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re: Holy Moly College is expensive
Posted on 4/12/25 at 10:55 am to Gdellinger
Posted on 4/12/25 at 10:55 am to Gdellinger
Nevermind that LSU is lowballing Louisiana’s top HS grads.
My ‘25 senior got three “offer” letters in-state: LSU, ULL, and Southeastern. Both ULL and SLU’s letters presented “this is what we [the school] are offering you, for a total of $xx,xxx for four years. Add your expected TOPS award and you package is $nn,nnn.”
Both ULL and SLU’s packages INCLUDED room, board, stipends, and on-campus employment.
LSU’s offer was “congrats - you’re in the Ogden Honors College and your total award is blah blah blah.” Read the fine print and the total award INCLUDES TOPS. No room/board or stipend. Some afterthought on-campus job.
This is for a 4.0 plus GPA, 32 ACT, student body president, involved in every damn extracurricular the school offers damn near.
Kid even made an appointment himself and sat down with an LSU admissions/scholarship counselor, presented all three offers, and asked “isn’t your mission to retain and educate the top in-state students?”
Their response was “meh.”
My ‘25 senior got three “offer” letters in-state: LSU, ULL, and Southeastern. Both ULL and SLU’s letters presented “this is what we [the school] are offering you, for a total of $xx,xxx for four years. Add your expected TOPS award and you package is $nn,nnn.”
Both ULL and SLU’s packages INCLUDED room, board, stipends, and on-campus employment.
LSU’s offer was “congrats - you’re in the Ogden Honors College and your total award is blah blah blah.” Read the fine print and the total award INCLUDES TOPS. No room/board or stipend. Some afterthought on-campus job.
This is for a 4.0 plus GPA, 32 ACT, student body president, involved in every damn extracurricular the school offers damn near.
Kid even made an appointment himself and sat down with an LSU admissions/scholarship counselor, presented all three offers, and asked “isn’t your mission to retain and educate the top in-state students?”
Their response was “meh.”
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Posted on 4/12/25 at 11:01 am to Gdellinger
I believe I saw a stat that 50% of colleges graduates are working in a job that did not require a college degree. Not sure when that stat is from. I know my son graduated in Construction Mgt from LSU in December and is still looking for a spot but may end up taking a job that doesn’t need his degree at some point.
Posted on 4/12/25 at 11:15 am to Gdellinger
Not having kids, this is the great equalizer now. I have student loans and many of my friends/colleagues do not. However, they all have to pay for their kids now. Life has rewarded me.
Posted on 4/12/25 at 11:23 am to rs_la
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Nevermind that LSU is lowballing Louisiana’s top HS grads.
States like Florida give their best students full rides to in-state universities. LSU treats its top in-state kids the same as the 2.8/20 ACT kids. It’s pathetic.
Posted on 4/12/25 at 11:35 am to rs_la
This post was edited on 5/2/25 at 4:36 pm
Posted on 4/12/25 at 11:47 am to Earnest_P
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This seems like a bubble waiting to pop.
This won't pop until we allow college loans to be discharged in bankruptcy and stop guaranteeing them via the government.
Posted on 4/12/25 at 11:54 am to lsuconnman
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It’s not lowballing.
It is lowballing, and they aren't considering the long-term, negative consequences they'll face from the loss of generational lovers of their institutions.
This post was edited on 4/12/25 at 11:59 am
Posted on 4/12/25 at 12:52 pm to imjustafatkid
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This post was edited on 5/2/25 at 4:27 pm
Posted on 4/12/25 at 1:37 pm to lsuconnman
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You can’t be serious. Given LSU has the smallest endowment in the SEC, I think admissions can accept the loss of another generation of freeloaders. I’d also bet the majority of TAF money doesn’t even come from people with an LSU degree.
Oh I'm very serious, and my comment is not solely directed at LSU.
