Keep On Smiling
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I'm an extremely active, involved, studious, focused college student and my parents have a lot of money. However, they like to play "keep away" and make it so that no matter what I do, I'll always owe them money somehow.
For example:
- They want me to pay 15% of my tuition + books every semester. Fine. May be a lot up front, but I think working for something makes the experience greater.
- Apparently, though, if I apply for scholarships, and win, they refuse to count that toward my percent I owe them. For example, if I earned $500, and owed them $1,000, I wouldn't simply owe $500. I'd still owe about $900, since the scholarship was only factored into total tuition, not my % I have to pay! How unfair is that? It's MY MONEY I earned, why do they get to count it as dollars they are paying?
They also are playing money+housing games... won't pay for it if I live in the same co-op house as my boyfriend (even though I live next door to him now in an apartment complex and they're paying for it now!) and they won't pay for me to live in a single... and I don't have anyone to room with... AAH!
Also, they won't let me take out student loans.
Also, I currently have 1 job, 1 internship, 2 student group memberships, and 1 competitive team. I had 3 jobs over the summer. PLEASE don't feed me the "get a job" line, because if I had more time, I would.
Why are they causing me more stress than I need, and how can I get them to realize they're being unfair?
Wow, "pay for it yourself" -- GREAT IDEA. *not* ...Especially considering I just stated they won't let me take out loans, and take away every dollar I earn almost immediately!
For example:
- They want me to pay 15% of my tuition + books every semester. Fine. May be a lot up front, but I think working for something makes the experience greater.
- Apparently, though, if I apply for scholarships, and win, they refuse to count that toward my percent I owe them. For example, if I earned $500, and owed them $1,000, I wouldn't simply owe $500. I'd still owe about $900, since the scholarship was only factored into total tuition, not my % I have to pay! How unfair is that? It's MY MONEY I earned, why do they get to count it as dollars they are paying?
They also are playing money+housing games... won't pay for it if I live in the same co-op house as my boyfriend (even though I live next door to him now in an apartment complex and they're paying for it now!) and they won't pay for me to live in a single... and I don't have anyone to room with... AAH!
Also, they won't let me take out student loans.
Also, I currently have 1 job, 1 internship, 2 student group memberships, and 1 competitive team. I had 3 jobs over the summer. PLEASE don't feed me the "get a job" line, because if I had more time, I would.
Why are they causing me more stress than I need, and how can I get them to realize they're being unfair?
Wow, "pay for it yourself" -- GREAT IDEA. *not* ...Especially considering I just stated they won't let me take out loans, and take away every dollar I earn almost immediately!