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A Tale On Going to College
Posted on 10/12/16 at 11:11 am
Posted on 10/12/16 at 11:11 am
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If ever an article was written about our f'd up college situation, this is it.
It has it all. A smart kid but a kid with unrealistic dreams. HS counselors that try but can only do so much. An overpriced school that had no business recruiting her, and she had no business attending.
This kid could have used TOPS, rode the bus to UNO every day, not paid a dime for her education except for maybe some books, could have worked, etc.
Or, she could have done what she ended up doing - going to another state school and getting enough money to live on campus.
Loyola is not a very good school, certainly not worth the price of admission. If rich parents want to send their rich kids there, whatever. Average people without a free ride have no business going there.
If you have kids in high school, or know kids in high school, share this story.
If ever an article was written about our f'd up college situation, this is it.
It has it all. A smart kid but a kid with unrealistic dreams. HS counselors that try but can only do so much. An overpriced school that had no business recruiting her, and she had no business attending.
This kid could have used TOPS, rode the bus to UNO every day, not paid a dime for her education except for maybe some books, could have worked, etc.
Or, she could have done what she ended up doing - going to another state school and getting enough money to live on campus.
Loyola is not a very good school, certainly not worth the price of admission. If rich parents want to send their rich kids there, whatever. Average people without a free ride have no business going there.
If you have kids in high school, or know kids in high school, share this story.
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Posted on 10/12/16 at 11:13 am to LSUFanHouston
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not paid a dime for her education except for maybe some books,
Posted on 10/12/16 at 11:18 am to LSUFanHouston
That's basically an article on poor decision-making skills.
Loyola isn't some show-stopper on a resume.
Loyola isn't some show-stopper on a resume.
Posted on 10/12/16 at 11:20 am to LSUFanHouston
I am so damn sick of how liberal NOLA.com and The Advocate have become under the new owner. I wish we had an alternative local news source. Let me sum up that whole article for you. IT AIN'T MY FAULT. WHY WON'T THE GOVERNMENT TAKE CARE OF ME???
Here is the operative line in the article.
I want to go to college but can't sit down and figure out if it is too expensive? WTF?
Here is the operative line in the article.
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Some colleges offered Larionne full rides. Not so Loyola. Nor would it take the credits she had earned through a local pre-college program. But Loyola had the prestige factor. Her family was impressed. Larionne envisioned the name on her résumé. She imagined its impact on her job prospects, how people would see her. "I didn't really look into the money. I didn't really look at any of the other things," she said. She didn't blame her KIPP counselors. They said she could afford to go to Loyola -- if she lived at home.
I want to go to college but can't sit down and figure out if it is too expensive? WTF?
Posted on 10/12/16 at 11:21 am to LSUFanHouston
It's not the college situation that is f'd up. That is a person making bad choice after bad choice.
How can you not know how much something like living on campus will be?
And what is a freshman income tax return if she didn't have a job?
How can you not know how much something like living on campus will be?
And what is a freshman income tax return if she didn't have a job?
Posted on 10/12/16 at 11:23 am to jbgleason
If having enough money to pay everything off is a main concern when choosing where to go to college you should probably choose somewhere where you're given the most financial aid and where cost are lowest.
Posted on 10/12/16 at 11:29 am to LSUFanHouston
What's sad is for every story like her's, you have 1000's of people from her community making the same kind of ill informed every day decisions like buying vehicles, renting homes, etc. Then get pissed when they get evicted or have their ride repo'd. Only to be left in the same position as before, but swamped in debt.
Posted on 10/12/16 at 11:30 am to jbgleason
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IT AIN'T MY FAULT. WHY WON'T THE GOVERNMENT TAKE CARE OF ME???
I didn't get that impression. It seemed like, after the fact, she realized she made some mistakes. I think she was saying she didn't have the resources to make a good decision, which is clear.
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I want to go to college but can't sit down and figure out if it is too expensive? WTF?