Posted on 4/12/25 at 1:59 pm to OceanMan
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This world has gotten out of control, this is a pretty clear can’t afford it situation that doesn’t require further consideration.
You'd think so. We've been divorced a long time amd mom lives in the clouds. All I can do is offer advice. I already told kiddo I hate to say I told you so later in life.
Posted on 4/12/25 at 2:00 pm to Motownsix
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Think about it. You’re 19-20 years old making bank
I don’t consider $50k “bank” and many aren’t even making that.
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Fast forward two decades and you’re collecting disability because you can no longer carry that 40lb bag of roofing shingles up a ladder.
Sounds horrible
Posted on 4/12/25 at 2:05 pm to Motownsix
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No such thing as a useless degree.
I’ve got an engineering degree and 95% of the stuff I did in college is a distant memory
I can’t imagine going deep in debt to get some random humanities degree
Posted on 4/12/25 at 2:19 pm to Sun God
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I’ve got an engineering degree and 95% of the stuff I did in college is a distant memory I can’t imagine going deep in debt to get some random humanities degree
I guess you’re assuming you make more money than that random humanities degree. I’m sure in some cases you are and in some cases you are not.
Posted on 4/12/25 at 2:24 pm to Sun God
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I’ve got an engineering degree and 95% of the stuff I did in college is a distant memory
You weite, do math, and use critical thinking skills every day. Just because you aren’t applying the same exact concepts doesn’t mean you aren’t using what you learned in college.
But this is about par for the course for an engineer.
Posted on 4/12/25 at 2:31 pm to Ol boy
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4 year degrees are not required if you do some homework into what field to go to and work hard or just show up and pass a drug test.
If you want to make more than $100K/year you’ll likely need a 4 year degree.
If you’re happy being lower middle to middle middle class then sure.
Posted on 4/12/25 at 2:34 pm to Gdellinger
We went through this last year. It’s brutal
Next year 1400 a month for her freaking apartment. This is in Tally. Like wtf.
Next year 1400 a month for her freaking apartment. This is in Tally. Like wtf.
Posted on 4/12/25 at 2:38 pm to GeorgeTheGreek
LSU prefers out of state students to instate students because they pay more. I also hate to break it to you but a 32 isn’t super special anymore. It’s not nothing but the good LSU scholarships are going to the people who get 34-36 whether I state or out of state. If you got a 36 LSU will offer to pay everything. With a 32 it’s we like you, go to the honors dorms and classes but if you say no we won’t miss you
Posted on 4/12/25 at 2:40 pm to tigerbacon
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I also hate to break it to you but a 32 isn’t super special anymore.
It’s the 97th percentile nationally and most people in Louisiana are fricking retarded.
It never ceases to amaze me how stupid some of you are
This post was edited on 4/12/25 at 2:41 pm
Posted on 4/12/25 at 3:02 pm to achenator
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But yet we got denied from entry from Michigan and UNC with a 4.45 and a 35. Your kid must have started 7 charities and prevented world war then.
Or is just not White, Jewish, or Asian
I had a similar experience as your son with schools like Vandy, and ended up in STEM-MBA at Bama too. Now I make near 200K annual before 30 with no student debt.
I’m not saying that to brag. I’m saying it in hopes that you can share with your son if he gets down over rejections from prestigious companies in these coming years like the elite universities did in high school. Because there were times when I was his age, that it felt like all the work was not paying off.
Posted on 4/12/25 at 3:26 pm to TomRollTideRitter
quote:I think he'll be fine. He's really motivated by the content and research. He picked what I think to be one of the least paying STEM majors and minors (chem/physics, couldn't be talked into engineering) . I suspect he'll go into academia. He had an opportunity to make way more money in a different field but it didn't interest him at all.
I’m not saying that to brag. I’m saying it in hopes that you can share with your son if he gets down over rejections from prestigious companies in these coming years like the elite universities did in high school. Because there were times when I was his age, that it felt like all the work was not paying off.
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