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My Son Was Accepted to a College He Can’t Afford. Now What?
Money ^ | 05/03/2016 | Deborah Caldwell

Posted on 05/03/2016 1:19:36 PM PDT by SeekAndFind

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And get a load of this folks -- It's not as if she did not save well in advance for her child's college education. She writes:

Out-of-state tuition, room, board, and fees for Wisconsin run more than $48,000 this year. Even with the money I’d saved in his 529 fund, there is no way I can afford to send him there, particularly on top of the cost of my elder son’s education.

1 posted on 05/03/2016 1:19:36 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind

Tell him to apply here:

https://www.hillsdale.edu/

One of my husband’s daughters graduated Hillsdale and she did so without debt and she also came out the same wonderful person who went in. That school is a blessing!


2 posted on 05/03/2016 1:22:09 PM PDT by MeganC (The Republic of The United States of America: 7/4/1776 to 6/26/2015 R.I.P.)
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To: SeekAndFind

Maybe apply to a college you can afford? And what’s wrong with living at home when you attend college? I did. I commuted into Manhattan and back home every afternoon.


3 posted on 05/03/2016 1:23:06 PM PDT by miss marmelstein (Richard the Third: With my own people alone I should like to drive away the Turks (Muslims))
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To: SeekAndFind

community college for two years. A lot of times, if you get through two years of CC (in the honors program) universities will line up to offer aid to finish up there.

Not the ideal solution but that’s what we’re faced with nowadays.

Whatever you do, don’t go into debt.


4 posted on 05/03/2016 1:23:07 PM PDT by jtal (St. Michael the Archangel, defend us in battle ....)
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To: SeekAndFind

It’s a story that’s been told over and over. I started saving for my kids college education before they were born.

And frankly, I’m surprised Wisconsin is that cheap. We looked at a few schools for my son that were closer to $60,000 and I’m talking places like Quinnipiac and USC. Airfare and all that other stuff add up too.

I’m not saying school should be free ala Bernie. But something has to change. And I don’t know what that is.


5 posted on 05/03/2016 1:23:09 PM PDT by TangledUpInBlue
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To: SeekAndFind

Send him to Plumbing or Welder school.


6 posted on 05/03/2016 1:23:09 PM PDT by FatherofFive (Islam is evil and must be eradicated)
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To: SeekAndFind

Vote Bernie, of course, Duh!


7 posted on 05/03/2016 1:23:22 PM PDT by PROCON
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To: SeekAndFind

Send him to welding/plumbing/electrical/contracting school at votech. He’ll make 48k in a year. Then he can pay for his own college.


8 posted on 05/03/2016 1:23:35 PM PDT by DCBryan1 (No realli, moose bytes can be quite nasti!)
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To: MeganC

Depends on what this kid want so major in.

Does Hillsdale have STEM programs?


9 posted on 05/03/2016 1:23:54 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind

Crazy people.

I wouldn’t let a child even apply for a state university other than our own state, in most cases, unless he coughed up the $200 or so application fee himself.


10 posted on 05/03/2016 1:24:30 PM PDT by Tax-chick ("We like us the way we are. That makes us real, true friends." ~ The Undead Thread)
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To: SeekAndFind

Get a job (or three like I did) and live off campus (it is a scam). Go to school in Jersey where you live.


11 posted on 05/03/2016 1:24:40 PM PDT by Resolute Conservative
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To: SeekAndFind

A young engineer who works with me has debt north of $200,000.

That isn’t sustainable.

Funny thing is when I hear professors at these schools, they keep saying they need more money. I have family who teach at a university. They do not make major coin, but yet the tuition is horrendous.
Where is the money going?


12 posted on 05/03/2016 1:24:49 PM PDT by redgolum
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To: SeekAndFind

Yep.

https://www.hillsdale.edu/academics/majors-minors/


13 posted on 05/03/2016 1:25:13 PM PDT by MeganC (The Republic of The United States of America: 7/4/1776 to 6/26/2015 R.I.P.)
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To: SeekAndFind

Go to college elsewhere produce great grades and he may find a full ride at school of his choice


14 posted on 05/03/2016 1:25:35 PM PDT by stocksthatgoup (GOPe/MSM - "When we want your opinion, we will give it to you)
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To: SeekAndFind

Community college for two years.


15 posted on 05/03/2016 1:25:47 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (Either Cruz or Trump, but Hillary we must dump!)
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To: MeganC

“Out-of-state tuition, room, board, and fees for Wisconsin run more than $48,000 this year. “

Simple answer, if he can’t afford it, he doesn’t go there... going 200,000 into debt for a 4 year degree is insane.

Just because you get accepted somewhere, doesn’t mean you have to go there, or that its the best fit. If the tuition per year is roughly the median household income in America the price is too damned high to justify.


16 posted on 05/03/2016 1:25:51 PM PDT by HamiltonJay
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To: SeekAndFind

It would be cheaper for him to go to college in Germany. He can’t be that desirable as a student if they won’t at least waive the out-of-state.

He might want to explore his options at Missouri - he’d have a particularly strong bargaining position with them this summer.


17 posted on 05/03/2016 1:26:02 PM PDT by PAR35
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To: SeekAndFind

It’s out of control. That said, push the school for assistance, and don’t be shy about it.


18 posted on 05/03/2016 1:26:03 PM PDT by pieceofthepuzzle
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If we end student loans then the cost of a college education will drop to something more rational.

Supply and demand.


19 posted on 05/03/2016 1:26:24 PM PDT by MeganC (The Republic of The United States of America: 7/4/1776 to 6/26/2015 R.I.P.)
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To: jtal

CC looks horrible on a resume. So much so, I will not recommend it to anyone interested in a STEM career. It will be challenged by the hiring managers.


20 posted on 05/03/2016 1:26:31 PM PDT by redgolum
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