Happens all the time. News flash - most 18 year olds aren't that smart with money. Gosh knows I was a blithering idiot at 18 when it came to money. My parents' aren't great with money either, and neither went to college. But I had a grandfather who sat down with me and helped me make the best decision, and even with that... I'm still paying off student loans (but at 1.875% rate)
Posted on 10/12/16 at 11:31 am to LSUFanHouston
"That's the consequences you pay for not really knowing what's going on," she said."
Yep. And how did she get a tax refund???
Yep. And how did she get a tax refund???
Posted on 10/12/16 at 11:31 am to BayouNation
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And what is a freshman income tax return if she didn't have a job?
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After classes and her campus job, she would "hope my mom was off work," she said. If not, she turned around and took the same ride back, getting home at 10 or 11 p.m.
Posted on 10/12/16 at 11:32 am to tiger91
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Yep. And how did she get a tax refund???
Article says she had a campus job. That, and if she declared herself independent, would absolutely result in a tax refund.
Posted on 10/12/16 at 11:37 am to LSUFanHouston
From the article:
directly contradicts that she is
quote:
"I didn't really look at the money"
directly contradicts that she is
quote:
A smart kid
Posted on 10/12/16 at 11:37 am to LSUFanHouston
LSU and UNO are fine schools, especially their engineering and science programs.
Why anyone other than the uber rich go to Tulane or Loyola without full rides is beyond me.
Why anyone other than the uber rich go to Tulane or Loyola without full rides is beyond me.
Posted on 10/12/16 at 11:44 am to ClientNumber9
Think back to when you were 18.
Consider all the options students have today.
If you had those kinds of options when you were 18, would you have made a smart decision on your own (which this girl basically did).
No doubt she made bad decisions. And most 18 year olds would make bad decisions in this situation.
Consider all the options students have today.
If you had those kinds of options when you were 18, would you have made a smart decision on your own (which this girl basically did).
No doubt she made bad decisions. And most 18 year olds would make bad decisions in this situation.
Posted on 10/12/16 at 11:47 am to NYNolaguy1
This story reminds me of the lady who got upset because she couldn't figure out how to install the internet on her Ubuntu laptop.
She's an idiot for turning down those schools offering scholarships as are her parents.
She's an idiot for turning down those schools offering scholarships as are her parents.
Posted on 10/12/16 at 12:08 pm to LSUFanHouston
She is quoted saying "I didn't really think about the money" stopped reading right there. If you are too lazy to look into the financials of college especially after hearing all of these horror stories about student debt, then I'm too lazy to listen do your entitled arse bitch about being in debt.
Posted on 10/12/16 at 12:14 pm to Wooly
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She is quoted saying "I didn't really think about the money" stopped reading right there. If you are too lazy to look into the financials of college especially after hearing all of these horror stories about student debt, then I'm too lazy to listen do your entitled arse bitch about being in debt.
Lot of people in this thread forgot what it's like to be 18 and stupid.
Posted on 10/12/16 at 12:39 pm to LSUFanHouston
I don't really see the money as the biggest issue. Article says the "math and science courses" were too hard and "she wanted to major in accounting." That right there should have been your clue. She was top 10 in her class and couldn't hack freshman weed-out classes?
The advisor's solution is even more laughable. "sign up for the classes you want to take"... so mass comm and photography? Ok, good luck with that. Ended up transferring to NW State and changing her major to criminal justice (read: much easier without the math and science classes that were just too hard).
She loves NWS because they found money for her and she can nap in the middle of the day... wow, I can't even. The real world will be cruel to this one.
The advisor's solution is even more laughable. "sign up for the classes you want to take"... so mass comm and photography? Ok, good luck with that. Ended up transferring to NW State and changing her major to criminal justice (read: much easier without the math and science classes that were just too hard).
She loves NWS because they found money for her and she can nap in the middle of the day... wow, I can't even. The real world will be cruel to this one.
Posted on 10/12/16 at 12:41 pm to jbgleason
quote:lulz
But Loyola had the prestige factor.
I mean, if you are going to become a Jesuit Priest, then yes it does. Private sector? Lol, no
Posted on 10/12/16 at 12:49 pm to LSUFanHouston
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Lot of people in this thread forgot what it's like to be 18 and stupid
I went to a community college because it was cheaper, and I got more scholarship money
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