<p>Having a typical asian parent (bad excuse? and yes, I should be thankful but still!) they always find a way to spend money on my education.</p>
<p>This summer they signed me up for this SAT prep class for a month for frigging nearly 1k!</p>
<p>The stupid state finals cost around 400 bux and gosh; this money issue is really bugging me.</p>
<p>i don't know, i didn't do any SAT prep but i know each AP test costs 82 bucks.</p>
<p>Lots and lots and lots. My parents think an education is priceless. So they're willing to pay lots to make sure I get a decent one. But I'm reasonable, and when I know the program will be useless then I opt to tell my parents to save their money.</p>
<p>i'm asian particularly Korean but we don't use that much money. Sure my parents spend money on my education if it is necessary, but 1K i think that's kind of expensive. But it's your socioeconomical status, take advantage of it.</p>
<p>I took the SAT three times and got a 1390 overall. Not very high, but it put me in the 95th percentile of SAT-takers. </p>
<p>Amount we spent for SAT prep: 20 bucks, for the big, fat, red SAT prep book from Borders.</p>
<p>I got a considerably higher SAT than most of my friends that spent hundreds on SAT prep and dragged themselves to hours of practice for weeks. For instance: I scored seventy points higher than a friend that paid about 500 bucks (or her parents payed). Another friend paid several hundred and was an SAT-practice-test maniac for weeks and scored (only) sixty points higher than me. I say "only" because she spent way more money and put way more effort than me, for sixty points.</p>
<p>Sometimes it just depends on the kid and what they can learn/how they can perform regardless of professional prep. I wish I had gotten a higher score, but then again, I didn't really study the big, fat, red SAT prep book as much as I should have, either (like four hours the night before the test each time).</p>
<p>Umm every year high school costs $27,000...I have to do SAT prep sometime later...yeah.</p>
<p>SAT Books: $100
SATs: $200
AP Prep Books: $75
AP Tests: Free
High School Tuition: Free
School Supplies: $200
Paying as much as I spent during all of high school for one week of college: Priceless (and horribly depressing)</p>
<p>AP tests plus SAT tests plus test books.</p>
<p>Not too bad though, haven't taken an outside course since 6th grade and that one was pretty cheap (like $200).</p>
<p>And I'm Asian too...but my parents are pretty free with the education & spending money...a good thing, I guess.</p>
<p>I don't pay a damn thing for my education, and it's a damn fine one.</p>
<p>Public School: $0
State pays for AP tests: $0
SATs:$50ish
Sat prep this summer 3 grand... 2 weeks in boston though.. should be awesome.</p>
<p>I can't complain. They won't let me work. They say my job is school... The car and gas card are also decent persuasion to not work...</p>
<p>yeah same as visirale. my parents won't let me work too. "students' job is school. nothing else".
My parents spend everything on my ed! I don't know what it's costing them cos they neva tell me but it must be heaps cos I got a personal tutor 6 days a week.
Also, I know they spent a fortune on my SAT books because I had to get it shipped from the u.s. They bought me 3 books for each subject test and like 5 SAT I prep books.
They also give me monthly allowance that I consistentaly tell them that I don't need.. and they also pay for my shopping, movies, eating, etc.. when i tell them I dont need that kind of money.
I FEEL SOOOOOOOOOO GUILTY
hopefully, i'll earn heaps of money and luxuriously take care of them when they are old lol.</p>
<p>lol, this is just chump change (i took sat i 3 times, 2 sat ii once, 1 sat ii twice, a princeton sat prep book, and a bunch of library fines from taking out their sat prep books)</p>
<p>try the 44Gs my parents' will pay this fall... eeek</p>
<p>LOL... I was reading a newspaper article this morning and it reviewed local private schools and there were many for 24-27K... theses aren't even boarding schools! Wow! I go to a public school but most kids from my neighborhood go to private schools and they're no smarter than I. </p>
<p>I take college classes over the summer and they cost upwards of $3000 but that's about it for me.</p>
<p>hmm... trying to let your temptation go over an extra cookie in the cafeteria... cuz of 50 cents... compare this to how much we will have2 pay college in the future. I feel very guilty too; my parents just gives me money if I ask them. I'm not much of a party or a buy game person.</p>
<p>tuition free
ap prep: prolly $80, but my bro can use em too, and I got every math text book to diff equations from school :)
ap exam: free
SAT: $60</p>
<p>but i rarely buy stuff for myself, unless i really need it.</p>
<p>PS: I just found out last night that i NEED a PSP and IPOD! :)</p>
<p>You don't need both. Just get a 1GB memory stick for that PSP.</p>
<p>Several hundred for APs this year
About 250$ for summer courses.
SAT prep books - $20
SAT - $60</p>
<p>Thats about it I guess. My parents offered to get me a private tutor, but I turned it down :). IMO its a huge waste of money and time.</p>