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[–] KatiePorpoise 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

Academic scholarships and working 3 jobs.

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[–] bfriend13 ago 

Long time ago so I was able to work part time and pay as I went (at a Cal State), plus I lived at home with my parents. But the weird part was I had an economics prof who was not a lot older than me that said he did the same thing, but a semester's tuition and books was less than a C-Note.

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[–] ConceptualMan [S] 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago  (edited ago)

Yeah, i heard from someone who went to college in the 80s and they said they were able to work part time for pizza hut and pay, with left over spending money. That still seems crazy to me.

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[–] bfriend13 ago 

The prof had a good story about utility. He had gone to an all-you-can-eat pizza buffet as a starving student and reported the first couple of slices had a lot of utility. By the eighth slice utility was a lot closer to zero. By the twelfth slice utility went negative since he threw it all up at that point.

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[–] 10419523? 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

That was before government was so involved in paying for it and drove prices up so high.. And notice people lived at home with their parents. Most kids today see it as a rite of passage to live on campus. That easily doubles the cost of attendance, not even counting the travel and such required and the fact that it becomes really hard to get even a part time job if they know you will be going home in 4 months.

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[–] JohnPaulJones ago 

The first time around subsidized student loans, work (only for rent and food not tuition), and state scholarships (lottery state).
Second time around GI bill.
Anyways I've put myself through college twice now. It's doable but you have to be willing to go into debt or serve your country.

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[–] wild_injun ago 

was a full time fire fighter during summer (wildfire season) then part time search and rescue during the year. this last 3 year until i got hurt. that supplemented my scholarships until i lost this halfway through junior year. then worked and took out 3 semesters of loans to finish off.

thats about it.

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[–] newoldwave ago 

College loans , co-signed by dear old dad, school board jobs and temp jobs every summer and school break.

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[–] ScreaminMime ago 

VA Bill combined with work reimbursement and whatever scholarships I could scourge up. Went the a Community College that Charged $33 a credit hour at the time. I MADE money going to school. I didn't even want to major in anything, it was a part time job.

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[–] Seventh_Jim ago  (edited ago)

Currently using debt to pay for it. I walked in with a 1.7 GPA from high school. Starting sophomore year with a 4.0 and accolades from the college, so scholarships might be a thing, other than the fact that being FUCKING A WHITE MALE disquals me for a bunch of them.

I'm about to just declare myself a trans-dominican lesbian grandma, just for the privilege points.

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[–] revfelix ago  (edited ago)

I'm getting my piece of paper that society tells me is the main thing that proves my worth by going thousands of dollars in debt to the government of course, just like any good American.

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