How can I pay for school?

[Red Hawk #21]

I'm starting to wonder something, the school is over $14,000 yearly, but since im transferring there for the spring semester, I should probably need to worry about getting the $7,000 for this semster. That's not too bad then, I'm going to call the school's Financial aid office today just too see what they think of this.

[Red Hawk #21]

lol bull , i bet my ing life your parents end up paying for your school. you're too spoiled and helpless to get it paid for yourself!

Dude, I seriously doubt they're going to help me at all in this situation. They flip out on me everytime I even bring up the school. She was flipping out on me last week just because I told her I need to send my immunization records to the school

Me: "Hey mom, do you still have any of my old immunization records?"
Mom: "Yes, I think I have them somewhere in my room. What do you need them for?"
Me: I need to send them to my school...
Mom: What school...
Me: The one I just got accepted to.
Mom: I've already told you, you are NOT ing going to that school! If you want to go against my word and go, then just know you're going to have to get every single do ent and pay for every single ing cent! You hear me boy?! (She seriously said ALL of this)
Me: It's not even that serious mom, why are you and dad so mad that I'm leaving? Most parents would be celebrating at this point, you should be happy for me! I don't understand it.
Mom: Don't give me that Bull ! Me and your dad have been guiding you your whole entire life, You can't just walk away and leave because you got accepted to some school! Get outta my sight boy!
Me: I'm still gunna leave anyway, the way you act just gives me more motivation to leave *walks away*

Now, tell me that's not a selfish . She nor my dad or gunna pay for anything, I can already see it. It's fine though, I'll find a way to pay for this school. I can't wait to see their faces when I start packing up my suitcases in early January. That's when the is gunna hit the fan...

[desflood]

Get a job and pay for yourself, kid. You're going to college to learn to be a responsible adult, right? There's your first step.

[howbouthemspurs]

This is very simple! Get a job! Two if you have to! This is part of the experience in growing up; the struggle. You will be better for it.

[RandomGuy]

Dude, I seriously doubt they're going to help me at all in this situation. They flip out on me everytime I even bring up the school. She was flipping out on me last week just because I told her I need to send my immunization records to the school

Me: "Hey mom, do you still have any of my old immunization records?"
Mom: "Yes, I think I have them somewhere in my room. What do you need them for?"
Me: I need to send them to my school...
Mom: What school...
Me: The one I just got accepted to.
Mom: I've already told you, you are NOT ing going to that school! If you want to go against my word and go, then just know you're going to have to get every single do ent and pay for every single ing cent! You hear me boy?! (She seriously said ALL of this)
Me: It's not even that serious mom, why are you and dad so mad that I'm leaving? Most parents would be celebrating at this point, you should be happy for me! I don't understand it.
Mom: Don't give me that Bull ! Me and your dad have been guiding you your whole entire life, You can't just walk away and leave because you got accepted to some school! Get outta my sight boy!
Me: I'm still gunna leave anyway, the way you act just gives me more motivation to leave *walks away*

Now, tell me that's not a selfish . She nor my dad or gunna pay for anything, I can already see it. It's fine though, I'll find a way to pay for this school. I can't wait to see their faces when I start packing up my suitcases in early January. That's when the is gunna hit the fan...

Sounds a bit toxic to me.

If you are over 18, then it is fully your perogative.

Do bear in mind that you will have to be paying for food and rent and everything else PLUS the $7000 tuition.

Figure 200-300 per month food, minimum. Rent or dorm room will be on the order of $500 or so, possibly more. Start looking at prices for small apartments.

Add in books, likely around $400 per semester.

Car/transportation expenses are another major concern. Bicycles don't cut it when there is a blizzard. Expect to have to spend money on jackets/boots for the cold weather that most central texans likely don't have. (a nice wool scarf helps more than one might think, btw)

Total living expenses for the semester will likely be in the *rough* neighborhood of $1200/month.

[ididnotnothat]

Google and do more research on financing and grants. There is a ton of information out there and yes, get a job.

