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I got a scholarship that covered about 2/3 of the tuition costs for a private college... (tuition was about $22,000/ $23,000, and I got a scholarship for $14,000... and then I got the Hope Scholarship for $5000 (but I don't know if that was included in the $14,000 or not... plus, there's still a lot of money for room and board, books, etc. ... which makes the actual cost around $30,000)
When we were considering colleges, my parents were not open about money at all (although on a tax form I had to give for a scholarship I was applying for, I saw my dad makes about $100,000 a year, my mom works as an assistant, but I don't know what she makes) They just said it wouldn't be that much more than the private high school my sister goes to and I went to for them to pay the costs minus the scholarship. At the time, we were also considering a smaller public university and another, more expensive and prestigious college (the tuition was about 30 some thousand and total costs would be up to about $40,000. I got a scholarship there, too for about $15,000, but I said no, because I didn't really like the school that much anyway, and I knew right off it would be WAY too expensive. (My mom saw reason but my dad isn't very money smart, so he kept pushing.)
I ended up choosing the private college, because when I visited (quite a few times) I really liked it there, and I thought the smaller classes/ smaller school would be really good, and I've heard great things from the people that went there. So far, (haven't actually been to college yet) I've really wanted to go there.
But, NOW, of all times, my mom keeps making comments about how expensive it's going to be and blah blah... and I saw a bill in financial aid office and it was like $12,000 (which I guess... yeah, my high school was probab. about $8,000 a year...so ...
And she said before that it wouldn't be that much more than my high school... but I know what she's thinking... that I take everything for granted and she has to pay all this just for my stupid school, and this is only my undergraduate school, and I might be going to more school later on... and it's all about me and she has to sacrifice so much for me. And now she's saying tuition increases by $2000 each year, so by senior year it will be $8000 more.
.... Plus, this year of all years, there have been things going wrong with the car, my mom has needed a surgery and stuff just happened.
Plus I don't know... I am considering b/t majoring in psychology or something like chemistry... right now, I am leaning more toward psychology, b/c it is the one I like better, but I know it won't make a lot of money, or at least not right away, and lots of money isn't what I'm aiming for, so i don't want my parents to get dumped with big bills that I'm not going to be able to pay and stuff like that.
Is it worth it??? should I back out and go to the other public college (if I still can?) What do you think????
When we were considering colleges, my parents were not open about money at all (although on a tax form I had to give for a scholarship I was applying for, I saw my dad makes about $100,000 a year, my mom works as an assistant, but I don't know what she makes) They just said it wouldn't be that much more than the private high school my sister goes to and I went to for them to pay the costs minus the scholarship. At the time, we were also considering a smaller public university and another, more expensive and prestigious college (the tuition was about 30 some thousand and total costs would be up to about $40,000. I got a scholarship there, too for about $15,000, but I said no, because I didn't really like the school that much anyway, and I knew right off it would be WAY too expensive. (My mom saw reason but my dad isn't very money smart, so he kept pushing.)
I ended up choosing the private college, because when I visited (quite a few times) I really liked it there, and I thought the smaller classes/ smaller school would be really good, and I've heard great things from the people that went there. So far, (haven't actually been to college yet) I've really wanted to go there.
But, NOW, of all times, my mom keeps making comments about how expensive it's going to be and blah blah... and I saw a bill in financial aid office and it was like $12,000 (which I guess... yeah, my high school was probab. about $8,000 a year...so ...
And she said before that it wouldn't be that much more than my high school... but I know what she's thinking... that I take everything for granted and she has to pay all this just for my stupid school, and this is only my undergraduate school, and I might be going to more school later on... and it's all about me and she has to sacrifice so much for me. And now she's saying tuition increases by $2000 each year, so by senior year it will be $8000 more.
.... Plus, this year of all years, there have been things going wrong with the car, my mom has needed a surgery and stuff just happened.
Plus I don't know... I am considering b/t majoring in psychology or something like chemistry... right now, I am leaning more toward psychology, b/c it is the one I like better, but I know it won't make a lot of money, or at least not right away, and lots of money isn't what I'm aiming for, so i don't want my parents to get dumped with big bills that I'm not going to be able to pay and stuff like that.
Is it worth it??? should I back out and go to the other public college (if I still can?) What do you think????