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re: Should parents supports their kids in college?
Posted on 12/29/14 at 9:41 am to Wooly
Posted on 12/29/14 at 9:41 am to Wooly
If the kid is responsible, makes good grades, works during the summer, and the parents can afford it then you are doing your kids a huge favor. The people I know that didn't have to struggle through school are in much better shape than those that had to pay their own tuition and living expenses. I would say that a large majority of my friends with professional degrees had this type of situation.
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Posted on 12/29/14 at 9:43 am to saderade
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The people I know that didn't have to struggle through school are in much better shape than those that had to pay their own tuition and living expenses. I would say that a large majority of my friends with professional degrees had this type of situation.
pretty much 50/50 for the people I knew
I think it has much more to do with the ambition. motivation and intelligence of the kid, than it does the parents helping
Posted on 12/29/14 at 9:46 am to The_SwAUggford
Yes, unless you absolutely cannot afford to.
Posted on 12/29/14 at 9:47 am to TigerHam85
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Couple years later I went back, put myself through it for a much more advanced degree, worked full time with other odd jobs to pay for it and learned so much more. Not to mention the part of me that valued the education I was paying for myself.
Mind if I ask what your two degrees are in? I'm thinking about going back, but I'm not sure what it's like to get a second bachelor's. Did you have to go back to school for another four years?
Posted on 12/29/14 at 9:48 am to chalmetteowl
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chalmetteowl
Isn't fair to the kids that have to support themselves? Life isn't fair.
Is that the excuse you are going to give your kids when you explain to them why you don't think investing in their future is important even though you have the means?
Posted on 12/29/14 at 9:54 am to kingbob
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I was told that as long as I kept my scholarships, didn't f&%k up, and went to a public in-state school, he would help to pay for it
This will be my approach with my kids. They will need a part time job to cover their expenses but I will pay for in state school, rent, and their car. If they want to go out of state or if they want to continue on with their education it is on them. They will need to make the decision on whether or not getting into debt is a good investment, hopefully they make the right choice.
My money ends the day they graduate from undergrad. I really cannot understand parents that continue paying for their kids stuff after they graduate. I know in their mind they think they are helping the kid but I can tell you based off the kids I see that have this it has the exact opposite effect.
Posted on 12/29/14 at 9:54 am to Beerinthepocket
Glad you took that obvious troll post to heart.... But I will have plenty of means to help and will if they go to a relevant school for their degree. I refuse to fund a history "degree" from some crap like Tulane or Loyola or harvard
Posted on 12/29/14 at 9:55 am to The_SwAUggford
I have.
Posted on 12/29/14 at 9:57 am to The_SwAUggford
As long as they make the grades
Posted on 12/29/14 at 10:01 am to TigerTroll11
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I refuse to fund a history "degree" from some crap like Tulane or Loyola or harvard
Was that a troll too?
Posted on 12/29/14 at 10:01 am to Keys Open Doors
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Other than retail what kind of place could possibly hire a kid to work for 3-4 weeks
Construction work, right now it' real easy to get work. In a month the kid can clear a few grand.
As for the original question, my kid has a scholarship and lives on campus (pre-med only dorm). As long as she keeps the grades up I will cover the living and housing costs until she's done with undergrad. If she gets into med school, she'll have to do the loans for tuition but I'll do as much as I can to cover living and housing. I'm trying to give her the opportunity for a better life than I have.
This post was edited on 12/29/14 at 10:06 am
Posted on 12/29/14 at 10:04 am to DosManos
First was a BS in Kinesiology.
Second is a BS and an MS in geology that I will complete here in 2015 after writing and defending my thesis.
Started my first geo job a couple weeks ago. Great pay, enjoying what I'm doing and happy where I'm living. From beginning to end will have taken me 3.5 years to acquire these degrees. Doing something I actually enjoy alone was worth the sleepless nights of calculus and physics problems before going to work at 5am, everything else is just a plus.
Second is a BS and an MS in geology that I will complete here in 2015 after writing and defending my thesis.
Started my first geo job a couple weeks ago. Great pay, enjoying what I'm doing and happy where I'm living. From beginning to end will have taken me 3.5 years to acquire these degrees. Doing something I actually enjoy alone was worth the sleepless nights of calculus and physics problems before going to work at 5am, everything else is just a plus.
Posted on 12/29/14 at 10:14 am to The_SwAUggford
My parents had a rule that all of their kids had to live on campus their freshman year. Housing and meals were cheaper that way. I got an academic scholarship that paid tuition as long as I kept a 3.0 GPA. Neither of my sisters did. They didn't mind paying for an apartment after that. And they paid for my mba program since they were off the hook for my undergrad tuition. I still worked to pay for the power and water bills and any other stuff I wanted to do.
Posted on 12/29/14 at 10:16 am to The_SwAUggford
It's one of those pay it forward kinda things...my parents did it so I'll do it for mine.
Posted on 12/29/14 at 10:16 am to The_SwAUggford
If he lives for free in your house, then yes. If you're inplying you pay for his rent, then hell no. Tell him " Life is not free. Welcome to real life"
Posted on 12/29/14 at 10:25 am to yellowfin
I will pay for my kid to go to MIT if he does engineering. I will pay for Harvard if he wants to do law. I won't pay 100k a year for princeton if they are getting an English degree to wind up being a bartender 2 years after graduation
Posted on 12/29/14 at 10:27 am to The_SwAUggford
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How many people believe that parents should provide a rent free place for their child to stay while they are in at least their first 4 years of college. This goes for kids who couldn't afford housing of course. Please be serious, lol.
No they shouldn't pay. If you want an education work for it. Otherwise you will end up with an entitlement worthy kid still sucking of the nipple.
Posted on 12/29/14 at 10:31 am to TigerTroll11
What if he goes to law school with that English degree?
It's a pretty popular undergrad degree for law students
It's a pretty popular undergrad degree for law students
Posted on 12/29/14 at 10:46 am to yellowfin
Dude brah, if my kid is doing tarded things at an expensive school, I ain't paying for it
Posted on 12/29/14 at 10:55 am to Isabelle
If you can't afford it, you shouldn't have had kids.
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