Damn, I spent 10k this year on dad's CC

[TurtleMan]

man wat about the money you spent on strippers... you forgot to report that ;]

 

[digitalsm]

10k without tuition?

I spend 12k out of my own pocket (no financial aid) for everything.

 

[digitalsm]

Originally posted by: Insomniak

Originally posted by: imthebadguy
How else does a full time college student acquire money and still put up good grades(3.8), also im willing to say that 80pct of people at umich dont have jobs/use parents loot

Too bad some of us out here in college have to WORK JOBS to pay off our own credit card bills. I have two jobs I work during the year, one on campus as an Anatomy teaching assistant, and one off campus as a sale associate at OfficeMax. All this with a full semester of courseloads, and my GPA is 3.4

It's quite doable, it's just a question of how bad do you want it? Most people don't appreciate the opportunity that college is - they think it's owed to them from day 1.

My parents have graciously given me the gift of paying tuition, room, and board, none of which they were obligated to in any sense of the word. Anything and everything else comes out of my pocket.

Consider yourself very very lucky.

Society deems it the parents responsibility to pay for their childs education. Though they if a person wants other stuff they should pay for it out of their own pocket.

 

[Pepsei]

welcome to the club.

 

[HardcoreRobot]

thats pretty irresponsible. if you were my son i would kick your ass

 

[Chrono]

HAHAHA
50 dollars a month for parking tickets? nice.

 

[Aharami]

Originally posted by: mAdMaLuDaWg

Originally posted by: imthebadguy

Originally posted by: QuitBanningMe
uuuummmmm......shouldn't college ATOTers not be using dad's CC?

How else does a full time college student acquire money and still put up good grades(3.8), also im willing to say that 80pct of people at umich dont have jobs/use parents loot

Umm... not to brag, but I'm a full-time working college student who has a college gpa of 3.8. I've worked throughout my four years of college and have one sem left. I knew of a few others like myself. You must have really rich parents.. luck you.

My family isn't that well-off. My parents offered to pay for college since they thought I wouldn't be able to handle the responsibility of a full time job and a college education. I knew how big of a burden it would be for them plus my little brother is planning to goto med school, so I promised them that I'd graduate in four years with a fulltime job. I had to struggle a lot (and I still am) through my college years... I can't go clubbing, hang out with friends every weekend... basically I had to forgo the normal things you typically associate with college life. I honestly wouldn't have it any other way... I've gained a tremendous amount of discipline, experience, and knowledge over these very hard four years... plus, my bro is headed off to med school .

Off the top of my head, I can't think of anybody I know who relies on their parents 100%. They either refuse to do so or have no choice... but that is prolly coz the only people I hang out with at college is the evening crowd...

:thumbsup: good for you!! i was in the same boat. only had mom supporting me and didnt want to burden her with paying for my college. so between scholarships, grants, and loans, i had my tuition set. rest i paid for by working thru college

 

[Garet Jax]

You're in for a rude awakening if and when daddy shuts of the pipeline. Your expenses will all go on the CC, you won't be able to pay it off and you will be paying exhorbitant interest for years. Enjoy.

 

[V00DOO]

You should sue Amex for not limiting you spending. Is Amex responsibility to monitor your spending. You are a victim.

 

Originally posted by: imthebadguy

Originally posted by: BigJ
Do you have a meal plan? If not it changes things.

Figure $250/month in food. Over a year (8 months worth of actual school time) that's $2,000
Books should cost no more than $400 a semester. Over a year that's $800.
Cell phone is $40/month. $320 a year.

Of actual "vital" purchases, that's $3,120 accounted for out of $8,500.
If you have a meal plan, then allowing $750 for take-out over the year (not unreasonable) then that only accounts for $1,870 out of $8,500.

Throw in booze on top of that, at say $70 a month. So that's $560 over a year.

Totals
W/o Meal Plan: $3,680 out of $8,500.
W/ Meal Plan: $2,430 out of $8,500.

That leaves a lot of money on useless sh!t.

no meal plan

You must be overweight! No meal plan and eating out "a lot". Woah ... you should be ashamed of yourself ... well, you already punished yourself with the extra weight! :/ Money must fall from trees.

 

[Insomniak]

Originally posted by: digitalsm

Originally posted by: Insomniak

Originally posted by: imthebadguy
How else does a full time college student acquire money and still put up good grades(3.8), also im willing to say that 80pct of people at umich dont have jobs/use parents loot

Too bad some of us out here in college have to WORK JOBS to pay off our own credit card bills. I have two jobs I work during the year, one on campus as an Anatomy teaching assistant, and one off campus as a sale associate at OfficeMax. All this with a full semester of courseloads, and my GPA is 3.4

It's quite doable, it's just a question of how bad do you want it? Most people don't appreciate the opportunity that college is - they think it's owed to them from day 1.

My parents have graciously given me the gift of paying tuition, room, and board, none of which they were obligated to in any sense of the word. Anything and everything else comes out of my pocket.

Consider yourself very very lucky.

Society deems it the parents responsibility to pay for their childs education. Though they if a person wants other stuff they should pay for it out of their own pocket.