[RandomGuy]

Rent =$500
Clothes=$35 (running total 535)
Food/laundry=$400 (running total 935)
Transportation=$100+ (running total 1035)
Phone=$80 (running total 1135)
cable/internet acess ($75) (running total 1210)

Start working up a living expenses budget.
Break even for 1210 per month for a job is about $7.00 per hour, full time, 40hrs a week. (average month has 22 working days)
Just to be conservative, just consider 20 working days(an even four weeks), and only able to work 30 hours a week, due to studies.

You have, given the above:

4*30=120 hours to earn enough after-tax income to pay for school.

Tuition and books = $7400 divided by four month semester = 1850/month
Total expenses = 1850+1210= $3060

If you were not to require student aid, that would require $25.50 (after taxes) per hour at that rate. Work 40hrs per week, and that drops to $19.13/hr

These are the calculations you have to start making. Start looking for work, and talk to financial aid a lot.

[The Reckoning]

Me: "Hey mom, do you still have any of my old immunization records?"
Mom: "Yes, I think I have them somewhere in my room. What do you need them for?"
Me: I need to send them to my school...
Mom: What school...
Me: The one I just got accepted to.
Mom: I've already told you, you are NOT ing going to that school! If you want to go against my word and go, then just know you're going to have to get every single do ent and pay for every single ing cent! You hear me boy?! (She seriously said ALL of this)
Me: It's not even that serious mom, why are you and dad so mad that I'm leaving? Most parents would be celebrating at this point, you should be happy for me! I don't understand it.
Mom: Don't give me that Bull ! Me and your dad have been guiding you your whole entire life, You can't just walk away and leave because you got accepted to some school! Get outta my sight boy!
Me: I'm still gunna leave anyway, the way you act just gives me more motivation to leave *walks away*

deja vu. are you sure you arent 4cc?

he did the same thing and went to indiana. now wishes he would have stayed in tejas...apart from meeting rita and all.


heres some advice. slurp on your parents' tee-tees for as long as you can.

in the long run, being independent and doing your own only lands you with over $100,000 in loans, and your parents will laugh at you from their yacht in the caribbean. trust me, theyll have the last laugh (and so will your siblings because their allowance just doubled.)

[MaNuMaNiAc]

I sincerely wish you the best in sticking it to your parents. They sound like real overprotective assholes.

[ididnotnothat]

I sincerely wish you the best in sticking it to your parents. They sound like real overprotective assholes.

Sounds like their kid is a real selfish asshole too. Can stay at home and get the help they need.

[bus driver]

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[baseline bum]

I never realized it was such a pain in the ass to get listed independent; I just remember seeing it on my FAFSA back in the day. Well, your parents have you over a barrel. Either do what they say or change your major to EE or something that would be worth taking on that kind of debt.

[ploto]

Not that I agree with your parents, but they do have the right to decide to what school they want to pay your tuition. If you decide to go some place else, especially one that is much more expensive, then it is on you. You seemed to assume that they would cover the cost of this school that costs a lot more than the one you are at.

Decide if it is worth going deeply into debt to go to this school. If so, this is why the school has a financial aid office. See what you can get from them. Get a job.

[ashbeeigh]

Deadlines have most likely passed already for scholarships and internships. Have you looked into those? As much as fastweb sucks the big one for social work it's not that bad for other programs. And don't hate on me for suggesting twitter, but journalists are all over the place there. search for some jobs there. You may be able to find some social media gig online over break to cover expenses.

TLU was about $14,000 a semester. My parents covered a bit of it without taking out PLUS loans, but I stil have close to $36,000 in student loans from it plus now grad school...so just consider whether "the social life" is really worth dealing with all that extra added debt. It could be fun but is it really worth it? I decided yes, but for some people it's just not possible.

[Mixability]

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[Red Hawk #21]

Sounds like their kid is a real selfish asshole too. Can stay at home and get the help they need.

