By: valleycat1
I agree with the premise that the student makes the difference between a great school experience (from kindergarten on up) and a mediocre/failing experience. And that for k-12 grades, the parents are...
View ArticleBy: Mani
Trent – I have two children who will be joining college in a couple of years. I think keeping debt at the minimum while providing good education is very important. To teach your children about the...
View ArticleBy: Johanna
On the choice between big state schools and selective private schools, I think there’s another side to the story. Kathleen mentions part of it. Here are a couple of other points: Does he mention taking...
View ArticleBy: Ruth
I second Kathleen’s comment on Ivy league schools giving a lot of financial aid. Stanford pays 100% of tuition for students from families making less than 100k annually, and Harvard has been paying...
View ArticleBy: Leen
I don’t like the thought of writing scholarships off completely. I got scholarships and ended up getting through undergrad and law school without any debt or loans. Especially for undergrad, there are...
View ArticleBy: Kate
#5–Johanna Your impression that it takes longer to graduate from big state schools may be based on truth. I know that it is true for at least one state school in my home state. I personally know of...
View ArticleBy: Claudia
I think the biggest problem with colleges and that the focus of so many in the past 20 years or so has rapidly become making money not educating their students. I’ve worked with people who have...
View ArticleBy: WendyH
The military (National Guard) is how I paid for most of my college, although the current situation has changed significantly from when I went through, I never had to serve full-time like my nephew’s do...
View ArticleBy: Ben
@johanna From my experience, it is rarely the schools fault alone if a student takes longer than 4 years to graduate with a bachelor’s degree. If you plan ahead to make sure you are taking the courses...
View ArticleBy: Denise
Regarding the responses about the state schools taking five years to graduate instead of the four years to graduate with the bachelor’s degree. A person needs to be in contact with their advisor...
View ArticleBy: Johanna
@Ben: Certainly there’s something to be said for proactive planning, but the situation I had in mind was one where you know you need to take a particular class in a particular semester, but you can’t...
View ArticleBy: Carol@inthetrenches
A dear lady I know had not worked most of her adult life. (Husband supported the household.) When it was time for her kids to go to college she sent them with her blessings and took a full time job to...
View ArticleBy: jim
Seems to me the best solution in general is to go to a top tier public school. There are many public schools rated in the top 50 universities in the nation. Johanna : I went to a large West coast...
View ArticleBy: Deb
My husband and I went to our local public university as nontraditional students. I went to a regional branch and he went to another branch because he was majoring in engineering technology. The local...
View ArticleBy: Sophie
Another issue in the public versus private debate is how prepared your child is to take the reigns on his or her own education. I received my undergraduate degree from a small university (3500...
View ArticleBy: tentaculistic
I was lucky because I had 5 older siblings to teach me how to go to a good college on the cheap. So here’s the biggest secret out there for getting a good scholarship: STUDY LIKE A MANIAC FOR THE...
View ArticleBy: Katie
Another issue in the public versus private debate is how prepared your child is to take the reigns on his or her own education. I received my undergraduate degree from a small university (3500...
View ArticleBy: Dan Brantley
I would advise everyone entering this stage to find out what the priority financial aid deadlines are and make sure you meet them (Many are Dec 1 of HS Senior Year) It can be surprising what is...
View ArticleBy: jgonzales
I have to chime in on the idea of the classes being not available. I’m just beyond the traditional age for college and have many friends who either graduated recently from college or are current...
View ArticleBy: Georgia
Our local high school superintendent had 8 children and knew the costs would be high. He went to the town our nearest state university was and bought a 2 story home. His kids were able to live there...
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