Thread: Tuition hikes.

I swear sometimes I think I'd be better off just getting knocked up and letting the state pay for my college education.

I agree, I've thought about it too, but for all the crap we go through to go to and pay for college, the hardworking students will come out on top. Now keep repeating that to yourself before you kill someone. Hey if you kill someone the state will pay for your school too! J/K

I agree with all this advice. You will have a good life and be proud of yourself and we will be proud of you too when you do it on your own. Hang in there, I'm sure you are doing a good job.

I totally understand your frustration. But hold your ground and don't do that. You will have done it yourself. You will know you were responsible. That is something to be proud of.

I have four boys so they cannot get pregnant but if they get you pregnant will they get free college too? lol

Me

Great ideas, schsa. The only thing I would add to, in search of money to go to school, contact your local representative. There are programs out there for grants that anyone can get and don't have to pay back.

I wish you luck. I have a daughter your age in school, and I understand how rough it is.

Linda

Originally Posted by schsa

The only way to get around it is to apply for as many scholarships as you can. Transfer to a small private school and see how much of a scholarship you can get after your freshman and sophmore years if you have good grades. Don't depend on the state tuition reimbursement or Pell Grants.

There are scholarships out there that require only that you fill out the paperwork. Some require an essay but the money is there. You would be surprised at how much of your tuition and books can be covered by scholarships and not all of them are limited to books and tuition. Sometimes it's just money that you can have to live on.

Don't give up but do go digging.

Originally Posted by hblueeyes

I have four boys so they cannot get pregnant but if they get you pregnant will they get free college too? lol

Me

ROFLMAO! Too funny!

Originally Posted by hblueeyes

I have four boys so they cannot get pregnant but if they get you pregnant will they get free college too? lol

Me

LOL. I doubt it. Double standards and the like.


I wouldn't actually get pregnant just to recieve money for college. I wouldn't get pregnant without having the money to support the child.

Just drives me nuts that there are so many of us that have to pay for our college (parents make too much for government help) but if a girl gets knocked up, she qualifies for assistance and many other things. I understand that it's hard to be a young single mother, but by golly no one made you open your legs.

At the rate it's going, it'll be back to where only the wealthy can afford to go to college. And everyone else will be scrubbing their toilets.

Just have to remind myself that it's worth it.