Assistance with tuition

[RUSTBUCKET BRONCO]

I told my kids i would help them out on the first semester. From there I would base the help on the grades they earned. 3.5-4 I'd pay all tuition. 3.0-3.49 I'd pay half. 2.5-2.99 a quarter. if they got below a a 2.5 they are on their own. Worked good for my daughter shes graduating from nursing school in July. My son lasted 2 years of community college and bailed for the Navy now doing avionics on seahawks helos. They all had the ability to stay home for free but none took me up on it.

 

[Streetcar]

Above 4.0 is from taking advanced classes in ohio

 

[1010]

If they make the grades do what you can.. My son is starting his 3rd year this fall at Ole Miss. It's hard enough in this world even with a degree..
Me and my wife have always put our kids first as long as they did their part also. I didn't care where they went either just go somewhere..

I told mine I'd get them through school as long as they made the grades and stayed clean of the BS that plague big schools..
I wasn't paying for them to become educated drugheads or drinkers.. They know they are on a very short chain..

Consider yourself lucky when you're kid even want's above 12 years of school.

 

[tractorshopper]

My oldest daughter is a rising Junior in College, my youngest graduates HS this weekend. For SC, the highest academic scholarship from the state is Palmetto Fellows. Both kids worked very hard and earned it.

One is going to USCB, the other is planning to attend CofC this fall. After year one, if in STEM, you also receive the Palmetto Enhancement. We also had them apply for many other scholarships and they won some of them each. My oldest is playing ball in college which also gives a little help.

Wife and I both paid our own loans, but we chip in each semester and kids still have some small loan projected each year for remainder of room and board. In my experience room and board costs the same as tuition basically. If they lived at home, they'd be going about free. We will pay the remainder of their small loans at the end of their undergrads, but med school is completely on them. I bought them each a brand new car at graduation to get them through the 8 years they plan to be in school. I feel like that is more than enough. We helped to this degree because we can and also because we feel like they worked very hard to earn the top scholarship level, so it's our reward to them.

Oldest is carrying a 4.0 through 2 years now. They both value the academics.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

I filled out FAFSA once......

I paid my way thru college, but got lots of help since my family was dirt poor growing up.

My oldest son just graduated in computer engineering from an out of state, private university that was on par cost wise with in state. Small school, good curriculum, professors that really care about you. I would say the classes were tougher than my undergrad classes. He just got a job with a great starting salary. He will pay me back partially.
I paid his way, and have another son 1/2 way thru.

 

[fishheadbob]

I paid for both my kids; maybe 60k for my son to get a Liberal Arts degree at a big state school 20 years ago; my daughter went out of state private graduating maybe 15 years ago, had to run well over 150k; also with a Liberal Arts degree. Her overall costs are nothing I ever want to add up. Later her company paid for most of her M.B.A. . Both kids do very well making well into 6 figures.
I knew my wife and I were going to get great N.Y. and Federal pensions when the time came so I wasn't terribly worried about my old age. Yeah, I spent what would have been my winter home in Florida or somewhere on them, but I still have enough to vacation when we feel like it. I looked at it as my legacy. I never thought of it as my money, it was an inheritance from my father, the first one in his family to speak English, let alone go to college. While he never said it outright I always knew my kids wouldn't come out of school heavily in debt because of my father.
If we still had the money we spent on their tuition it would be worth a great deal more now but so are our kids. If we still had the money we still wouldn't live large, not in our nature. We both retired from our good jobs at 55 and went on to various part time things. She retired from her last job (Professor) 2 year ago at 70 and now grandmothers heavily; I still do a specialty crop on a seasonal basis.
My grandchildren will someday remember us as those cool old coots who paid their tuitions .

 

[dougtrr2]

Doug- were you ever upset in the slightest that your parents didn't or couldn't help out?

No. There were five of us children and we were raised knowing that if we wanted college we would have to be responsible. We were not poor, but there wasn't much money for frills. At the time I graduated high school I knew that I didn't want to go to college at that time so I joined the Air Force. Twenty years later I never regretted that choice. I got my degree and commission while I was active duty.

Doug in SW IA

 

[oosik]

I worked in Alaska - summers - to help pay for my BS degree. My parents helped also. It was about 50/50. As I remember, a year of tuition at the University of WA was around $1400 per year. After the first year of living in the dorms( a requirement) - six of us guys leased a house boat on Lk WA. It cost us $30 per month each. Rather unique - I rowed across Lk WA to my classes at U of W. This was 1960-1965.

My MS degree was paid for thru an agreement with the government in Anchorage. I got my degree - I had to work X# of years beyond getting my degree.

Let me tell you - having a full time job - a family and then going to night school can be a real PITA. VERY glad when the college work was all done

Now my son - we helped pay for his degrees(s). All three of them. He decided he wanted to go to MIT for his masters. My wife & I both agreed - "that's just fine son - you are on your own in this regard".

 

[MossRoad]

Just a note. When my dad went to Notre Dame 80 something years ago, it was $600 per year. It's $69,000 per year today.....

 

[ultrarunner]

Lots of possibilities...

Some districts offer free community college like San Francisco...

Like most... my brothers and I worked and paid our way through school... it seemed a lot were doing the same in the 80's unless they had family money. The folks made the same offer... stay at home as a full time student... I took them up... my brother moved out the day after high school and the other when his friends were desperate to replace a roommate that dropped out of college... an offer too good to pass...

My niece just did the signing for her full college scholarship... she had several offers and was flown down to two schools... the one she really wanted got caught up in the Scholarship Scandal so they would not commit while the two in hand came with expiration dates...

Several of our RN's left home right out of High School and went the military route... they are mid 20's and doing very well... their service made it possible to realize their dream.

The local High School had 500,000 in local scholarship money which I found really amazing... everything from Rotary, Kiwanis to the Portuguese American Society and several of the Hospitals for nursing majors...

The problem with Athletic Scholarship is if you are injured the money goes away... happened to a friend but she got two full years which was quite a benefit before being injured...