[Brown Deer]

The UW tution tables you quote give you tuition figure per academic year. The U of Hawaii figure I quoted you is per semester.

So why didn't you say tuition was about $7000/year instead of only such and such? You have been writing on and on about how they couldn't afford a simple trip to Africa, and then downplay the cost of tuition.

I'd say the two tuitions are pretty close on an apples to apples basis.

By my simple math, without a calculator, $24,000 is much more than triple $7000 and like you said, even $7000 is a lot of money for a furniture salesman.

Since you've already admitted that your mommy and daddy paid your way through school, you obviously know very little about financial aid for college. The key word is "aid", which in most cases will not cover most of the cost and certainly not any of the travel (especially trips to Pakistan), and not likely any housing.

[curiosity]

So why didn't you say tuition was about $7000/year instead of only such and such?

Because U of Hawaii lists tuition by semester, not by year, and I figured you were smart enough to understand what that meant, so I listed it per semester.

You have been writing on and on about how they couldn't afford a simple trip to Africa

Which in 1961 wouldn't have been so simple, and would have been extremely expensive. U of H tuition, on the other hand, was cheap. Someone else above listed what it was in 1961, and it was peanuts, easily within the means of a bank teller and furniture salesman.

By my simple math, without a calculator, $24,000 is much more than triple $7000

Where did the $24,000 come from?

The key word is "aid", which in most cases will not cover most of the cost and certainly not any of the travel (especially trips to Pakistan),

What does Obama Jr.'s financial situation in 1981 have to do with his father's financial situation in 1961?

[curiosity]

Go see post #563.

U of Hawaii was only $85 per semester, or $170 per year in 1961.

Now do you think a furniture salesman would have any trouble paying that?

Please.

[curiosity]

Sorry. That's post 653.