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

I paid my own way. Scholarships and working while in school. Grad school, I worked and borrowed. Took me 10 years to pay it off after completion.


Paid my children's education.

My parents paid for mine. My first semester's tuition for 15 hours was $242.50.

I had a full music scholarship that covered 4 years... my Dad paid for the 5th, but by then I qualified for in-state tuition as he had moved back to BR. He also picked up housing and books/supplies.

Going out money was all on me.

I feel very fortunate to have graduated debt free.

My parents help out, but I pay them back so I’m not indebted to a federal student loan shark. Also, my GI Bill helps a little bit, I’m a reservist though so it doesn’t help much, I just use that money to pay my dad back. And my grandparents have a START account for all their grandkids.

it was more about paying for my apartments than my tuition at LSU after tops covered the entire tuition and only like $1000 in fees was left to paid
this is 2012-2016 time frame
i paid for a summer myself

My parents are poor so there was no college fund for me.

I can remember asking my dad about if I had a college fund when I was young (like 10 or so). Just heard kids at school talking about going to college when they got older. He pointed to my head and said "that's your college fund".


Honestly...I don't see college as something that you HAVE to pay for your kids. Each person's situation is different. If a parent wants to and has the means...that's great. If they don't or only want to pay for some of it or they don't have the means...doesn't make them a horrible parent either.


Course..I'm not a parent and the way the OT works...that means my opinion doesn't mean shite.

Mine did

No. I had scholarships. When I dicked around and those ran out, I started busting arse working something absurd like 84 hours a week in the summers to be able to pay for the rest of my school with part-time jobs during the school year to interfere with my studies as little as possible.

My parents did give me free room and board while I was in my second college career, though.

If I ever have the opportunity to pay for college, the kid's going to know up front that the money's there, but it's not his. He'll get scholarships and loans on his own to pay for college and know that he's mortgaging his future. Get a diploma in a worthwhile field with a 3.0, and daddy steps in and pays four years of loans off free and clear. Get a 2.5 or a degree in advanced liberal navel gazing and take 7 years to do it, and you're on your own, big boy and daddy's getting a boat.

white privilege paid for mine.

Parents didn't have to pay a penny. GI bill and my hard work.