got my bachelor’s and my husband got his Masters. No debt. Zip - zilch - nada. Just cost us some extra work and planning.
Don’t even get me started on trade schools. Not all kids are college material. Plumbers and electricians and HVAC people around here make six figures.
In 1977, I joined the Air Force. Over the next eight years....I “allowed” the Air Force to pay for my tuition (bouncing from seventy-five to ninety percent of the costs). In the end, between fifty-odd courses...I probably paid a max of $3,500 out of my pocket. I admit...tuition costs in the early 80’s was not a big deal. The only issue I ever complained about was when some professor required a $120 book to be part of the class agenda.
Today? The military will whine they don’t have the money to cover two and three classes a semester, and there’s an absolute limit to what they can cover each year. By 2020, I suspect that most folks will be limited to cost sharing of two classes a year by DoD. It was a fantastic deal, while it lasted.
And back then, there were work-study jobs. That paid YOU.
Now, there are internships, and many are so desperate for the perceived advantage that they take unpaid internships (essentially paying for the privilege of working).
If your kids attend public high school, have them push for great grades (especially in the junior year) to improve chsnces for scholarships or other merit-based aid,that may pay for community college or help out with in-state costs. And have them take the SAT by the start of senior year.
If you think your school (or student) is falling behind, splurge on a PSAT test during sophomore year. That can show if your student has been earning inflated grades at school, or if the student is currently college material. One military recruiter in DC once said that so many students there received good grades but couldn’t pass the ASVAB.
My kids were home-educated. They started community college at 15 & 16. One was tutoring calculus at 15. She went to Utah State on a full academic scholarship and graduated as valedictorian of the College of Animal and Applied Sciences. She actually made money going to college working as a teaching fellow and running on the track team. The younger graduated last week. The other gained sufficient scholarships to Stanford to study microbiology with a 3.85 GPA and will start at Michigan State in a doctoral program. She earned a free room as a resident adviser.
Neither has any debt.
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