college is getting so expensive.

Post by **Dr_Watson** » Mon Jul 23, 2007 2:45 pm

got my bill today

07/18/2007 Tuition $ 8,695.00

since we run quarters with the summer optional...
x3 brings this year up to : $26,085 + fees & books.

makes me wonder what it felt like to be the previous generation. when you didn't have a mountain of debt on your back before even starting a career.
certainly doesn't help that i've been having to pick up alternative private loans which don't have deferred interest.
So i'm already in the hole for 2k worth of juice on those puppies.

sigh... 2009 is going to be a scary year. :icon21:

Post by **scared?** » Mon Jul 23, 2007 2:48 pm

good thang my kids colleges r all paid for...

Post by **Captain** » Mon Jul 23, 2007 2:55 pm

scared? wrote:good thang my kids colleges r all paid for...

...with blowjobs and geoff currency...scared?

Post by **Nightshade** » Mon Jul 23, 2007 3:09 pm

scared? wrote:good thang my kids colleges r all paid for...

Too bad they'll be too stupid to get in. Unless...mailman?

Post by **MKJ** » Mon Jul 23, 2007 3:11 pm

unless ur a mailman...

Post by **Ryoki** » Mon Jul 23, 2007 3:12 pm

rofl @ the mailman...

Post by **-Replicant-** » Mon Jul 23, 2007 3:50 pm

the year I graduated, tuition was up to $45,000 per year

Post by **Big Kahuna Burger** » Mon Jul 23, 2007 4:12 pm

My tuition is $12,700 a semester, so with my rent it comes to $36,400 per year. That's not even counting the "Mandatory Laptop Program" which is another $3,000 for the new Macbook Pro. I'm pumped to declare bankruptcy :icon14:

Post by **Qr7** » Mon Jul 23, 2007 8:40 pm

GWU
The sum of tuition, room and board is $50,630 for this year's class.

GG scholarships

Post by **StarShrieker** » Mon Jul 23, 2007 11:46 pm

yay for state schools....although Iowa's schools are getting up there in price too.

Post by **mik0rs** » Mon Jul 23, 2007 11:52 pm

By jingo, that's pricey, I only owe about £11-12k for 4 years.

So instead of worrying about that too much, when I get my first proper paycheck I'm gonna buy an XBox and some clothes.

Post by **Wizard .3** » Tue Jul 24, 2007 5:46 am

Mine comes out to about $8,000 canadian for a full year of class.

Post by **MKJ** » Tue Jul 24, 2007 8:54 am

IT'S SO OBVIOUS

Post by **S@M** » Tue Jul 24, 2007 10:54 am

my PdD is free

lols mkj

Post by **Dr_Watson** » Tue Jul 24, 2007 4:23 pm

riddla wrote:whew, glad I went to school in the early 90s when tuition was less than a grand per quarter. Auburn jacked it up bigtime when they moved to semesters and havent looked back since.

i was supposed to go in 1997, but i decided to be a loser for a while.
but then it was the 90's and everything was peachey.
i had no ability to see that GWB would pop in and totally ass-fuck the economy.

deflating that number down to 1997 price-index it's only $20,300
which is pretty close to what it actually was to goto the same school (~$18K IIRC).
Would have been easier to afford then too, as it wouldn't be all on my back. back then my parents had somewhere near 4x their current income (before motorola lay-offs fucked my dad and wal-mart ate the retail chain my mom was climbing the ladder of).

ahh... the good old days.

Post by **Tormentius** » Tue Jul 24, 2007 5:12 pm

Wow, some of those tuition costs are insane :icon20:. Good luck getting a job that pays enough to make ends meet on those loans straight out of university.

Post by **Fender** » Tue Jul 24, 2007 5:19 pm

Mine was close to $25K/year total back in 1990.

Post by **Dr_Watson** » Tue Jul 24, 2007 5:20 pm

Tormentius wrote:Wow, some of those tuition costs are insane :icon20:. Good luck getting a job that pays enough to make ends meet on those loans straight out of university.

I'm AB- and don't drink; so i should be able to get a good rate on my organs.

Post by **Dr_Watson** » Tue Jul 24, 2007 5:21 pm

Fender wrote:Mine was close to $25K/year total back in 1990.

that's $40K in today's economy.
suppose i don't feel so bad now...

Post by **Hannibal** » Tue Jul 24, 2007 6:47 pm

Remember you crazy kids, declaring bankruptcy won't eliminate student loan debt. Dying, however, will do quite nicely in that regard (i.e. your parents, fuckbuddies, kids or whomever won't have to deal with it).

Post by **Dr_Watson** » Tue Jul 24, 2007 7:31 pm

they will if they co-signed.

Post by **Big Kahuna Burger** » Tue Jul 24, 2007 8:34 pm

I'm planning on paying off all my student loan debt with credit cards, then declaring bankruptcy

Post by **stocktroll** » Tue Jul 24, 2007 8:50 pm

lol at homos who go to fancy overpriced private schools that come out just as dumb as when they went in

Post by **Hannibal** » Tue Jul 24, 2007 10:32 pm

Dr_Watson wrote:they will if they co-signed.

OK, I should've said 're: federal student loan debt'.

Post by **scared?** » Tue Jul 24, 2007 10:49 pm

real college is free...paid for when u get a job...no0bs...