college funds?

[Liam]

When ever I see movies or shows and stuff on Americans and their debts, you always here about their kids college funds. Is paying fee's for your kid's college or uni costs normal and frequent over there? Over here it's very rare that parents pay for their kids schooling past highschool. My brother is going to university now and it's costing him like 80 grand last if I remember correctly, he's gotta pay every penny with no help from my folks..

 

[indiana.dutton]

In america parent like to set there kids up to succede and the govmt doesnt help at all. And a good university is like 60,000 a year and an entry level job just out of high school is like 40,000 so we kind of need them.

 

[jk41589]

Here it costs like 8000 Php or less. below 160 USD if you will estimate. My parents pay for my fees. I am enrolled in a Government University taking up Mechatronics Engineering.

Other universities are at 600 USD. Mostly are private.

The university i'm at is a good standard one. Our schools gets to be champion on quiz bees and engineering contests.

cheers
jk

 

[Griff1327]

I think the majority of the talk about college has to do with government grants and scholarships. You see, without those most would not be able to afford college. There is a good mixture here of students that have school paid for, students that have their parents pay, and students that get loans (myself).

 

[HiImSean]

a good thing about Georgia is if you come out of high school with a 3.0gpa and keep that, the state of Georgia will pay for about 95% of your tuition from money made from the lottery there are as other people have said lots of opportunity for grants and scholarships. also it depends on what school you go to is going to determine cost. my school is one of the larger schools in Georgia, but still no UGA or GT, and my tuition is about $2000 a semester for 15 credit hours.

 

[toolbox31]

Well I'm starting to wish i spent my college fund on my fav hobby. I recently got my degree but the way the economy is right now I am having a hard time finding a job. Employers can be picky and always want mass amounts of experience. Can't get experience with a job, can't get a job without experience.

 

[Liam]

I think the majority of the talk about college has to do with government grants and scholarships. You see, without those most would not be able to afford college. There is a good mixture here of students that have school paid for, students that have their parents pay, and students that get loans (myself).

I think here you take loans as well, but it's not traditional loans. Every time you work your taxed a tiny bit to pay the whole sum of money over a period of X years. is that the same over there?

 

[krzr3000]

In america parent like to set there kids up to succede and the govmt doesnt help at all. And a good university is like 60,000 a year and an entry level job just out of high school is like 40,000 so we kind of need them.

The gov't helps quite a bit...loans and grants. 60k yearly is extremely high....ivy league.

 

[zerojquan85]

Well.. before the california money crisis.. (about 5 years ago) there were a lot of funds available for college students...

I myself graduated last year doing 5 years in UCI.... I can say that my parents didnt help me pay for school... but they did pay for my first two years of housing and food....

California have what you call cal grants... based on your GPA in High School and your families financial background.... with that help...I got about a 90% of my college funds paid in full.. But i did took out loans for personal use like books......

So it just depends on your family situation..... The problem is... Most Family issues you hear on TV and movies are above the mini financial range... so the government do not grant any support for families who make $50,000 plus a year.... (Dunno about 2009)

 

[gobucks1]

a good thing about Georgia is if you come out of high school with a 3.0gpa and keep that, the state of Georgia will pay for about 95% of your tuition from money made from the lottery there are as other people have said lots of opportunity for grants and scholarships. also it depends on what school you go to is going to determine cost. my school is one of the larger schools in Georgia, but still no UGA or GT, and my tuition is about $2000 a semester for 15 credit hours.

That's how it is in WV.

We call it the "Promise Scholarship."