Sister/Brother-in-law having trouble paying for tuition

[Scouzer]

wow. that's insane. the best universities in alberta, canada are like $7k/yr

 

[TreyRandom]

Originally posted by: TridenTBoy3555

Originally posted by: Special K

Originally posted by: TridenTBoy3555

Originally posted by: mchammer187

Originally posted by: TridenTBoy3555

Originally posted by: acheron

Originally posted by: TridenTBoy3555
$10,000 for one fucking term? Is this school freaking Ivy League or what? O_O Jesus...

Uh, an Ivy League school is more like $20,000+ a semester.

No it isn't... There is no way it is. I can go to the Harvard website right now and it'll say costs per year are about $50,000. That means it is definitely below $20,000 a term. (The $50,000 includes a room and other things too)

1 term = 1 semester

2 semesters per year

50,000/2 = 25K

summer classes and winter terms if offered are never included because you don't have to take them to graduate with a typical 4yr degree

What... Who goes just for Fall and Spring? O_O So you're telling me you just go to school for one term, and then take a term off, then go back, then off, then back.

Typically Fall semesters run from Aug/Sept until around Christmas. Spring semesters run from Jan. until April/May, depending on the school. So you get summers off, and are in school for the remainder of the year.

That's not how my school works at least. We have 4 terms. Winter/Spring/Summer/Fall. Each are about 11 weeks, I think.

Then... those are quarters (get it? 4 quarters?), not semesters...

 

[TridenT]

Originally posted by: TreyRandom

Originally posted by: TridenTBoy3555

Originally posted by: Special K

Originally posted by: TridenTBoy3555

Originally posted by: mchammer187

Originally posted by: TridenTBoy3555

Originally posted by: acheron

Originally posted by: TridenTBoy3555
$10,000 for one fucking term? Is this school freaking Ivy League or what? O_O Jesus...

Uh, an Ivy League school is more like $20,000+ a semester.

No it isn't... There is no way it is. I can go to the Harvard website right now and it'll say costs per year are about $50,000. That means it is definitely below $20,000 a term. (The $50,000 includes a room and other things too)

1 term = 1 semester

2 semesters per year

50,000/2 = 25K

summer classes and winter terms if offered are never included because you don't have to take them to graduate with a typical 4yr degree

What... Who goes just for Fall and Spring? O_O So you're telling me you just go to school for one term, and then take a term off, then go back, then off, then back.

Typically Fall semesters run from Aug/Sept until around Christmas. Spring semesters run from Jan. until April/May, depending on the school. So you get summers off, and are in school for the remainder of the year.

That's not how my school works at least. We have 4 terms. Winter/Spring/Summer/Fall. Each are about 11 weeks, I think.

Then... those are quarters (get it? 4 quarters?), not semesters...

We call them terms. :-/ Some people end up calling them semesters anyway, and I don't really get that.

 

[RagingBITCH]

Originally posted by: TreyRandom

Originally posted by: TridenTBoy3555

Originally posted by: Special K

Originally posted by: TridenTBoy3555

Originally posted by: mchammer187

Originally posted by: TridenTBoy3555

Originally posted by: acheron

Originally posted by: TridenTBoy3555
$10,000 for one fucking term? Is this school freaking Ivy League or what? O_O Jesus...

Uh, an Ivy League school is more like $20,000+ a semester.

No it isn't... There is no way it is. I can go to the Harvard website right now and it'll say costs per year are about $50,000. That means it is definitely below $20,000 a term. (The $50,000 includes a room and other things too)

1 term = 1 semester

2 semesters per year

50,000/2 = 25K

summer classes and winter terms if offered are never included because you don't have to take them to graduate with a typical 4yr degree

What... Who goes just for Fall and Spring? O_O So you're telling me you just go to school for one term, and then take a term off, then go back, then off, then back.

Typically Fall semesters run from Aug/Sept until around Christmas. Spring semesters run from Jan. until April/May, depending on the school. So you get summers off, and are in school for the remainder of the year.

That's not how my school works at least. We have 4 terms. Winter/Spring/Summer/Fall. Each are about 11 weeks, I think.

Then... those are quarters (get it? 4 quarters?), not semesters...

Exactly. A "real" school runs semester, not quarters.

 

[Kelvrick]

Originally posted by: RagingBITCH

Originally posted by: TreyRandom

Originally posted by: TridenTBoy3555

Originally posted by: Special K

Originally posted by: TridenTBoy3555

Originally posted by: mchammer187

Originally posted by: TridenTBoy3555

Originally posted by: acheron

Originally posted by: TridenTBoy3555
$10,000 for one fucking term? Is this school freaking Ivy League or what? O_O Jesus...

Uh, an Ivy League school is more like $20,000+ a semester.

No it isn't... There is no way it is. I can go to the Harvard website right now and it'll say costs per year are about $50,000. That means it is definitely below $20,000 a term. (The $50,000 includes a room and other things too)

1 term = 1 semester

2 semesters per year

50,000/2 = 25K

summer classes and winter terms if offered are never included because you don't have to take them to graduate with a typical 4yr degree

What... Who goes just for Fall and Spring? O_O So you're telling me you just go to school for one term, and then take a term off, then go back, then off, then back.

Typically Fall semesters run from Aug/Sept until around Christmas. Spring semesters run from Jan. until April/May, depending on the school. So you get summers off, and are in school for the remainder of the year.

That's not how my school works at least. We have 4 terms. Winter/Spring/Summer/Fall. Each are about 11 weeks, I think.

Then... those are quarters (get it? 4 quarters?), not semesters...

Exactly. A "real" school runs semester, not quarters.

Berkeley is the only UC on a quarter system. Can't really say they're not a good school although I hate the politics of the city and most of the student body.

