Members sludgebass69 Posted October 6, 2005 Members Share Posted October 6, 2005 I figure if 2.8 million people would all donate a penny I could pay for my son's 1st year of college. Now pony up suckers! His 1st choice, Michigan Tech is $28K per year followed by Drake at $27.8K per........d'oh! Unfortunately his major is not offered by a ton of colleges......Pharmaceutical Chemistry. Looks like I won't be having any GAS for quite awhile. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members lug Posted October 6, 2005 Members Share Posted October 6, 2005 Don't you have a paypal link, you cheap bastage? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members sunburstbasser Posted October 6, 2005 Members Share Posted October 6, 2005 Tell him to get a scholarship too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Gaui Posted October 6, 2005 Members Share Posted October 6, 2005 Ship him to Iceland, less then 800$ a year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members L-1329 Posted October 6, 2005 Members Share Posted October 6, 2005 I honestly don't know how anyone can really afford college bills like that anymore. I know people that are still paying off college loans, and will be for a long time to come. Hope you can find a way... By the way that doesn't mean that you won't have any g.a.s. for a while. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Meotch Posted October 6, 2005 Members Share Posted October 6, 2005 Holy {censored}. Is that just tuition or tuition/rent/food/booze? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members sludgebass69 Posted October 6, 2005 Author Members Share Posted October 6, 2005 Originally posted by sunburstbasser Tell him to get a scholarship too! Oh, yeah, he's working the scholarship angle for sure. Fortunately he has a real good ACT score and he's even retaking it to try and get higher. Plus he's taking college Calc I this semester and hopefully Calc II next semester, and he's already taken the AP Chem test. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members sludgebass69 Posted October 6, 2005 Author Members Share Posted October 6, 2005 Originally posted by Meotch Holy {censored}. Is that just tuition or tuition/rent/food/booze? Tuition/books/room & board/lab fees....he's on his own for the booze money. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Thunderbroom Posted October 6, 2005 Members Share Posted October 6, 2005 My wife and I have solved the college funding issue. We've both agreed that if our kids want to go to college, then they will have to pay for it themselves...somehow. My wife was given a free ride for her 4 years at Northwestern 20+ years ago at a cost of over $100k. I put myself through college on my own. Opposites attract. This is one of the few times when she's switched to my side in a discussion of this magnitude. Good luck finding the funding. There is tons of money out there for scholarships and grants. We can't give away all the scholarships at our college. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members sludgebass69 Posted October 6, 2005 Author Members Share Posted October 6, 2005 Originally posted by Thunderbroom My wife and I have solved the college funding issue. We've both agreed that if our kids want to go to college, then they will have to pay for it themselves...somehow. My wife was given a free ride for her 4 years at Northwestern 20+ years ago at a cost of over $100k. I put myself through college on my own. Opposites attract. This is one of the few times when she's switched to my side in a discussion of this magnitude.Good luck finding the funding. There is tons of money out there for scholarships and grants. We can't give away all the scholarships at our college. We are helping him out, but he is going to be responsible for the majority of it. Probably about 25%/75% split for the schools he's looking at. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Thunderbroom Posted October 6, 2005 Members Share Posted October 6, 2005 Originally posted by sludgebass69 We are helping him out, but he is going to be responsible for the majority of it. Probably about 25%/75% split for the schools he's looking at. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Meotch Posted October 6, 2005 Members Share Posted October 6, 2005 Man I love subsidised University. 4 years here will only be about 50 grand, or 40 grand America. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Texas Noise Factory Posted October 6, 2005 Members Share Posted October 6, 2005 Originally posted by sludgebass69 I figure if 2.8 million people would all donate a penny I could pay for my son's 1st year of college. Now pony up suckers! His 1st choice, Michigan Tech is $28K per year followed by Drake at $27.8K per........d'oh! Unfortunately his major is not offered by a ton of colleges......Pharmaceutical Chemistry. Looks like I won't be having any GAS for quite awhile. Cool. Just remember that he'll pay out any loans within the first ten years once he's out of college. My wife graduated a year and a half ago with a Chemical Engineering degree from U of H. She went back this semester to get her Pharm D. so... in 4 years, She'll be making bank, (pharmacy as a profession is expected to grow for the next like 10 years) and having the chem knowledge and edge to a degree like that will make him very popular once he graduates. My mother in law manages at a center that makes the cocktails for cancer, and other sicknesses. She hires Pharmacists on at like $80k per year plus sign on bonus... I wouldn't worry about the college. Getting a scholarship, or even loans will be manageable for him... