<p>Personal question. That's why I'm asking on a forum. I'm curious.</p>
<p>My parents pay for my tuition. I live at home, and I pay for everything else.</p>
<p>right now, I have around $1000</p>
<p>I'm trying to make enough money to move out and maybe take out some loans. Can't really figure out how just yet. Maybe I'll get another job.</p>
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<p>I know a guy who has to pay $30,000/year outstate tuition, and his parents aren't helping out because he has like 3 siblings. Poor dude...</p>
<p>Another guy I know is doing pre-med after he discovered his first bachelor's degree doesn't interest him anymore. Now he wants to go to med school. Poor dude...</p>
<p>I mean... these guys are going to pay off interests for quuuite a while</p>
<p>My tuition is fully paid for by Bright Futures and a smaller additional scholarship, and my housing is paid for as well by my federal grant and U grants. I have a job to save up for a car (because I won’t be living on campus next year) and a class I need to take at a community college during the summer.<br>
I barely ever get to spend my money on me, and I have a couple of thousand of debt from loans from my first summer term, which I start paying at around the middle of this semester. Yeah, it does suck to have a job and not be able to use your paycheck on stuff you want, but you have to think of the bigger picture.</p>
<p>I get about 18k in scholarships/grants each year. There rest (~$4k) is in loans/I pay. I work 3 jobs and most of my money goes towards medical bills/ helping my parents.</p>
<p>I have about $200 in the bank, but my parents owe me close to $1k. </p>
<p>So, in short, my short term financial situation sucks, but the long term one looks better because I won’t owe much in loans after getting my bachelor degrees.</p>
<p>Terrrible. My parents have no money, but I’m not quite poor enough to qualify for my college’s free ride for low-income students program. So I’ll be stuck with an unfortunate amount of loans every year. </p>
<p>So in order to even pay off my loans before I’m 40, I have to major in something immediately profitable, despite the fact that I would much rather do other things not quite as profitable. But it’s either sacrifice one of my two majors for a profitable one, or never be debt free. </p>
<p>And my parents aren’t helping either. They’ve always been in debt, and they can’t even see the problem with it. They just laugh it off when they see me upset over taking out $40k in loans for my undergraduate degree. They don’t see how it limits me. They don’t see how it hurts me. And frankly, it’s annoying. </p>
<p>But I don’t really have many options here. My home is a ****-poor town in the sticks where I can’t even get a summer job. There are just about 0 local scholarships. So I’m out of luck there. Basically, I’m completely screwed. </p>
<p>I mean, I suppose I should be happy with the knowledge that my current majors will get me a decent job at a decent employer and should allow me to pay off my loans in a few years (by being frugal, of course). But still. I’m get quite irritated at my parent’s attitude toward this situation.</p>
<p>I pay my own tuition, around 3k in loans each semester and then I pay $800ish out of pocket. My parents pay my rent. My mom was court ordered to pay it last semester and now my dad pays it this semester. </p>
<p>I work but I usually end up spending most of what I earn on food, books for school, emergency things, etc. I have $60ish in the bank before I get paid tomorrow. I work events (basketball games, football games, concerts, festivals, etc) so some months I get paid a lot (like March during spring break I’m pretty much working like 100 hrs that week, at the minimum) and some times there’s only four events in a month so it’s not totally a reliable way to earn income. And on top of work I regularly volunteer at two other event places and after this semester I will hopefully get a paid job at one of them. Until then I’m trying to get another job. </p>
<p>Before I had a job, I knew what it’s like to nearly starve. I’ve had months where it’s the 7th and I only have $6 in the bank and I wouldn’t get any money until the 1st of the next month. And I have almost been homeless before, twice, because of things beyond my control. Relying on my parents, especially my mom, to pay my rent is extremely nerve-wracking but I can’t make enough money to pay my rent and tuition and still go to school full time because there aren’t enough hours in the day. And my lack of a car doesn’t help.</p>
<p>I get absolutely everything related to college (even my sorority dues and alcohol/drug fund) paid by the school since I’m so damn poor. They pay tuition right away and I get a huge refund check every semester that covers housing, food, and a good bit of discretionary income. Next year I’ll have an amazing apartment off-campus which is great. I also have a job, only 8 hrs/wk, but it’s enough for me. It helps that I don’t have a car on campus, otherwise my extra money would be eaten by gas/insurance.</p>
<p>While I’m intensely grateful for my money, I do have to wonder if the extra couldn’t go to paying the tuition of someone else in need. It does seem a bit like overkill. It would be hard giving it up though…</p>
<p>I got $3,000 in grants my parents are paying it all off with a small amount of loans. My parents pay for my car, dorms, other school related fees, and debit card.</p>
<p>wow I really feel bad for some of you. Then again, I still feel bad for me, because I got $0 in scholarships/aid because of my damn student Visa. Had I done well on the PSAT, or had I actively pursued scholarships my senior year of high school instead of getting burned by my schedule, this would all be different. I’m such a dumbas5…</p>
<p>I think I’ll try to find a job at a circulation desk, throw away my social life, and just sit there to let the lessons sink in…</p>
<p>get absolutely nothing. parents pay everything in full, but they started saving when i was in the fifth grade. they managed to save enough to pay in full for 4 years, but it looks like i may end up going for an extra fifth year in which case i may need to take out a loan.</p>
<p>I’m a scholar. Full ride. Actually, it’s like I get paid to come to this school. They give me a check for $500 for travel and books (my books are cheap so there ya go! lol).</p>
<p>I’m soooo grateful. Not many people can say that they’re graduating debt free. I truly do thank God for this scholarship.</p>
<p>Not really. My tuition ends up being about $51,000 each year and I don’t qualify for financial aid. I don’t take money from my parents though. I have a job on campus and give saxophone lessons to a few kids in the area.</p>
<p>My parents have a savings for my schooling. I have a PT job and most of my money goes towards books and tuition. No scholarships (though I should apply for some). </p>
<p>Thanks to the school meeting full financial need, I only have to pay 2,000 a year (including books) for a 57,000 a year college. Working to pay that money, no way in hell my parents would ever pay for me, especially for college.</p>