It's Thursday Bitches.... UO

[crazyhair]

Jan 29, 2015 17:33:36 GMT -5 mrsnorris said:

Related to the college discussion, I may have a legit UO. I don't understand why people want to set up college savings for their child at a level that will ensure that they can go to any college in the country and pay full tuition. As a parent, I feel like if you want to go to a private college you should have worked hard enough in high school to get scholarships. I went to a small private liberal arts school in Iowa and I was only able to go there because I got good grades in high school and got good test scores and had more than half of my tuition covered by scholarships. I never in a million years could have gone to a (then) 23K/year school if I or my parents had been footing the full bill. And most of the students who were there and were having their full tuition paid were not serous students in my experience, with the exception of international students. I have college savings accounts for both of my girls. I want them to go to college, any college they want, and to be able to do so without having tons of loans but if they do not earn scholarships they will attending community college and then finishing at a state school. I plan to have the money saved to cover that, or to cover private school with scholarships, but not four years at an insanely expensive private college at sticker price. Even if I had the money to do so (I don't) I would not choose to do that. If they value their education it needs to be something they work for, not just me.

mrsnorris did you go to Luther?

[mrsnorris]

Feb 5, 2015 12:43:11 GMT -5 crazyhair said:

Jan 29, 2015 17:33:36 GMT -5 mrsnorris said:

Related to the college discussion, I may have a legit UO. I don't understand why people want to set up college savings for their child at a level that will ensure that they can go to any college in the country and pay full tuition. As a parent, I feel like if you want to go to a private college you should have worked hard enough in high school to get scholarships. I went to a small private liberal arts school in Iowa and I was only able to go there because I got good grades in high school and got good test scores and had more than half of my tuition covered by scholarships. I never in a million years could have gone to a (then) 23K/year school if I or my parents had been footing the full bill. And most of the students who were there and were having their full tuition paid were not serous students in my experience, with the exception of international students. I have college savings accounts for both of my girls. I want them to go to college, any college they want, and to be able to do so without having tons of loans but if they do not earn scholarships they will attending community college and then finishing at a state school. I plan to have the money saved to cover that, or to cover private school with scholarships, but not four years at an insanely expensive private college at sticker price. Even if I had the money to do so (I don't) I would not choose to do that. If they value their education it needs to be something they work for, not just me.

mrsnorris did you go to Luther?

No, Coe, in Cedar Rapids. I had friends who went to Luther though.

[yogini kiki]

WROOOOOONNNNG UO LADIES!!!

[mrsnorris]

Feb 5, 2015 13:17:21 GMT -5 yogini kiki said:

WROOOOOONNNNG UO LADIES!!!

Just responding to a question- deepest appologies!