<p>student, the tuition at my PUBLIC STATE university is $460 per credit hour. That’s almost $14k JUST in tuition to go to school 15 credit hours/semester.</p>
<p>I work full time year round and I barely make a dent in my tuition. I am lucky that I have good FA and merit scholarships or else I’d be SOL as my parents don’t (and can’t) contribute anything. And working near-full time year round (or more in the summer) sucks. It really just SUCKS. Understand the financial realities of schools before you tell your child to just make it through on their own.</p>
<p>And you can afford to give your kid an overpriced laptop but not contribute to his education? <em>smh</em></p>