find another college, dont go to college all together and all oif your problems will be solved or win the lottery
Originally posted by: Spencer278
Originally posted by: Drakkon
if your not the loan type and your a white male coming from a family making 65K plus a year your screwed and theres no way to do it unless you get some sorta job...even scholorships wont work since your in that no mans land category of being white and being "rich"...scrounged my way around for 2 years before i figured that out....lost a good 80 pds that year though from eating nothing but ramen though and riding my bike everywhere
65k - 35k = 30k to live on i think most people get by on that just fine so way should other people pay for your college
65k, by the time the government takes their cut and the health insurance comes out and the 401k contribution goes in and the parking and life insurance comes out = about 3k/month (4 weeks).. bit more, so about 40k/year. it's not all that difficult to support a family of 4 on 40k if you live in the right place, but no matter where you live it's kinda hard to do so while you're payin' 35k/year tuition.
fafsa would indicate some assistance should be available at that level, they'll estimate your family contribution towards your education should be something less than 10k/year, somewhere near that, given this hypothetical income. that's approximately the situation we're in at the moment (our income varies year to year depending on the economy.. but.. that's in the neighborhood of what this year's fafsa looked like), except for the paying thing.. my daughter has scholarships that cover her tuition, room, board, books, and leave a little pocket money left over.. there was a lot more left over last year.. but costs have increased. she's been offered a job she'd like to accept, but she has to be eligible for work study to do so, and her cost of attendence vs. our expected contribution would make her eligible but her scholarships eliminate the possibility. but.. that's ok.. please don't think I'm complaining!
you can't get work study even if you want to do that, if you don't qualify for financial aid, work study is a form of financial aid.. so that's moot. the only choices are apply for and win more scholarships, take out loans, find another source of income (you get a job, parent gets second job, non-working parent gets job, something along those lines) to produce the shortfall, or choosing a less expensive school.
it's not that people aren't trying to be helpful.. those really are all the options there are.
Imported
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Originally posted by: anno
Originally posted by: Spencer278
Originally posted by: Drakkon
if your not the loan type and your a white male coming from a family making 65K plus a year your screwed and theres no way to do it unless you get some sorta job...even scholorships wont work since your in that no mans land category of being white and being "rich"...scrounged my way around for 2 years before i figured that out....lost a good 80 pds that year though from eating nothing but ramen though and riding my bike everywhere
65k - 35k = 30k to live on i think most people get by on that just fine so way should other people pay for your college
65k, by the time the government takes their cut and the health insurance comes out and the 401k contribution goes in and the parking and life insurance comes out = about 3k/month (4 weeks).. bit more, so about 40k/year. it's not all that difficult to support a family of 4 on 40k if you live in the right place, but no matter where you live it's kinda hard to do so while you're payin' 35k/year tuition.
fafsa would indicate some assistance should be available at that level, they'll estimate your family contribution towards your education should be something less than 10k/year, somewhere near that, given this hypothetical income.
I hate how FAFSA assumes you get help from your parents.. fvcking sucks cause I get no financial help except for a government loan of $3k because of that.. :|
I'm pulling $15k a year in loans.. not fun.
If youre going to med school, your undergrad degree isnt going to be worth jack sh*t, so why bother spending so much money on it?
I'm not really too sure here, but I think the example was about his folks making 65K.Originally posted by: Spencer278
Originally posted by: Drakkon
if your not the loan type and your a white male coming from a family making 65K plus a year your screwed and theres no way to do it unless you get some sorta job...even scholorships wont work since your in that no mans land category of being white and being "rich"...scrounged my way around for 2 years before i figured that out....lost a good 80 pds that year though from eating nothing but ramen though and riding my bike everywhere
65k - 35k = 30k to live on i think most people get by on that just fine so way should other people pay for your college
I'll go back and read the post again.
Care to join me?
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Yea -- gigalow time.Originally posted by: MrCodeDude
Whore yourself out to fat women. Fat women need lovin, they just need to pay for it
-- mrcodedude
That's about the gist of it.
I'll add that public colleges and universities always give you more for your education dollar, especially if you meet residency requirements. My first two years of college put together will cost less than $5,000, and then it's off to the U of M Institute of Technology (that's University of Minnesota) for not much more to finish the degree.
I'm not sure if this has been said already, but you could join The Reserves, I think they'll pay for part, or all of your schooling. Or you can do this thing with the military where they pay for school, everything, but then you have to join the army/navy/air force for 5 years.
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Can anyone else help me? I know I'm probably fishing for an imaginary catch, but I'm still hoping.
There are scholarship sites like FastWeb that provide a database of scholarships available that you qualify for. Many of the really big ones are need based, but there are a lot smaller ones (~$500-$2000) that may fit you well. Also try your town, as they keep track of a list of scholarships, and there may be one for students who go from your high school to that college. I know someone who paid her way into Harvard by building up these types of sholarships, so it is definitely possible.
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