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[–] ScalarWhaler 0 points 5 points (+5|-0) ago  (edited ago)

Thank you Grandma and Grandpa!!!! You lived through the Great Depression, the Dust Bowl, raised your own brothers and sisters and my mom (and uncle), and made enough money farming and raising cattle and penny pinching every day to pay for every one of your grandkids education and more. You're my heroes forever and I can't wait to actually hang out with you again.

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

Tuition is free in Scotland, I worked part time to pay my living expenses.

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

How did you find this site? I assumed mostly Americans were here

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

I paid using American currency I obtained by doing tasks for various companies.

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[–] lord_nougat 0 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago 

No sir.

A drug GOAT!

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

MGI bill.

Anyone of sound mind and body and being less than 24 years old can get a subsidised college education, courtesy of Uncle Sam, provided that they enlist for no fewer than 3 years.

If you are dirt poor, like I was (litteral dirt floor), and you think you can hack it, go to a recruiter's office and tell them that you want a 3 year hitch in the Navy as an electrician.

While you are in bootcamp, SIGN UP FOR THE GOD DAMNED MGIB.

When you get through A-school GET IN THE JOURNEYMAN PROGRAM. This will give you the ability to be an electrician in the real world when you get out.

Do your 3 years, save up your money, and stay the fuck out of trouble. Yes, sometimes it can suck. Yes, some people will offer you drugs and you'll want to quit sometimes. Suck it up and finish. It'll be worth it.

You need an HONORABLE discharge to get full benefits.

Assuming you take this advice you should be quite set up for college. I hear the post 911 MGIB pays for FULL tuition to any college in the US.

TLDR: Enlist as an electrician in the Navy. Sign up for MGIB in bootcamp. Do journeyman program. Save money. Win.

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

Post 9/11 for me.

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

I tried and got in the top rankings on the ASVAB but was denied due to a medical condition. But I agree, this is the way to go if possible!

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

There's always a waiver.

If you can find a doctor shady enough you can get a waiver for anything.

Or you can lie. I lied and said I was 18 when I was 17 because I needed to get the hell out. I knew lots of guys who lied about being straight to get in and a few that had asthma.

The thing about the military is winning; do whatever it takes to win. If you get in, no one will give a shit so long as you can you pull your own weight.

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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.

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[–] daskapitalist 0 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago 

For yourself: apply to a college, file a FAFSA, DO NOT MAJOR IN ANYTHING OUTSIDE OF STEM, and work through college. You'll have some loans, but it eont be terrible.

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[–] P8rtsUnkn0wn ago 

Did you ever fill try for FASFA loans?

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[–] Newmemba ago 

The government paid my costs, I was getting unemployment insurance benefits and went back to school. Got into computers worked in three countries on two continents and am now retired. Had a blast, I love Canada.

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