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by season8sucked
2595 days ago
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Part time work pays $10-15/hour. At 20 hours a work (which is nontrivial at difficult programs) you’d still easily accrue $1k/month from leftover rent/food/transit/etc. Many students don’t have the options to stay home. I’m a proponent of cc’s, but the discussion is about four year public schools being affordable. I don’t want to be too pressing, but I’m guessing you’re in your forties or older, solely based on how out of touch are your responses (I.e. just do this, things aren’t so bad!). |
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Our plan is just what I outlined.
- a two year school that is part of the four year program at a local college where all of the credit transfers.
- staying at home for the first two years and we will pay for her car + car insurance.
- She will work part time just for spending money and incidentals.
- Since we won’t have to pay for room and board, she can get student loans that should cover tuition.
- That gives us four more years to get things together to help pay the student loans after she graduates (step daughter, I had no reason to worry about putting a child through college until 7 years ago).
I have a relative, whose parents just did something similar. He went to my alma mater for two years and with my encouragement, he transferred to a state school in Atlanta for a better curriculum and better networking opportunities.
They were in a position to save for his college, but his parents also put limits on the type of degree that he could get and the amount he could spend.