Paying for College on Your Own (The New York Times)

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Community college in Maryland does NOT cost $5,000 a year in tuition. I was curious so I went to check and I looked at a couple of MD CCs. In-state tuition costs between $1500-2700 for in-county students, and around $3,000 for in-state but out-of county residents.

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<p>I just got the catalog from my local community college on Friday.
$90 a credit, 30 credits a year = $2700
Course fees = $30 (any humanities/social science) - $200 (any science) per course = 10 courses a year x $60 = $600</p>

<p>That gives a total of $3300 for a year, not including books. I stand corrected. I forgot that since I attend school out of state, they want me to pay out of state, and therefore mine is much higher.</p>

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First of all, you don’t get checks on WIC; you get a card that enables you to purchase certain limited items at the grocery store for the nutritional benefit of your child(ren).

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<p>In my state WIC comes on checks, but they are essentially the same - you can only get certain items.</p>