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  • DotKritic
    Forum User
    • Jun 2009
    • 2974

    #1

    How are you paying for college?

    It's that time of year for applying to colleges and universities, but how do you plan on paying for it.

    I plan on paying for it 75-80% federal loans and 20-25% out of pocket.

    edit: Lets bring in people who graduated. How did you pay for your education? How are you doing with it?
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  • DarknessXoXLight
    sonder
    • Mar 2007
    • 2279

    #2
    Re: How are you paying for college?

    Stripping.

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    • Coolboyrulez0
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      • Aug 2006
      • 10042

      #3
      Re: How are you paying for college?

      It's free here 8)
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      • Poison-
        Nope
        FFR Simfile Author
        • Nov 2010
        • 3772

        #4
        Re: How are you paying for college?

        50% parents, other half is me/loans.

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        • dragonmegaXX
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          FFR Simfile Author
          • Jul 2008
          • 3661

          #5
          Re: How are you paying for college?

          HAHAHAHAHAHA higher education is for queers

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          • kmay
            Don't forget me
            • Jan 2007
            • 6523

            #6
            Re: How are you paying for college?

            i went to community college and paid out of pocket. its very hard to work full time and also go to school full time though. so be careful.


            at the 4 year school, i'm most likely taking out loans

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            • arcnmx
              nanodesu~
              • Jan 2013
              • 503

              #7
              Re: How are you paying for college?

              Out of pocket. Kept failing year after year, such a waste of money...


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              • justin_ator
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                • Mar 2007
                • 7648

                #8
                Re: How are you paying for college?

                Originally posted by kmay
                i went to community college and paid out of pocket. its very hard to work full time and also go to school full time though. so be careful.


                at the 4 year school, i'm most likely taking out loans
                Same thing, I'm almost done with my second year of college and I've paid out of pocket for what I couldn't cover on scholarships. Which is really saying something because I've never had a job until a year and a half ago, and I had essentially no savings because my parents couldn't afford to help me on anything. When I transfer to the 4-yr I'll be doing loans for what I can't cover, since I still don't make enough to really pay off school stuff and also pay rent/etc. School + work full time is rough, just like kmay said. Life of a college kid right there though.

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                • eastsideman09
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                  • Dec 2006
                  • 1746

                  #9
                  Re: How are you paying for college?

                  My first two years were at a community college, and I was working anywhere between 30-40 hours a week. Freshman year was fully covered by my scholarship, which I lost second semester by 0.02 points of my GPA. Sophomore year, I paid out of pocket. Now I'm about graduate from a university, and the last two years were paid for with federal loans/grants.
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                  • SC_coolguy44
                    Harmonoize
                    • Sep 2007
                    • 1041

                    #10
                    Re: How are you paying for college?

                    How I pay is use half of my parents money and half of it from OSAP loans from the government. I won't be getting OSAP in my September semester because I'll be below the required amount of courses of 5 to be eligible for OSAP (have to be full-time) but I will be full time in the January semester. I was originally planning to go to school for a semester in the spring/summer but then other things came up, so my graduation got delayed even further.

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                    • Jerry DB
                      FFR, lift, repeat
                      • Jan 2008
                      • 2071

                      #11
                      Re: How are you paying for college?

                      I go to a community college and I get all my college paid for by FAFSA grants. Basically since I'm poor I get the full amount
                      So my grants cover 3 terms. The cost of tuition for 3 terms is about $3,300. Books for 3 terms I will say are about 600 bucks for all 3 terms(costs about $300 per term but I get about $100 back when I sell them) I get a total of $8,800 for all 3 terms all of which I don't have to pay back unless I fail classes. I basically get like 600 bucks a month to just spend on anything I like. So basically I go to school for free and get paid like a part time job just for being poor xD

                      When I have to transfer things won't work in my favor though(damn universities)
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                      • infinity.
                        FFR Veteran
                        • Sep 2007
                        • 1701

                        #12
                        Re: How are you paying for college?

                        i go to a private liberal arts school aka a lot of money

                        i'll be 20k in debt, which isn't too bad imo
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                        • A2P
                          FFR Veteran
                          • Apr 2009
                          • 3127

                          #13
                          Re: How are you paying for college?

                          when I was going to school in 2011-2012, I paid out of pocket for all credit hours...then I lost my job! Yayyyyy.....

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                          • Hakulyte
                            the Haku
                            • Jul 2005
                            • 4678

                            #14
                            Re: How are you paying for college?

                            $155/semester out of pocket. No big deal compared to nearly everyone else. Temp work easily cover it.
                            Last edited by Hakulyte; 04-1-2013, 05:18 PM.

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                            • ilikexd
                              FFR Simfile Author
                              • Apr 2006
                              • 3208

                              #15
                              Re: How are you paying for college?

                              fed aid, poker monies & tutoring/teaching monies

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