That, and TridenTboy shows the real intelligence of thinking everything is run exactly the same as what he's seen in his own experience.

 

[Brainonska511]

Originally posted by: RagingBITCH
Exactly. A "real" school runs semester, not quarters.

Yeah... Berkley, Northwestern, the University of Chicago... they're not "real" schools.

Personally, I prefer quarters. I like the speed at which everything moves. Yeah, it sucks sometimes with a midterm at the end of 3rd week or start of 4th, but it keeps things fresh and fast-paced.

 

[rcxEric]

they can always run to canada

 

[MrX8503]

Honestly, I'm not sure if there's anything you CAN do.

I don't know them, but from what you're telling us it doesn't sound like either of them have a good track record on managing money, so loaning them money won't fix anything.

If your BiL dropped out of college without withdrawing his classes then thats effed up and now $90k debt without a degree is his own fault and consequence. If you have $90k in debt and no degree, I don't care how expensive the school is, somewhere through college he messed up big time. I feel for your sister though because since they are married, his $90k is really her debt also. No matter how you slice it, they're gonna be in a long road of financial hurt, especially if they don't own anything right now.

 

[TridenT]

Originally posted by: Kelvrick
Berkeley is the only UC on a quarter system. Can't really say they're not a good school although I hate the politics of the city and most of the student body.

That, and TridenTboy shows the real intelligence of thinking everything is run exactly the same as what he's seen in his own experience.

Yes, a lot of schools are on the quarter system, sorry.. Not all of us go to colleges where you shell out over $50K a year.

How am I supposed to know that Harvard and some other schools run on 2 semesters? I don't go to them.

 

[Farang]

Originally posted by: TridenTBoy3555

Originally posted by: Kelvrick
Berkeley is the only UC on a quarter system. Can't really say they're not a good school although I hate the politics of the city and most of the student body.

That, and TridenTboy shows the real intelligence of thinking everything is run exactly the same as what he's seen in his own experience.

Yes, a lot of schools are on the quarter system, sorry.. Not all of us go to colleges where you shell out over $50K a year.

How am I supposed to know that Harvard and some other schools run on 2 semesters? I don't go to them.

I didn't think much of your mistake at first but now I find it amusing you're making it twice. First nothing is different than what you personally know. Oops.. now anything that is different than what you personally know is rare.

Hint: Oops

 

[TridenT]

Originally posted by: Farang

Originally posted by: TridenTBoy3555

Originally posted by: Kelvrick
Berkeley is the only UC on a quarter system. Can't really say they're not a good school although I hate the politics of the city and most of the student body.

That, and TridenTboy shows the real intelligence of thinking everything is run exactly the same as what he's seen in his own experience.

Yes, a lot of schools are on the quarter system, sorry.. Not all of us go to colleges where you shell out over $50K a year.

How am I supposed to know that Harvard and some other schools run on 2 semesters? I don't go to them.

I didn't think much of your mistake at first but now I find it amusing you're making it twice. First nothing is different than what you personally know. Oops.. now anything that is different than what you personally know is rare.

Hint: Oops

How is that an oops? You all are making a big deal out of this: I said it was less than $20K a term for Ivy League, and you all said it was $25k by saying that there are two semesters in a year. (Which makes no sense to me... Are you in classes for twice as long now? Just for the same material) I didn't know those schools worked on only two semesters and now we have huge posts insulting intelligence because I didn't know this school ran on 2 semesters a year.

 

[Brainonska511]

Originally posted by: TridenTBoy3555
How is that an oops? You all are making a big deal out of this: I said it was less than $20K a term for Ivy League, and you all said it was $25k by saying that there are two semesters in a year. (Which makes no sense to me... Are you in classes for twice as long now? Just for the same material) I didn't know those schools worked on only two semesters and now we have huge posts insulting intelligence because I didn't know this school ran on 2 semesters a year.

Let's simplify this:
Semester System
3 semesters a year (summer semester optional)
Fall semester generally runs from Mid-Late August to about a week before Christmas.
Spring semester runs from Mid January through Late April to mid-May
You take 4-6 classes a semester.

Quarter System
4 quarters a year (summer optional)
Fall Quarter: Mid to Late September to beginning of December
Winter Quarter: Beginning of January to mid-March
Spring Quarter: Late March - early June
You take 3-4 classes a quarter.

Length of Quarter < Length of Semester

If you go to Harvard and pay $50k/yr, you're going to be going for Fall and Spring semesters (time scales: see above); thus, you pay $25k/semester.
Obviously, the $50k/yr includes room and board for those two semesters, but *most* students are not going to be commuters and *most* colleges make it a requirement that first years live on campus (might be an exception for commuters, but I feel that is going the way of the dodo when it comes to top tier schools).

If you're able to go to a top-25 school (even maybe top 50), it would certainly be worth it. The quality of the education, the resources available to students (academic, research, connections), and the "big name" (which looks great on a resume) are all part of what you're getting.

PS:
It kind of shocks me how you didn't know what a semester is.

 

[sniperruff]

i'd say go talk to the school and they should work out a payment plan for them thats probably cheaper and easier on their credit than taking out high interest rate loans

 

[TreyRandom]

Originally posted by: TridenTBoy3555
Yes, a lot of schools are on the quarter system, sorry.. Not all of us go to colleges where you shell out over $50K a year.

How am I supposed to know that Harvard and some other schools run on 2 semesters? I don't go to them.

A LOT of schools? Try about 20%: link. Most universities operate on semesters.

 

[KillerCharlie]

Originally posted by: TallBill
That's a crapload of money for not even finishing school.

That's a crapload of money even if you came out with a degree!