Hahaha... wrong.
I'm going to one of the cheapest colleges in the country, they've been raising prices to be in the mid-range without adding any benefit (while increasing admin budgets yet not sending anything to help retain professors). Loans suck but delayed gratification is bull, you wait too long and that's all your going to be doing, waiting. Getting up and going back to college after going into the job market is pretty hard. SOmeone else paying, you do realize that loans have to be repaid back by the BORROWER? So the guy below and myself will be paying those off - the government is just acting as a "cosigner" in essense ensuring that the school does get paid if someone defaults (which has consequences, ruined credit etc). On a prior reply, you saved parent's saved before... um if your making as someone said 24k a year and have kids your not going to be able to save much realistically. A single person could get by on 24k pretty well as long as they didn't go overboard. People of little minds, yes, little_wip probably why you only did 2 years but think of it this way, your husband will be raking in some good amount of money with that phd... your sister-in-law (or whatever) by getting that bump to a lpn will improve her options: this is why people are going to college and putting themselves into debt.
No i did not spellcheck, wanted instant gratification in replying
Reply By: little_whip Posted: Sunday, July 25, 2004
I go to school full time and I have a full time job. I know plenty of my peers who do the same and we still need grants and loans for the rising costs of attending a university.
I did go for 2 years. My Hubby has a Masters and has been working on a PhD for SIX years. My sister in law took almost FIVE years to get the additional credits to earn her RN from LPN. It has nothing to do with scholastic ability. Its called "living within your means." Its called "delayed gratification." Its called "biting off only what one can chew."
If you are working full time and still need grants, perhaps you could take fewer courses over a longer time span in order to earn your degree? Perhaps a less expensive college could be considered?
Nahh, that would be too hard, wouldnt it. Theres nothing wrong with wanting things NOW, the problem arises when you want someone else to pay for your impatience.