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[–] individualin1984 ago 

Mine was back in the late 80's early 90s. So it was worked 30+ hours from age 16 through college. Took a year off after high school worked full time then joined the reserves. Reserve GI bill + 30 hours per week while in school. Full time during summer. Filled in remaining with small loans. Was activated for first gulf war saved hazardous duty pay. Then I got into an engineering job last year and worked full time and finished up last year part time over 2 years. Paid off the remainder of loans soon after college.

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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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[–] 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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[–] 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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[–] Firevine 0 points 3 points (+3|-0) ago 

Currently going to the local tech college. Paid for with grants and cash. No scholarships because I'm old and a gringo.

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

Thanks. Where did you find grant information if I may ask?

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[–] Firevine ago 

The financial aid office, but also, they're well known grants because they're (currently) funded by the Georgia Lottery. At least until the corruption within the Lottery committee bankrupts it.