My kid won/earned almost 24k in college scholarship

[BrownTown]

Originally posted by: lightstar
grats! people in CA are lucky- good weather, good public schools, free stuff

and high taxes and the highest cost of living anywhere....

 

[Farang]

If you have Running Start where you live you should probably get on that too

 

[maziwanka]

Originally posted by: PHiuR
It's hard to compare state vs private education. I attend a private institution and I believe it's worth the price for the education. The name and the connections from the alums is worth the price.

it's odd. that shit helps you out in random situations.

i was interviewing at a law firm and one of the partner's backgrounds was exactly mine - needless to say that interview went very well

 

[Mr. Lennon]

Very nice.

The US Marine Core is paying for my college tuition and I wasn't even in the core. Try to figure that one out 🙂

 

[alkemyst]

Originally posted by: BlinderBomber

Originally posted by: BouZouki
Very nice, congrats.

Unfortunately, there are some schools which cost over 30K a year and it is pretty common.

That should last him 2 years at a state school.

Some people think private universities are worth double the costs, I honestly don't believe they offer double the education.

No, they don't, but the mindset is similar to why Harvard Business School is hard to get into - people don't go there for the education, they go for the name and for the connections they make.

You get a fucking great education there as well by the way.

Most of the time if one does get into a college like Harvard, they will find the money to keep you there.