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Re: Uni
Posted: Fri Feb 15, 2013 1:35 am
by zerbaman
12 Grand?
Mate, you're struggling.
Re: Uni
Posted: Sat Feb 16, 2013 12:48 am
by Coolschmid
zerbaman wrote:12 Grand?
Mate, you're struggling.
How much free money do you expect that people get for college? If you do actually think you know something about college financial aid, you are mistaking loans for free money.
Edit: Oh I read the previous posts and by "good college" you must mean that local suburban community college that's just a glorified high school.
If you want to go to a school that doesn't blow ass or specialize in breeding goats and you aren't going to your state's flagship university (luckily I am), you are going to pay 40-60k a year, if you got straight A's in hard classes and got a good test score there is about a 2% chance you will get a free ride to said decent college, 48% chance you will get about half of it paid for, and 50% you are getting like 12k a year
Re: Uni
Posted: Sat Feb 16, 2013 12:56 am
by Xince
I'm currently studying music production and live performance in Trollhättan, Sweden. It's fun and I get money to study.
Re: Uni
Posted: Sat Feb 16, 2013 2:01 am
by Dystinkt
Coolschmid wrote:zerbaman wrote:12 Grand?
Mate, you're struggling.
How much free money do you expect that people get for college? If you do actually think you know something about college financial aid, you are mistaking loans for free money.
Edit: Oh I read the previous posts and you by "good college" you must mean that local suburban community college that's just a glorified high school.
If you want to go to a school that doesn't blow ass or specialize in breeding goats and you aren't going to your state's flagship university (luckily I am), you are going to pay 40-60k a year, if you got straight A's in hard classes and got a good test score there is about a 2% chance you will get a free ride to said decent college, 48% chance you will get about half of it paid for, and 50% you are getting like 12k a year
9-12k is a standard tuition fee for uni in the UK,oxfords a flat rate of 9k for any course before scholarships/bursaries and oxford isnt exactly the university of goat breeding
Re: Uni
Posted: Sat Feb 16, 2013 2:07 am
by ehbes
He was talking about US college...
Re: Uni
Posted: Sat Feb 16, 2013 2:31 am
by Dystinkt
ehbrums1 wrote:He was talking about US college...
apologies man, i misinterpreted earlier posts, why is us higher education so expensive?
Re: Uni
Posted: Sat Feb 16, 2013 2:33 am
by ehbes
Cheeky wrote:ehbrums1 wrote:He was talking about US college...
apologies man, i misinterpreted earlier posts, why is us higher education so expensive?
Because there is mentality that everyone should go to college. Pretty simple higher demand higher price
Re: Uni
Posted: Sat Feb 16, 2013 2:36 am
by Dystinkt
ehbrums1 wrote:Cheeky wrote:ehbrums1 wrote:He was talking about US college...
apologies man, i misinterpreted earlier posts, why is us higher education so expensive?
Because there is mentality that everyone should go to college. Pretty simple higher demand higher price
fair enough, UK does have a similar mentality, hence the amount of state help we get to go to uni, my mum earns 16k a year but i can easily afford uni, student loans dont have be repaid until you earn over 20k per year after graduating and even then its about 20£ a month.
edit- if everyone should go to college, why doesnt the us government make it cheaper for people to do so
Re: Uni
Posted: Sat Feb 16, 2013 5:49 am
by Coolschmid
Cheeky wrote:if everyone should go to college, why doesnt the us government make it cheaper for people to do so
And this is one of the main problems of US economy. Most college graduates are pretty much financially crippled until they get a good career and stay in it for a few years. I don't know why they should expect some 25 year old who is 100k in debt to invest or buy cars or shit.
Re: Uni
Posted: Sat Feb 16, 2013 9:10 am
by NinjaEdit
But that would be socialist.
Re: Uni
Posted: Sat Feb 16, 2013 12:29 pm
by chekov
Cheeky wrote:9-12k is a standard tuition fee for uni in the UK,oxfords a flat rate of 9k for any course before scholarships/bursaries and oxford isnt exactly the university of goat breeding
actually they're not allowed to charge over £9k for domestic students (or EU residents i think)
Re: Uni
Posted: Sat Feb 16, 2013 12:48 pm
by Mason
loool i'm paying ~3k a year
Re: Uni
Posted: Sat Feb 16, 2013 1:19 pm
by ehbes
jonahmann wrote:But that would be socialist.
What?
Re: Uni
Posted: Sat Feb 16, 2013 2:38 pm
by NinjaEdit
The government taking from the rich and giving to the poor. The US seems to hate socialism. Barack Obama is accused of it all the time.
Re: Uni
Posted: Sat Feb 16, 2013 3:06 pm
by ehbes
jonahmann wrote:The government taking from the rich and giving to the poor. The US seems to hate socialism. Barack Obama is accused of it all the time.
That's not what we are talking about....
Re: Uni
Posted: Sat Feb 16, 2013 3:38 pm
by Terpit
unis gay m8 just get a job
Re: Uni
Posted: Sat Feb 16, 2013 7:10 pm
by Coolschmid
Who needs college, the world will always need someone to make tacos or get robbed as a gas station cashier.
Re: Uni
Posted: Sat Feb 16, 2013 9:45 pm
by kreutzbube
i study economy i pay around 200€ per semester. in return i get a ticket for public transportation which is valid during the whole term in the whole state. can't complain. my goal is to score grades which would permit admission to LSE for my master, but the money u folks take for education is ridiculous. so i really don't know whether i should even bother trying.
Re: Uni
Posted: Sat Feb 16, 2013 9:55 pm
by dickman69
i have no food
the store is far away
here i starve
Re: Uni
Posted: Sun Feb 17, 2013 10:32 am
by zerbaman
Coolschmid wrote:zerbaman wrote:12 Grand?
Mate, you're struggling.
How much free money do you expect that people get for college? If you do actually think you know something about college financial aid, you are mistaking loans for free money.
Edit: Oh I read the previous posts and by "good college" you must mean that local suburban community college that's just a glorified high school.
If you want to go to a school that doesn't blow ass or specialize in breeding goats and you aren't going to your state's flagship university (luckily I am), you are going to pay 40-60k a year, if you got straight A's in hard classes and got a good test score there is about a 2% chance you will get a free ride to said decent college, 48% chance you will get about half of it paid for, and 50% you are getting like 12k a year
You have an interesting perspective on what someone would mean when saying "good college".
The point was that private institutions are hardly going to cry about not being able to gouge you on prices and are more than likely going to bring down your annual payments if you fit the profile, so to speak.