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neosapien

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Sweet! I can't believe how much tuition is today compared back in the olden' days. and how much student debt the kids are saddled with when they graduate.
Yeah, I didn't even explore colleges 15/16 years ago when I graduated high school because even then they were unaffordable. But in the research I've done in just the past few weeks it's fucking crazy. The leading state university here for online classes is $8k+ a semester. For 4 classes, online! 8 thousand fucking dollars.
 

Jimmyjonestoo

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Yeah, I didn't even explore colleges 15/16 years ago when I graduated high school because even then they were unaffordable. But in the research I've done in just the past few weeks it's fucking crazy. The leading state university here for online classes is $8k+ a semester. For 4 classes, online! 8 thousand fucking dollars.
That's fucking ridiculous.
 

Singlemalt

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Yeah, I didn't even explore colleges 15/16 years ago when I graduated high school because even then they were unaffordable. But in the research I've done in just the past few weeks it's fucking crazy. The leading state university here for online classes is $8k+ a semester. For 4 classes, online! 8 thousand fucking dollars.
That one semester is a bit more than my entire 4 yr grad school program was (sans textbooks)

(edit) 40 yrs ago lol
 

Blue Wizard

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Yeah, I didn't even explore colleges 15/16 years ago when I graduated high school because even then they were unaffordable.
I looked into them a bit along with trade schools. I tried to apply for financial aid but somehow made too much even though I was making less than minimum wage and was only making that much because my employer (family) wasn't withholding taxes. Like who the fuck even qualifies then? Sorry, your income bracket is below the poverty line but it's not that below the poverty line.

I found out years later that family had given money to set aside me a college fund but dad spent it all when he got sued sometime in the mid 90's. So by the time I graduated he turned it over to me with a whopping $2k in it.

So I saved up my own money but lost it all paying medical bills.


Shit happens.
 

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