I sent my kids to state schools, and they commuted. Others, especially those in the Northeast that don’t have such easy options, can spend their retirement on their kids’ partying.
I sent my kids to state schools, and they commuted. Others, especially those in the Northeast that don’t have such easy options, can spend their retirement on their kids’ partying.
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After my Navy service and while married with kids, I entered North TX ST Univ. (now Univ. of North TX). I had 89 hours of Jr. Coll. credits, so began as a Junior.
That was in ‘72, when I was 30 y/o. A full semester was considered to be 15 hours and the cost was..., wait for it, only $121 a full semester plus textbooks!!! Additional courses above 15 hours were tuition free.
I took a year’s leave of absence from my job to finish my BBA before my VA benefits expired (only $75 a month). I took 15 in the Spring, 14 in the Summer, convinced the Dean to waive 9 more hours as being the same as what I had in Jr. Coll., and then did 21 hours my Fall semester; ...thus, knocking out 59 hours in one year.
I worked part time at my apartment complex, doing yard work, painting, carpet cleaning, furniture moving, weekend duty for emergencies (like toilet overflows), etc., and mgt. knocked off $5/hr from my rent for each hour on the job.
Sorry for posting a long comment, but I would NEVER pay such inflated tuition costs as the so-called elite schools now demand. I had many years in management at a major defense contractor and HR often sent me applicants from schools like Stanford, Harvard and Yale. NONE of them met our requirements and ALL of them wanted beginning salaries higher than some of our Gen. Supervisors and Mgrs. ...Everyone I interviewed was an arrogant ass.
Folks, ignore the mantra that ‘everyone must have a degree from a top notch college’. Many of those grads are on welfare and living in the parents’ basement. ....Consider trade schools for skills that will always be needed; machinist, plumber, welder, electrician, etc., and they will be employed.
“I sent my kids to state schools, and they commuted. Others, especially those in the Northeast that don’t have such easy options, can spend their retirement on their kids’ partying.”
How did they turn out?