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

Academic scholarships and working 3 jobs.

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

You can get a college degree for roughly 5k if you apply to one of the big 3, and get the majority of your college credits through CLEP/DSST (formerly known as Dantes). You purchase the test for like 85?, sign up at a local school that allows you to take them, and end up taking an hour test. If you pass, you get the credit. The tests are not that difficult. With the big 3, they will take like 95+% credit from CLEP/DSST.

On top of that, I think you can take FEMA tests for free, and some schools will creatively include those credits into your major.

The big 3 are like: Thomas Edison State University, Excelsior College, and Charter Oaks State College. I know Excelsior tends to be more expensive than the other 2 at like $10k. Regardless, it's the easiest way to get a degree. You can get it in less than a year, and apparently there is some people that have gotten it in a month. If you don't like the bias at schools today, and a degree is just a degree to you, then i'd recommend this method of getting your degree for ease and expense.

Edit: And Dantes/DSST was formerly a test offered to those in the military. I think if you're in the military, you get X amount per year for school studies that you could use on this testing; then after your 4 years of service, you can give the military education to someone else in your family.

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[–] ConceptualMan [S] ago 

Thank you for the info. I did receive the FEMA certs that I could as I'm extremely interested in emergency management. I did not know about the test out options!

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