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members miles to go Posted October 6, 2005 Members Share Posted October 6, 2005 You'd think with an interest in pharmaceutical chemistry, he could find some way to make some extra money. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Kaesh Posted October 6, 2005 Members Share Posted October 6, 2005 Long live socialism. Long live state schools being better than private. I had to pay circa US$2.7 for my ID though Plus $20 registration fee when I applied. Curses! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members T. Alan Smith Posted October 6, 2005 Members Share Posted October 6, 2005 Originally posted by Thunderbroom My wife and I have solved the college funding issue. We've both agreed that if our kids want to go to college, then they will have to pay for it themselves...somehow. FINALLY!!! Some sense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Thunderbroom Posted October 6, 2005 Members Share Posted October 6, 2005 Originally posted by T. Alan Smith FINALLY!!! Some sense. Did you expect any less from me? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members sludgebass69 Posted October 6, 2005 Author Members Share Posted October 6, 2005 Originally posted by Texas Noise Factory Cool. Just remember that he'll pay out any loans within the first ten years once he's out of college. My wife graduated a year and a half ago with a Chemical Engineering degree from U of H. She went back this semester to get her Pharm D. so... in 4 years, She'll be making bank, (pharmacy as a profession is expected to grow for the next like 10 years) and having the chem knowledge and edge to a degree like that will make him very popular once he graduates. My mother in law manages at a center that makes the cocktails for cancer, and other sicknesses. She hires Pharmacists on at like $80k per year plus sign on bonus... I wouldn't worry about the college. Getting a scholarship, or even loans will be manageable for him... Thanks for the encouragment. This is what he's been telling mom, but she just see's him coming out of college with a ton of debt and starts freaking out about her baby. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members rikshaw Posted October 6, 2005 Members Share Posted October 6, 2005 Originally posted by T. Alan Smith FINALLY!!! Some sense. amen! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Emprov Posted October 6, 2005 Members Share Posted October 6, 2005 I'm feeling generous today, I'll 100% match anyone's $.01 donation, up to 10 times! *checks IRS website to see if he can write it off* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members lug Posted October 6, 2005 Members Share Posted October 6, 2005 Originally posted by Emprov I'm feeling generous today, I'll 100% match anyone's $.01 donation, up to 10 times! *checks IRS website to see if he can write it off* Iwas going to PayPal one AMERICAN dollar (not some {censored}ey Canadian or other worhtless kind of dollar), but Sludge's ability to set up a charitable fund seems to be quite lacking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members sludgebass69 Posted October 6, 2005 Author Members Share Posted October 6, 2005 Originally posted by lug Iwas going to PayPal one AMERICAN dollar (not some {censored}ey Canadian or other worhtless kind of dollar), but Sludge's ability to set up a charitable fund seems to be quite lacking. O.k. I give up, I do have a Paypal account but no idea how to link it.......I'm computer'tarded:( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Kaesh Posted October 6, 2005 Members Share Posted October 6, 2005 Originally posted by sludgebass69 O.k. I give up, I do have a Paypal account but no idea how to link it.......I'm computer'tarded:( post the email addy... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members sludgebass69 Posted October 7, 2005 Author Members Share Posted October 7, 2005 illzman1@prodigy.net Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members bikehorn Posted October 7, 2005 Members Share Posted October 7, 2005 consider a Canadian university. the education is just as good, but it costs a whole {censored}load less even when you remove the subsidisation the government puts in for canadian students. my cousin lives in Virginia and got into a whole bunch of different universities in the US to which she had applied...but instead decided to go to University of Toronto. it costs her about $20,000 US less a year, as i recall and U of T is one of Canada's highest-ranked universities. not that there aren't others. i certainly don't go to U of T. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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