[homemom]

RE: Misery index

I need some clarification on the college education issue. I started college almost 20 yrs ago. My family did NOT have the money to send me (my mom sent me $10 once but that's all the help I got) yet I went to a private college.

How did I pay for it? Scholarships, from working very hard in high school. Grants, which I took the time to apply for, and worked VERY hard in college to continue to qualify for. And loans, which took years to pay off. Oh, yeah, I worked on campus for about $100/month and that was my spending money.

Now, I know costs have gone up, way up. So my question is, is it still possible, thru hard work, loans, grants, etc. to go to a good school on very little money?

I think ideally, everyone should have some type of trade school/college education. However, I'm not sure if taxpayers should pay for it. In my experiences in college, the students who had to work to pay for it took it much more seriously.

JMO--any thoughts?

[ilovew]

Darn straight! I have a full scholarship to my small private college (yes, it belongs to me...) because I worked really hard in high school and I've worked really hard to keep my grades up. And I've appreciated my experiences here and my education much more, I believe, because I've had to work so hard to keep my grades up. If I can do it, I know a lot of other people out there can too.

[speekinout]

So my question is, is it still possible, thru hard work, loans, grants, etc. to go to a good school on very little money?

That depends on what you call a "good school". The Ivy League prices are out of sight. Their educations are far Left. I don't think that is money well spent.
There are plenty of smaller colleges where the prices are much more reasonable, and some of them aren't very Liberal. I actually think that many of them give the students a better education.

The biggest problem these days is that so many high school graduates don't meet basic literacy tests. Our local Community College has far more remedial classes than college level classes. Those kids don't qualify for scholarships or grants anywhere.