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My parents essentially did this to me, but I don't really blame them and will probably do the same for my kids. Not everyone should go to college, and if you d
by ar_lan 7y ago
My parents essentially did this to me, but I don't really blame them and will probably do the same for my kids.
Not everyone should go to college, and if you do go it really better be worth the investment. I chose to go to community college and transfer, and I ended up finishing college with no student loan at all because I worked through my two years in community college.
This was largely because they taught me to value the ROI on any investment. I not only don't think they did anything wrong, but I think those lessons are much more valuable, because the stress of college payments was on my shoulders, and thus I had more personal investment in succeeding.
- CodeCube 7y agoWhat year did you graduate college, if you don't mind sharing?
- ar_lan 7y ago2015
- ap3 7y agoWait, I just read in this thread that not having financial aid when going to college was financial suicide
- ar_lan 7y agoIf you go the conventional route and only take loans. Community college + working through that means you can get potentially better college options when you transfer AND you can save significantly for those first years of your undergrad. By the time I transferred I had saved enough to cover the full tuition + living costs for my last two years of college, coming out debt-free. The big acknowledgment I'll make is that rent where I'm from was really cheap and I'm generally on the frugal side, so I was able to save up most of my income those first few years of college. I recognize not everyone is in that kind of position, but if people are they really should take advantage of this system if they really want to go to college.