Did you pay for college?

Didn’t go to college.
Still regret it.
Maybe someday I will get over my fear of the debt it will create, and just go already, rather than wasting any more of my life doing nothing.

I’m sorry to hear about your situation. My mom and I cried at the dorm, they helped pay to some extent, but over 10 years past graduation and I am still paying back loans on a pretty expensive school. It was worth it, though.

PROTIP… Once you are 24 you don’t need to use your parents info.
That is what I did. The proving mom was in jail thing was a clusterfuck. It would take six months to get the papers I needed to prove she was in Prison. Pretty muched fucked my FAFSA.

So I decided to work shitty jobs until I was 24. Then I got to fill out the FAFSA without parental info. Full RIDE Loans weren’t bad either. I went to a community college to start with.

Im paying for it myself. I cant wait till I turn 24 cause my moms info fucks me over every year. she makes close to 80k but claims she cant help me with school so Im left to do it on my own. Im poor as shit, but since my mom makes so much money, FAFSA fucks me over saying I dont need any help

No I cried as my parents shoved me in my dorm room….told me to figure out shit on my own as they slammed the door.

My parents paid for about a third of my college education. For the rest, I took out student loans. I paid it back in six years instead of the ten that it was supposed to take. I had a job on campus and I was expected to buy my books and other incidentals from that. There was no crying at the dorm. We weren’t big criers. :)

My husband paid for his college completely on his own. He did get some scholarship money, but not a full ride. He worked 80+ hours a week in the summer and whatever he could on Christmas break. He tutored people in math and physics and read to a couple of blind students. When he and his best friend needed cigarette and beer money, they broke out the guitars and hit the street to perform. He came out of school with no loans, but a little bit of resentment towards his parents. He could have lived there and commuted, but they insisted that he live in the dorm. I suspect they were trying to make him socialize, as I look at how he is now. Anywho, he was annoyed that his younger brother was allowed to live at home rent-free for his first two years. The brother did have to work to pay his own way, but he wasn’t paying room and board, which my husband had to.

My father died when I was 17, so I received about 300.00 a month in social security as long as I was in school, so I used that money to pay my tuition. Back in the 70’s tuition was only about 500.00 a semester.

No. When I did my first degree the UK didn’t charge home students for undergraduate education. I also received a grant for living expenses. When I did my second degree (nursing) the fees were paid for by the NHS.

I paid for it myself. My parents offered to pay but I declined their offer. Since I was 15 I took it upon myself to pay my own way as much as possible. My parents were supportive, but I had an independent streak, so I went totally on my own at 17.

Unless you have a family to support, it’s BS if someone says they couldn’t afford college. You just have to work for it.

Thank goodness that college loan is cheaper here. I don’t pay for my college even though I’ve already got my own job. I’ve nothing to be ashamed of,my parents are quite well to do and they even tell me to just save my own money for my own future.

I was very lucky. My parents paid the major bills and I worked for my incidental expenses. We were able to offer our kids the same thing. I do not take my parent’s gift lightly.

I got a full scholarship.That lasted for awhile,then I paid.

I got a student loan… and they failed to pay for much needed medication, that they agreed to beforehand so I got very sick and failed in my second year… and I’ve been given the shaft every time I complain… of being unfairly treated…So now I live in my mothers basement reliving my university days over and over to see what I did wrong. at least I passed my first year of university… I’m still refusing to pay my student loans… not that I can pay them anyway…it been 10 years and I live like a troll in a dungeon…praying that I get a second first chance to finish university… I also got two scholarships on of which just went to the university and reduced my student loan debt… without paying for anything I needed then… I also went to college 15 years ago and failed out of business school for asking to many questions… and not being the dis-honest person that they were trying to turn me into….grrrr… I’m not doing dishes for the rest of my life….I’d rather start my own university and pass myself…

My parents were going to pay for it… right up until I actually applied for college. Then they felt it was much better to fight over the funds in court (they were going through a divorce) and buy stuff like big-screen TVs with it. So I waited until I turned 24, because my father earns 350+K a year, and now I’m getting student loans to pay for it all.

We were blessed. my son received an $85,000.00 scholarship to the college of his choice.

When I was a sophomore in high school, my dad had to step down from a well-paying job because of an error his boss made. He went into real estate during the worst possible period (at least in California.) By the time I was a senior in high school, my dad was struggling to pay my older brother’s way through college. My parents had to crunch a lot of numbers to make that work out.

I filed for FAFSA and the government has paid my undergraduate education in full. I haven’t spent a dime of my parents’ money (... with the exception of gas prices, but they make me take the bus for the majority of the way to university so it cancels out.) Every quarter I have a good sum of money extra that is spent on text books, transportation, food expenses, supplies – and I save the rest, unless something catches my eye.

I’m lucky. I got really, fucking lucky.

I’m terrified I’ll have to take out loans for graduate school. It almost makes me want to nix getting a degree in children’s literature in favour of staying at my current university where I can get promoted from my job and have the government continue paying for me. We’ll see.

Well, the reality is that my folks paid for my first couple of years at college, which I promptly pissed away by partying like wild man. Then, after a couple of years in the real world working various odd jobs ranging from pizza delivery guy to high rise window washer I became quite motivated to return to school. I paid for my return to college with a combination of school loans, more odd jobs, and a fairly steady stream of gigs playing in punk/pop/rock bands.

I paid it all. My parents were dysfunctional and I’d been on my own since age 15. I paid all my school in cash, very expensive as I had a post grad degree. I did whatever it took. I was very lucky.

My parents were also fuckups. My mom hadn’t filed her taxes in years and my dad made a healthy salary, but had no interesting in parenting on any level, including financial support of any kind.

I finished high school when I was 16 and I did not want to wait until I was 24 to be able to file my FAFSA without my parents’ info. The other ways you can file as an independent student are if:

* You are or will be enrolled in a masters or Doctoral degree program at the beginning of the school year
* You are married on the day you file your FAFSA
* You are a parent
* You have dependents other than your spouse who live with you and who receive more than half their support from you at the time you apply
* Both your parents are deceased (or were until age 18) a ward of dependent of the court
* You are currently serving on active duty in the U.S. Armed Forces for purposes other than training
* You’re a Veteran of the U.S. Armed Forces.
* You were a foster child after the age of 13.
* You are an emancipated child as determined by a court judge.

So I got married. True story.

I got some grants and scholarships and went to public school, but all said and done I think I have about $50,000 in loans.

On the plus side, I get to go to graduate school for free. They pay me to be here. It’s pretty sweet.

Parents paid. Then they or my ex paid after I married. They never said to “figure sh!t out on my own” but they were glad to get rid of me.
@Cruiser lol

I had grants and student loans to cover my college tuition and books. I never lived on campus. I’m still working on paying off my student loans.

My parents paid for my first year, then I got married and paid for the rest myself. I paid for my sons and grandsons, but they all dropped out after the first year.

@nikipedia I thought about getting married just so that I could no longer list my parents on my FAFSA. Didn’t, though.

I went to college and law school while working full time and rearing two daughters alone. People can do what they put their minds to.

Yes. My high school grades weren’t good enough to get me any scholarships and I didn’t qualify for grants because of my parents’ incomes even though I didn’t live with them nor receive any assistance from them. What helped me was a trust fund I borrowed against occasionally.

I got a 70% scholarship because of my high school grades. My dad paid the rest.