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Posted on 11/15/16 at 12:50 pm to tigerskin
So,that's still confusing as hell. I have one starting LSU in the Fall under Honors TOPS. How much should I expect to pay per semester?
Edit-I was just told she gets an additional $800 semester cash "award" and we get a $1000 off per year because I graduated from LSU.
Edit-I was just told she gets an additional $800 semester cash "award" and we get a $1000 off per year because I graduated from LSU.
This post was edited on 11/15/16 at 12:56 pm
Posted on 11/15/16 at 12:55 pm to The Mick
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Is this per semester or per year?
semester.
My daughter got her letter a week ago stating what tops was going to cover. Her out of pocket was little more than what the OP has, but not much more
Posted on 11/15/16 at 12:58 pm to MrSpock
But they just found out they have to pay this in January
There's no summer between now and then
There's no summer between now and then
Posted on 11/15/16 at 12:58 pm to Lsupimp
No one knows how much TOPS is going to fund for this coming fall. It all depends on the budget defecit, which will not be known until June. Even if TOPS is full funded, because of the new legislation passed, it will only cover up to the total amount of this years tuition. the legislature capped it last year.
This means that if LSU raises its tuition ~500 dollars like it has done every year for the past couple of years TOPS will not cover the difference between this years tuition and next years tuition.
This means that if LSU raises its tuition ~500 dollars like it has done every year for the past couple of years TOPS will not cover the difference between this years tuition and next years tuition.
Posted on 11/15/16 at 1:00 pm to Salmon
TOPS will eventually be completely cut, it's a matter of time.
Posted on 11/15/16 at 1:02 pm to baseballmind1212
Gotcha. I guess that's why I opened that college fund back in 1999. I won't have enough to cover the whole thing but I should have most of it. With two more coming up.
This post was edited on 11/15/16 at 1:03 pm
Posted on 11/15/16 at 1:06 pm to Lsupimp
kudos my man. I hope I can pay for at least a portion of my kids. I came out of pocket on all of it. it's been a bitch and a half. graduate this spring though 
Posted on 11/15/16 at 1:07 pm to tigerskin
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Alex Gissel, an LSU junior, said when he started school he'd budgeted what he would owe for the next four years based on the "promise" of what the state would give him for TOPS.
"We're a middle class family. This means we're going to have to take loans out," Gissel said. "My parents have had to work overtime to pay for my college and so have I. I may be in debt by the time I leave."
You mean work for an education? Not hamded to you?
Good for him. I bet he works harder in school somce he is paying for it.
Posted on 11/15/16 at 1:10 pm to baseballmind1212
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that is with TOPS footing ~40%.
Cost me a little over 6300 for full time tuition and fees this past semester
I am so glad I didn't come out of LSU with debt. Thanks you TOPS from the early 2000's
Posted on 11/15/16 at 1:14 pm to ksayetiger
This is the kinda bullshite that gets me worked up. I can't stand titty babies like that. Ive held two and three jobs at a time while at LSU so I didn't have to take out loans.
These are the kind of kids that expect to get a 9-5 40 hour/week job paying 60-70k out of school.
These are the kind of kids that expect to get a 9-5 40 hour/week job paying 60-70k out of school.
Posted on 11/15/16 at 1:14 pm to ksayetiger
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You mean work for an education? Not hamded to you?
if his parents were taxpayers, then his parents worked for that education, no?
Posted on 11/15/16 at 1:16 pm to baseballmind1212
$6k out of pocket is still cheaper than many private high schools. Even if a kid has to take out student loans due to no family help money wise they are still getting a college education for $50k or less.
Posted on 11/15/16 at 1:16 pm to baseballmind1212
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This is the kinda bull shite that gets me worked up. I can't stand titty babies like that. Ive held two and three jobs at a time while at LSU so I didn't have to take out loans.
Maybe you should of studies harder in high school.
quote:
These are the kind of kids that expect to get a 9-5 40 hour/week job paying 60-70k out of school.
Why is that unreasonable for certain professions? Maybe you should set your goals higher.
Posted on 11/15/16 at 1:18 pm to baseballmind1212
quote:
This is the kinda bullshite that gets me worked up. I can't stand titty babies like that. Ive held two and three jobs at a time while at LSU so I didn't have to take out loans.
He basically said the same thing you just said
Posted on 11/15/16 at 1:19 pm to MrSpock
I had the Honors TOPS out of highschool. kept it all 4 years.
TOPS doesn't pay for things like food/rent/car insurance/clothes/gas etc.
It didn't pay for my extra year of school I had to take due to a change in major either.
TOPS doesn't pay for things like food/rent/car insurance/clothes/gas etc.
It didn't pay for my extra year of school I had to take due to a change in major either.
Posted on 11/15/16 at 1:20 pm to Salmon
can't help but wonder how many of these people barking about these "hand outs" took advantage of them when they had the chance.
Posted on 11/15/16 at 1:20 pm to Salmon
Yea I misread it initially.
I agree with him.
I agree with him.
Posted on 11/15/16 at 1:22 pm to MorbidTheClown
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can't help but wonder how many of these people barking about these "hand outs" took advantage of them when they had the chance.
taxpayers using taxpayer money doesn't constitute a hand out though
I absolutely benefited from TOPS and allowed me to graduate debt free
my parents also paid state taxes their entire lives
is using public roads and public parks a handout?
Posted on 11/15/16 at 1:23 pm to MorbidTheClown
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can't help but wonder how many of these people barking about these "hand outs" took advantage of them when they had the chance.
Wasn't me. TOPS started with 1997 HS grads
I graduated in 1996. So no TOPS for me.
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