re: How many of you had college paid for by your parents?

I don’t know a single person who paid for it by themselves.
How could you? Most schools cost (and have for a long time) more than $20k per year. What teen can support themselves and also make that money?

There’s a number of schools that don’t allow you to go part time. My school didn’t. Unless your getting govt assistance or your student loaning the whole thing, a part time job isn’t gonna pay for most colleges.

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I don’t know a single person who paid for it by themselves.
How could you?

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Grant it, I got a loan for one semester, but I paid for grad school by myself.

I don't know anyone that paid for it on their own either--but I know plenty of people that didn't get help from mommy and daddy. There is nothing wrong with loans or scholarships if you really want it and is worth it (i.e., a degree you can get a good job with).

I agree with the other poster that said we need to stop acting like college and vo-tech are rights. They should not be impossible to get into for people that don't have rich mommies and daddies, but it shouldn't be an automatic that everyone goes either.

Start classes at University of Tennessee next Wednesday using post 9/11 Gi Bill

Nope.

I paid for undergrad and grad school. I lived at home through undergrad and had a job I worked 30-35 hours a week. Had to move out for grad school and take out loans. My parents did help out by buying groceries and paying car insurance and things like that.

Also, this was in the 90s & 2000s, not 60s & 70s before people post that school was so cheap in those decades.

1st year was paid by my folks. Everything after that was paid by me (working full time) and my awesome grandmother. She really came through for me Escaped with zero loans due thankfully.

My parents paid my undergraduate tuition and helped with housing after paying two years in the dorm. I paid my own law school and housing. Paid it off in about 16 years.

They gave me money every couple of weeks. Basically whatever they could afford to give me, couple hundred here couple hundred there.

Grandmother often paid my apartment rent.

Took out the max amount loans that I could to cover tuition and books. Picked up a couple of academic scholarships in my last few years.

Worked part time at a few places for extra money - Golds gym, worlds gym, couple of restaurants. Then did two paid internships.

I lived in a nice apartment all 4 years of undergrad and year and a half of grad school. Always had enough money to do stuff and was never scraping up change for food. It was a group effort though.

Oh yeah, graduated with about 20k in student loan debt. I made about 30k working I would guess over the 5 years at AU.

Good job after AU and paid off the loans within 3 yrs.

My parents paid for college but I have been "paying" for it for twenty years in the form of emotional blackmail by them holding it over my head. They expect that I still do what they say when it comes to career. They take credit for my accomplishments and success because they say I wouldn't have achieved them without them paying for college.

While I appreciate the gift they gave me, I wish I had done it on my own terms.

Mine was paid for by an Army ROTC scholarship. My mom was a single parent that would not have been able to afford college tuition.

I paid for undergraduate and graduate degree for my oldest. My youngest is graduating next year and I have paid for his college as well. It is worth it for them to start out their lives without crushing debt.