Musickat18

Yeah, in the US the cost of education keeps rising exponentially. What I paid to attend my university Out of State (which always costs more than attending a college in your state) is what IN STATE students pay now. It's insane.

WeBuiltThePyramids

My parents and I went to the same university thirty years apart. They had to work 127 hours on minimum wage to pay for 15 credits their freshman year. My freshman year, it was 940 hours on minimum wage to pay 15 credits. I read somewhere that since 1980 the cost of education here has risen 1100%.

Musickat18

My brother got his MBA. 2 years. $40k.

Whimsical Elf

Wow. Well done, Germany!

There was a time UK students got grants and no tuition fees, but since the expansion of higher education that's gradually gone. I'm lucky I did my first degree before tuition fees were introduced. I feel sorry for students now.

Fez

They tried to introduce tuition some 10 years back when I was at uni. It was only like 500 bucks a year but still. One by one the German federal states abolished the tuition fees, because the bureaucracy of handling the fees was more expensive than the actual income.

I never had to worry about that since I was funded by the company I started to work for after graduating high school. I worked there 40 hours a week and in return they funded my full-time evening/weekend classes. It was a brutal workload, but this way I financed both my B.A. and my M.sc. in business. Also, up to this day I feel like a lazy slob when I work less than 50 hours a week.

Whimsical Elf

England are about to go out of the Euros to Iceland. I blame this on Brexit, too.
Actually, I blame the stupid commentator who basically went and said we should expect to win this one, the other day.

I'm supporting France anyway now, to be honest, after the violence from 'fans' at the start of the tournament. Just when we thought that was a thing of the past.

FoxPhile

I went to school about the same time as your parents. My parents paid for all my expenses, plus gave me an allowance for spending money. I was out of state my freshman year, but then in state after that. I worked summers, but only 3 years. Between my 2nd and 3rd year I went to Summer Semester, so I didn't work that summer.

They spent less back then for my four year degree - about $10,000 including everything - than I just spent to purchase my new car - a Hyundai Elantra.

Captain Riterra Smith

I'm working full time and I can't even start paying rent yet because I'm not close to paying for my degree. I ask myself sometimes if it was worth getting one.

IcyBerry

I hope that by the time I'm graduating, Trudeau's student loan policy will be in effect

smoguntia

Im sorry Vicky

I was watching the game with some of my birthday guests and we felt very sorry for the english team after the game - even if we were cheering for Iceland

ennaxor

What stood out to me when I bought a car last year was the interest rate - for my car, I'm paying less than 2% interest. I have student loans up to 6% and 7%. Why are we making it harder to pay off an education than a car?

WeBuiltThePyramids

My student loans were between 3.4% and 7%. Ridiculous. I paid off the 7% and the 6.8% first.

Whimsical Elf

Thanks. I'm not too bothered. We always lose at these things - usually to Germany on penalties! I only saw the end of the match, but by all accounts we were terrible.

Watching Murray at Wimbledon at the moment - so long as he stays on course I'll be happy.

Musickat18

Speaking of Student Loans, to become a registered dietitian like myself you have to go through an internship. Said internship is usually full time, with varying hours, so it makes working more than 20 hours a week virtually impossible. And yet, you don't qualify for student loans, because you're "technically not a student". It's ridiculous. I know RD's who applied for 5-6 credit cards before they started and spent the year going into credit card debt. And believe me when I tell you that the pay you get afterward is not enough to justify the debt you get yourself into. I was lucky enough to have parents who paid for everything, or there is no way I could have done it.

WeBuiltThePyramids

My parents paid for my first year, and I got scholarships, and I was still over 25K in debt when I graduated - and that's not even a lot compared to many people.

The thing is - the job I have now, I could have gotten that job without a college degree. So my post college career, at least so far, hasn't been a result of my degree at all. But (despite having already paid off two of my six loans) $225 of my pay each month is going toward paying off an education that at this point, has given me nothing but debt and clinically severe depression.