College

I thought my school was cheap, I am paying around 16000 a year, and it seen to be keep rising.

$16,000?? yeesh. Mine's at $40,000+

College is going to burn a huge hole in my pocket (parents too).

omg....

I'm paying €1475 a year, books and equipment not included (probably somewhere around €400)... There are some private schools that are €20000+ a year but I went to check them out and the quality of those schools isnt all that better than normal colleges.

Who are you paying $40,000?

I'll be paying around the same thing...maybe...something in the region of £2000-£4000 I think...

How come these guys are all paying so much??!!

Drexel's like $33,000/year. It's in Philadelphia.

Who are you paying $40,000?

Fairfield U. in CT.

Inflations fucking sucks. I just hope I can get a decent scholarship somewhere.

Hmm, a teacher told me back in the day that the difference between universities and colleges is that universities have professors (and doctors?) who execute research in various subjects, and that there is no other diffence.

How do you manage to pay for college/university in the US, if you don't have a scholarship and/or a good economy to rely on to start with. Loans? What kind of loans?

In Europe (except for Scandinavia, where colleges and universities offer full tuition free of chage), it seems to be harder to get a $100,000 loan (for a 4-5 year period) for education, than a house loan at $400,000. I don't see how a house could be so much more important than an education, that the government and companies will easily sponsor you with 4 times more money than for getting a decent education.

A house loan has little risk. If you don't pay, they reposesss the house and sell it to cover their losses.

We have scholarships, grants, student loans, and certain types of school sponsored funding like work study courses.
The amount of money a grant gives you depends on your familys income and what the government deems they can afford to pay for your college. A grant won't take up all of the slack though. If you don't have a sholarship, your usually looking at a student or parent loan.
Student loan: For Dependent Undergraduate Students: Year 1 - $2,625 Year 2 - $3,500 Years 3, 4 and 5 - $5,500

For Independent Undergraduate Students: Year 1 - $6,625 Year 2 - $7,500 Years 3, 4 and 5 - $10,500

So you can see even then, depending on your choice of school. You could still be hurting. Although most students have jobs.

True WW, my stepmom had students loans and she hasn't paid off any of them.

Over here we can get student loans, and only have to start paying if our wage gets above something like £21,000 a year. If it doesn't after 20/30 odd years, then we don't have to pay them any more.

How do you manage to pay for college/university in the US, if you don't have a scholarship and/or a good economy to rely on to start with. Loans? What kind of loans?

Parents

God bless em!

Yeah, and then when you squirt out a little fucker you pay for them too!! It's a cycle of fun for everyone!!

Imagine having 3 daughters and no sons...then you're fucked.

Pay for this, pay for that, daddy I want those shoes, and those, and those, heck why not I'll have all of that shelf as well.

Daddy, I'm engaged...the 3 words all fathers hate to hear from their daughters lips...

I've got 2 sisters, and they are bad as if not 4. Spoiled as HELL!

That's so gay. I'm glad that I have 2 brothers. Girls have way too much shit. They need 20+ pairs of shoes, at least a thousand shirts and skirts, and endless amounts of other stuff. I wonder how much money was not spent for a guy as opposed to a girl.

I've got one sister...and she gets everything whereas I get rarely anything, though when I do get things I get expensive things and she just gets clothes...she pays £50 for about 2 square yards of material for a skirt...it's crazy...at least things like my guitar are worth the £200 odd that I pay for them...

I'm going to Ohio State this fall and I think it's only going to cost me around 11000 for everything. I'm not sure I remember the exact total though so that is just an estimate.