Really? I'm an asshole for wanting a better education so I can get a better job in a tough economy? I'm an asshole for wanting to not be stressed every ing day by my parents? I wish you could see the BS my parents put me through, it's funny how they always told me "If you don't like things around here GTFO" And now that I want to GTFO, they don't want me to leave.

[ididnotnothat]

Really? I'm an asshole for wanting a better education so I can get a better job in a tough economy? I'm an asshole for wanting to not be stressed every ing day by my parents? I wish you could see the BS my parents put me through, it's funny how they always told me "If you don't like things around here GTFO" And now that I want to GTFO, they don't want me to leave.

No, you are an asshole for expecting them to pay and I'm sure you've given them plenty of BS that they have had to deal with. It may not be that they don't want you to leave but not to leave for this reason. They may be to blame since they may have spoiled you and now you feel "en iled" but WTF knows. Any how I do wish you luck and yeah, one would think they would support your education with a much better at ude.

[Red Hawk #21]

Not that I agree with your parents, but they do have the right to decide to what school they want to pay your tuition. If you decide to go some place else, especially one that is much more expensive, then it is on you. You seemed to assume that they would cover the cost of this school that costs a lot more than the one you are at.

Decide if it is worth going deeply into debt to go to this school. If so, this is why the school has a financial aid office. See what you can get from them. Get a job.

I never expected them to pay all of my school expenses, I at least thought they would help me with something though. They're idiots though because they always talk about me taking care of them when they're old lol. And $14,000 a year is very reasonable for college. I have heard of college expenses way worse than this. I'm going to call my new school's financial aid office in a few minutes and explain my situation.

And I don't plan on taking loans out my whole four years there, my GPA is a 3.0 right now, I'm hoping to get scholarships/grants later on as soon as I can get my GPA a little higher. And the school I go to now doesn't offer a good program for my major, which is crucial. Let's see..

Pros
Good Program for Journalism Major
Decent college expenses ($14,000 and sum change per year)
A chance to get away from my bag parents and learn to live on my own.
Good Social life and girls

Cons
Chances of being in debt if things don't work out right.
Having to pay the entire cost of my college education.

[Red Hawk #21]

No, you are an asshole for expecting them to pay and I'm sure you've given them plenty of BS that they have had to deal with. It may not be that they don't want you to leave but not to leave for this reason. They may be to blame since they may have spoiled you and now you feel "en iled" but WTF knows. Any how I do wish you luck and yeah, one would think they would support your education with a much better at ude.

When did I say anything about them having to pay? I'm actually more disappointed in them not being happy for me than I am about not paying for my school. These are the same folks who talk about how I'm going to have to take care of them when they're old. So isn't it fair that they at least help me out with something? That's not being an asshole, your argument fails.

[Bender]

get different parents

[ididnotnothat]

When did I say anything about them having to pay? I'm actually more disappointed in them not being happy for me than I am about not paying for my school. These are the same folks who talk about how I'm going to have to take care of them when they're old. So isn't it fair that they at least help me out with something? That's not being an asshole, your argument fails.

They've helped you for the past 18 years and you want more? Write an essay about how ty they are as parents and prove your point on how you need more journalism skills.

[CubanSucks]

heres some advice. slurp on your parents' tee-tees for as long as you can.

in the long run, being independent and doing your own only lands you with over $100,000 in loans, and your parents will laugh at you from their yacht in the caribbean. trust me, theyll have the last laugh (and so will your siblings because their allowance just doubled.)

[baseline bum]

Seriously, you have a good deal with your parents paying for the other school. You can't transfer to a better school than your current one closer to home or that they approve of?

[Viva Las Espuelas]

Hang in there, lil' buddy. Soon college education will be a right. Stay the course!!!

[CosmicCowboy]

Journalism?

Theres your first mistake.

You realize that career ain't what it used to be, right? Newspapers going broke, cutting staff, cutting salaries, etc.

Its a total waste of 4 years and you will still end up flipping burgers.