re: 22 year old blows 90k for college, blames Parents

I worked full time through college and I wouldn't want my kids to do the same. I would prefer they work part-time and get involved in other extra-curricular activities. Meet new people and find new interests.

Not every child who doesn't work in college is a spoiled brat.

It's tough, for sure. You took a different route which is commendable and has worked out for you. You also have great parents who raised you right.

Hell, my sons are 25 & 22 and when they were young I made them do chores. When the other kids would come down the street and ask, "Can Son#1 or Son#2 come out and play?"

"No, they're doing chores"

They would act like the c-word was in Greek or something. That word didn't even register with them.

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“[My parents] said there was nothing they could do for me. They’re not being honest with me saying they don't have [money] because my dad has worked for like a million years and they have a retirement account.”

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So she wants to use her parents' retirement money for her education. Is she going to replace her parents' retirement income after she finishes her education? Or will she make the excuse that she didn't budget for it because her parents didn't teach her to do so?

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she had managed to blow through a $90,000 college fund

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no way to cover her remaining $20,000 tuition balance.

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Well in reality she blew through 30k since the other 60k went to the three previous years of tuition. Thats 10k a year to live off of after tuition.

So really she didnt have a spending problem or blow through anything, sounds like they didnt realize that college was going to cost more than 90k where she attended

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They’re not being honest with me saying they don't have [money] because my dad has worked for like a million years and they have a retirement account.”

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A retirement account for their retirement, not for free-loading kids who can't take responsibility for their own actions.

Working at the library or front desk at the dorms or something, yea. That's fine I guess. On campus jobs are flexible and know, obviously, that school comes first.

The people I know that did those jobs just studied the whole time while at work.

I still hate you

Well, lets think about this. She had $90,000. Her tuition is $20,000/year. Now, right off the bat, she already dropped $60,000 on tuition. That means that she spent roughly $10,000/year on living expenses assuming that her college fund was her only source of money. That's really not unthinkable. That means her rent, food, school supplies, books, gas for her car, insurance, cell phone bill, utilities, ect averaged out to $834/month. That's really not outrageous for a college student. Sure, she probably could have done better with more budgeting, but think of it this way:
Assuming the college fund was her only source of income, her tuition was a total of $80,000. Already, almost 90% of her college fund is gone, right off the bat. That only leaves $10,000 to live off of for 4 years. That's only $208/month for books, food, housing, utilities, ect. That's impossible. Van's down by the river have higher rent than that.

This means that she would have either had to work a substantial number of hours while in school or have her parents pay for even more!