That's so ridiculously not the case, and it's pathetic that people think that. If your parents are generous and able, they may offer to pay for your college educationk, but they are by no means required to.

THE LAW deems it the PERSON'S responsbility, because once you are 18, you are no longer a child - the law considers you legally an adult, and your parents are not required to fund you at any point past that.

I don't care what society "deems" or whatever other ambiguous sociological factoids come into play, the bottom line is this: You don't get a voucher when you're born that says "redeem for one college education paid for by someone else". If you are a lucky person, as I am fortunate enough to be, then you'll have that offer made to you. If you don't get such an offer and still manage to provide for your education, then you have that much more respect from me.

No one is responsible for your college or post graduate education but you. There just happen to be generous people in the world, some of them our relatives.

 

[mAdMaLuDaWg]

Originally posted by: Insomniak

Originally posted by: digitalsm

Society deems it the parents responsibility to pay for their childs education. Though they if a person wants other stuff they should pay for it out of their own pocket.

That's so ridiculously not the case, and it's pathetic that people think that. If your parents are generous and able, they may offer to pay for your college educationk, but they are by no means required to.

THE LAW deems it the PERSON'S responsbility, because once you are 18, you are no longer a child - the law considers you legally an adult, and your parents are not required to fund you at any point past that.

I don't care what society "deems" or whatever other ambiguous sociological factoids come into play, the bottom line is this: You don't get a voucher when you're born that says "redeem for one college education paid for by someone else". If you are a lucky person, as I am fortunate enough to be, then you'll have that offer made to you. If you don't get such an offer and still manage to provide for your education, then you have that much more respect from me.

No one is responsible for your college or post graduate education but you. There just happen to be generous people in the world, some of them our relatives.

:thumbsup:
QFT

 

[Baked]

Aren't you glad your parents love you so much?

 

[jiggahertz]

Originally posted by: imthebadguy

Originally posted by: Queasy
Why do you average $50 a month in parking tickets? Have you not learned your lesson on where you can and can't park?

sometimes there are no sopts and your just gotta leave your car whereever and eat the ticket

Well, let me pipe in as a former UofM student. First off, at 10k/yr on your parents CC there are much more spoiled students that attend the university. Think spoiled manhattan kids, range rovers, north face, etc. But the parking ticket thing. If you pay them that day they're $5 iirc, so you must get a ticket nearly every other day. Second of all, I'm assuming you have class mostly on North Campus since you are posting on AT. There is a huge commuter lot that is never full, but you'll have to take a shuttle to class, which is apparently below you. And if you're taking classes on central campus, walk to class like everyone else.

 

[mugs]

Originally posted by: Insomniak

That's so ridiculously not the case, and it's pathetic that people think that. If your parents are generous and able, they may offer to pay for your college educationk, but they are by no means required to.

THE LAW deems it the PERSON'S responsbility, because once you are 18, you are no longer a child - the law considers you legally an adult, and your parents are not required to fund you at any point past that.

I don't care what society "deems" or whatever other ambiguous sociological factoids come into play, the bottom line is this: You don't get a voucher when you're born that says "redeem for one college education paid for by someone else". If you are a lucky person, as I am fortunate enough to be, then you'll have that offer made to you. If you don't get such an offer and still manage to provide for your education, then you have that much more respect from me.

No one is responsible for your college or post graduate education but you. There just happen to be generous people in the world, some of them our relatives.

Wow... you got your panties all up in a bunch, and nothing you said really had anything to do with his post except "I don't care what society 'deems' or whatever other ambiguous sociological factoids come into play." In other words, you're saying you don't care if what he says in his post IS true, you're going to argue against it (or rather something unrelated) anyway.

You're right, you don't get a certificate that says your parents owe you a college education, and they're not obligated to pay for your college education. But he is correct that society HAS deemed it the parent's responsibility to at least pay for a portion of their child's education. Many parents aren't able to, and no one looks down on them if they don't, but it has become the common practice among those who CAN afford it to pay for at least part of their child's college education. Why do you think your parents' income is a factor in determining financial aid? So they can discriminate against spoiled rich kids? No, because the parents generally contribute to their children's tuition.

Edit: Society has ALSO deemed it the children's responsibility to care for and support their parents when they are old and unable to.

 

[NiKeFiDO]

i <3 how threads there take on there own argument. imthebadguy (OP) probably is just sittig back not giving a sh1t what you all think. I would. But hey, im in the i pay for most of it section also.

 

[ngvepforever2]

let's see .... learn to cook , you'll save some money. Use the internet to buy books and you'll save even more money. All the money I earn while working goes to my tuition, books, gas and car insurance + helping my folks with the mortgage. I haven't even upgraded my pc in three years ( still my badass 1.8gzh oc' to 2.7ghz can hold its own) . I wish I had 10K bucks to spend around but then I wouldn't probably spend it I would invest it to make more .

Regards

ng

edit: Oh yeah.... when you start making your own money you will cry like a baby every time you get fined $50 for being lazy and not parking in the right place

 

[Plasdom]

umich? I guess I understand the parking tickets then if you drive to class. Take the bus. AATA is free to students now

 

[kyparrish]

you suck OP