Date: 5/11/2008 4:22:00 PM
From Authorid: 12072
not worth it. If I pay off my student loans exactly as planned (as in min. payment each month) it will take me 20 years, I have a plan to pay them in 7-10. If I could do it over I would have grown a backbone and not have gone (long story--and sorry for the rant).  |
Date: 5/11/2008 5:49:00 PM
From Authorid: 38751
I'm doing a BSc(hons) over here in New Zealand, and it amazes me the price of College in America. At my university, Science and Engineering are the most expensive degrees, and I'm paying (well, dad is!) around NZ$12,000 a year, then about $1500 in books and lab materials. All up, around $14,000. In rough translation, that's only US$10,800. I guess I'm just lucky the only thing I'll be leaving with is a Degree, and not a good few years debt!  |
Date: 5/11/2008 6:32:00 PM
From Authorid: 62849
No, I don't think tuition is overpriced. I think that with the way scholarships and grants and loans go today, almost anyone has the opportunity to go to any school they desire, as long as they apply themselves through high school and work hard. That said, I do think text books are a complete racket and overpriced is not the word to describe those unnecessarily expensive wads of paper and ink.  |
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Date: 5/11/2008 7:05:00 PM ( Chatmin-PB )
I know what it cost me to go through college and then university. I don't think it's overpriced for what I learned. |
Date: 5/11/2008 7:19:00 PM
From Authorid: 48250
I Pay as I go and being a "Non-traditional student----it becomes a lot harder, paying for classes, plus making car/truck payments, utility bills, groceries other expenses, it can get more then a little complicated--yes sure I think higher education is more expensive but a lot of other things are too--------Still, I'd rather pay a little more knowing I am receiving what I have paid for.....T/C  |
Date: 5/11/2008 8:51:00 PM
From Authorid: 12341
I have to say, comparing it to all else, was worth the dollars spent. I went back later in life and I worked really hard to pay for it and being a full time student, mother, and working was hard, but I would do it all over again.  |
Date: 5/12/2008 12:55:00 AM
From Authorid: 62918
If I say yes, will they kick me out? loljk
I hate how much they make us pay. It's ridiculous. My parents are paying for my college education (I'm very thankful), and I've caught on to how much they're paying a year. It's horrible. However, in the end, it'll be worth it. Just keep telling yourself that. Thats what all my friends and I do... And, yeah, I've been thinking the same thing about Victorian age coming back in that regards. All we can do is hope and pray and protest...
P.S. I'm becoming a writer as well. A photojournalist (probly ending up becoming a novelist). I'm self-taught artiiiste, too! lol  |
Date: 5/12/2008 4:32:00 AM
From Authorid: 19613
reading these comments really make me appreciate being able to go to college virtually for free - university fees are paid by the Irish state, less general cost of student accomodation and a small registration fee at the start of each year (about 800 euro). Furthermore, if your parents have under a certain level of income, you get government grants on top of them paying your college fees. The result is that pretty much nobody ends up in debt from student loans (any such loans are usually taken out to buy cars or pay for holidays rather than pay fees).  |
Date: 5/12/2008 6:06:00 AM
From Authorid: 63725
I owe one more payment on my student loan. I graduated in 1988. Going for my BA I did benefit from higher paying jobs and the opportunity to do what I really wanted to do for a prefession. For me it was worth it. I went the community college route and then 2 years in university. It was all in all $8000 in student loans and I got a Pell Grant. I know I made it back in my past jobs. I think the first 2 years of college ought to be reduced in price and accessible to more people since that it is needed it to get a job these days.  |
Date: 5/12/2008 7:06:00 AM
From Authorid: 28848
its way overpriced IMO. I just finished a BS and my loan repayments start soon. It shouldnt cost as much as it does to get an education. I think the first two years should be free.  |
Date: 5/12/2008 11:13:00 AM ( From Author )
From Authorid: 35430
if the first two years were free, then a lot more people could go, but then it'd be put on our taxroll and raise prices.  but it would be nice! |
Date: 5/12/2008 3:02:00 PM
From Authorid: 7574
It's absolutely overpriced, and for the quality of education I've received, it's not worth it at all.  |
Date: 5/12/2008 3:25:00 PM
From Authorid: 16376
Yes, it is overpriced. It is worth it to get an education, but even junior college is expensive when you bring books and other fees into the mix.  |
Date: 5/13/2008 8:44:00 PM
From Authorid: 21867
...you get what you pay for...an education that costs nothing is often worth exactly that...  |
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Date: 5/14/2008 11:29:00 AM ( From Author )
From Authorid: 35430
that's agreeable, you don't wanna pay very little and get a bad education o.0 |
Date: 5/14/2008 7:26:00 PM
From Authorid: 47218
There is more value to a good education than the money you earn later on, and going to a highly-esteemed education is important for other areas outside the highly compensated ones that you mentioned. A lot of people want to work in academics, research and knowledge-based professions for the prestige and the intellectual rigor. For this, you need good teachers and references, and more expensive and prestigious schools generally have better resources for doing research, etc. This said, you are wise to compare the cost of the education against the value that it is going to provide you later. If your main concern is the cost of the education compared to the amount you are going to earn in a career, or simply staying out of debt, then of course you want to look at what's going to cost you the least. But you also need to consider whether the institution has a good reputation for the area that you want to study in, their reputation with potential employers (a more prestigious school might land you a better, higher paying job), programs and resources for training, internships and career placement, percentage of students placed into jobs upon graduation, etc. A school might cost more but be a better value in the long run. And, if you do your research, you might find exceptional bargains here and there.  |
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Date: 5/14/2008 7:29:00 PM
From Authorid: 47218
oh- and as Beags mentioned, sometimes schools that cost a lot also have better scholarship and financial aid opportunities than the cheaper ones, so end up costing many people less. |
Date: 5/26/2008 11:05:00 AM
From Authorid: 30229
GROSSLY overpriced!!! As is almost everything these days.  |
