did your parents paid for your college education?

[that_someone_special]

Not really. I had some money from my grandparents, some loans, and my parents did pay some/ are still paying some. Because of my major, I had INSANE book fees/ supplies fees/ project fees per quarter. I did pay for most of that as well.

 

[meresal]

Date: 1/12/2009 7:38:09 PM
Author: sugary
While my parents offered, I was able to pay for college on my own through awards/scholarships and money I earned modeling and working for my dad during the summer months. I also applied for scholarships for grad school and earned money through modeling to pay for the rest of my expenses.

There is money out there for the taking through scholarships, awards, etc. you just have to look for it and apply.

Just to add to this... I grew up in a extremely fortunate family, and my parents paid for 5 college tuitions. I was the fifth, and wanted to hlep my parents out as much as possible. Though it wasn't necessary in their eyes, they appreciated the effort. I started with 33% golf scholarship and the school also paid for room and board... however, I was unable to get any other scholarships because of my parents income level. Over the 4 years, I built my way up to 100% scholarship, room/board, and living expenses... but I worked my butt off.

Even those of us, who's families can afford to foot the bills, have a very hard time getting scholarships to help out. It's not always about looking hard enough...

 

[that_someone_special]

Yeah my mom makes way too much money for us to qualify for grants, whatever. I got like... maybe $200 when my brother was in college at the same time as me called a pell grant? .. that wouldn''t even pay for books..

 

[that_someone_special]

Date: 1/12/2009 8:48:45 PM
Author: sammyj
No...kind of. I did a 4 year bachelors and a 2 year masters and I had a line of credit the entire time. I didn''t qualify for a student loan until grad school when you automatically qualify after being 4 years out of high school. During my first two years of university my parents wrote me a couple of checks (a couple of thousand each) but they cut me off after that! In spite of working throughout my entire university career I still came out $30+k in debt... (three years later though, I''ve only got about $9k left!

).

GOOD FOR YOU!!! Keep at it!

I have several friends that have over $70k in debt (The highest being $125k). Actually, that''s where it starts. Mine when I started school was projected at $60k, I ended up with a total of $69k but with some money, my family paying some ect, I BELIEVE I''m in then $45k-$60k range.

One loan is $34k and if I wait the full 15 years to pay it off, it''s going to cost an additional $

18k!!! SO, every college kid needs to know to pay AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE, even if your loan/ month is lower than you can afford. That extra $100, $200 here and there add up!!

 

[Lulie]

Yes, glad they did so I didn''t have a chance to get distracted with other ''things''
Now Is my turn, they don''t know it but my kids will get the same

is a must.

 

[pennquaker09]

Both my parents and grandparents started college funds for me. I had very lax parents and the only thing that they did stress was education. My only requirement was to do well in school. Not going to college was not an option. Especially on my paternal side because the last 4 generations went on to college.

Tulane offered me a full tuition scholarship and then all of my other costs, such as room and board, were covered by other academic scholarships I won. As far as undergrad was concerned, the only time my parents wrote a check to Tulane was the fall of 2005 when I went to Harvard because of Katrina. Ironically, it costs less to attend Harvard than Tulane. Of course, Harvard doesn''t award academic scholarships.

I used about 34K to pay for my masters degree, but the rest of what my parents saved is still there. A part of me regrets not attending Princeton, because I think it would have been worth it, but I received a great education for free.

Nate is from Georgia and he went to UGa on the Hope scholarship in addition to having a football scholarship. He used the money his parents saved for his college education to pay for his medical school.

My parents saved with the idea of graduate education in mind. For my entire freshman - well, I started college as a sophomore so I guess I should say first year of college, I had every intention of going to medical school.

We definitely plan on paying for our kids college education. However, I do think it comes with certain expectations. I don''t think I would foot the bill for Kate and Gray to make Cs at a 50K a year school.

 

[that_someone_special]

Date: 1/13/2009 12:38:36 AM
Author: Lulie
Yes, glad they did so I didn''t have a chance to get distracted with other ''things''
Now Is my turn, they don''t know it but my kids will get the same

is a must.

That is very sweet of you!!

 

[that_someone_special]

Date: 1/13/2009 1:17:53 AM
Author: pennquaker09
Both my parents and grandparents started college funds for me. I had very lax parents and the only thing that they did stress was education. My only requirement was to do well in school. Not going to college was not an option. Especially on my paternal side because the last 4 generations went on to college.

Tulane offered me a full tuition scholarship and then all of my other costs, such as room and board, were covered by other academic scholarships I won. As far as undergrad was concerned, the only time my parents wrote a check to Tulane was the fall of 2005 when I went to Harvard because of Katrina. Ironically, it costs less to attend Harvard than Tulane. Of course, Harvard doesn''t award academic scholarships.

I used about 34K to pay for my masters degree, but the rest of what my parents saved is still there. A part of me regrets not attending Princeton, because I think it would have been worth it, but I received a great education for free.

Nate is from Georgia and he went to UGa on the Hope scholarship in addition to having a football scholarship. He used the money his parents saved for his college education to pay for his medical school.

My parents saved with the idea of graduate education in mind. For my entire freshman - well, I started college as a sophomore so I guess I should say first year of college, I had every intention of going to medical school.

We definitely plan on paying for our kids college education. However, I do think it comes with certain expectations. I don''t think I would foot the bill for Kate and Gray to make Cs at a 50K a year school.

I admire that. I went to school with some brats that had their parents pay for everything. They didn''t go to class, talked back to teachers, and didn''t do homework!! Some dropped out. But then again, plenty got good grades too. It''s those people I wish could get more help on their loans ect..

 

[steph72276]

Date: 1/13/2009 1:17:53 AM
Author: pennquaker09
Both my parents and grandparents started college funds for me. I had very lax parents and the only thing that they did stress was education. My only requirement was to do well in school. Not going to college was not an option. Especially on my paternal side because the last 4 generations went on to college.


Tulane offered me a full tuition scholarship and then all of my other costs, such as room and board, were covered by other academic scholarships I won. As far as undergrad was concerned, the only time my parents wrote a check to Tulane was the fall of 2005 when I went to Harvard because of Katrina. Ironically, it costs less to attend Harvard than Tulane. Of course, Harvard doesn''t award academic scholarships.


I used about 34K to pay for my masters degree, but the rest of what my parents saved is still there. A part of me regrets not attending Princeton, because I think it would have been worth it, but I received a great education for free.


Nate is from Georgia and he went to UGa on the Hope scholarship in addition to having a football scholarship. He used the money his parents saved for his college education to pay for his medical school.


My parents saved with the idea of graduate education in mind. For my entire freshman - well, I started college as a sophomore so I guess I should say first year of college, I had every intention of going to medical school.


We definitely plan on paying for our kids college education. However, I do think it comes with certain expectations. I don''t think I would foot the bill for Kate and Gray to make Cs at a 50K a year school.

Woohoo! Tell Nate I said Go Dawgs! My tuition was also paid for on the Hope Scholarship.....it is a wonderful thing. Too bad I was the only person I knew to keep it all 4 years b/c you had to keep your grades up. Most kids lost it the first semester!