Comments on: Attack college expenses from the other end by growing up sooner http://www.mightybargainhunter.com/2007/06/26/attack-college-expenses-from-the-other-end-by-growing-up-sooner/ Personal finance, commentary, and spending less the easy way Fri, 19 Mar 2010 14:24:44 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Doug Jefferson http://www.mightybargainhunter.com/2007/06/26/attack-college-expenses-from-the-other-end-by-growing-up-sooner/comment-page-1/#comment-192542 Doug Jefferson Tue, 13 Oct 2009 03:53:20 +0000 http://www.mightybargainhunter.com/2007/06/26/attack-college-expenses-from-the-other-end-by-growing-up-sooner/#comment-192542 I have heard about all the different courses. I went to collegecourses.net but I don't know if they are the best I have heard about all the different courses. I went to collegecourses.net but I don’t know if they are the best

]]> By: StudentCredit http://www.mightybargainhunter.com/2007/06/26/attack-college-expenses-from-the-other-end-by-growing-up-sooner/comment-page-1/#comment-72011 StudentCredit Fri, 29 Jun 2007 09:00:54 +0000 http://www.mightybargainhunter.com/2007/06/26/attack-college-expenses-from-the-other-end-by-growing-up-sooner/#comment-72011 I fully agree with what you say. College is a fun time but it's also time to grow up. It will be too late to after graduating with a gross debt made. I think the one of the most serious traps waiting for you there is credit cards. There are some really good offers but you need to grown ups enough for them. Only in this case you will make a profit but not a debt. I fully agree with what you say. College is a fun time but it’s also time to grow up. It will be too late to after graduating with a gross debt made. I think the one of the most serious traps waiting for you there is credit cards. There are some really good offers but you need to grown ups enough for them. Only in this case you will make a profit but not a debt.

]]> By: HC http://www.mightybargainhunter.com/2007/06/26/attack-college-expenses-from-the-other-end-by-growing-up-sooner/comment-page-1/#comment-71849 HC Thu, 28 Jun 2007 16:06:39 +0000 http://www.mightybargainhunter.com/2007/06/26/attack-college-expenses-from-the-other-end-by-growing-up-sooner/#comment-71849 This is an interesting document, but I think it makes a LOT of false assumptions about certification flattening the difference between institutions. I paid for a private school education, and got small classes (my largest class, EVER, included 40 people, the smallest was 7, and the average was 20 or so) and instruction from full professors in every class but one (and that was because the professor had to be replaced at the last minute). I did not pay out the nose for lectures by TAs. And also, it's all well and good to talk grad school being a better place for individualized, seminar instruction (I agree with him), but grad school application acceptances don't just magically drop from heaven. The schools want to know that their students can focus at that higher level (and the kid who "works full time, graduates in three years, and earns a C average" has not adequately demonstrated that, even if he did "meet the qualifications" on time and under budget). It's interesting, and has a few worthwhile ideas (sure, take a few AP exams and CLEPs to test out of early course requirements), but college is intended as a networking incubator and an atmosphere for broadening experience. Shutting oneself off from the community does come at a price, and I think this didn't adequately express that. This is an interesting document, but I think it makes a LOT of false assumptions about certification flattening the difference between institutions.

I paid for a private school education, and got small classes (my largest class, EVER, included 40 people, the smallest was 7, and the average was 20 or so) and instruction from full professors in every class but one (and that was because the professor had to be replaced at the last minute). I did not pay out the nose for lectures by TAs.

And also, it’s all well and good to talk grad school being a better place for individualized, seminar instruction (I agree with him), but grad school application acceptances don’t just magically drop from heaven. The schools want to know that their students can focus at that higher level (and the kid who “works full time, graduates in three years, and earns a C average” has not adequately demonstrated that, even if he did “meet the qualifications” on time and under budget).

It’s interesting, and has a few worthwhile ideas (sure, take a few AP exams and CLEPs to test out of early course requirements), but college is intended as a networking incubator and an atmosphere for broadening experience. Shutting oneself off from the community does come at a price, and I think this didn’t adequately express that.

]]> By: Angie Hartford http://www.mightybargainhunter.com/2007/06/26/attack-college-expenses-from-the-other-end-by-growing-up-sooner/comment-page-1/#comment-71700 Angie Hartford Thu, 28 Jun 2007 02:54:40 +0000 http://www.mightybargainhunter.com/2007/06/26/attack-college-expenses-from-the-other-end-by-growing-up-sooner/#comment-71700 Great info; I've forwarded this to my favorite teenager. Great info; I’ve forwarded this to my favorite teenager.

]]> By: Mer @ LivingBehindTheCurve.com http://www.mightybargainhunter.com/2007/06/26/attack-college-expenses-from-the-other-end-by-growing-up-sooner/comment-page-1/#comment-70530 Mer @ LivingBehindTheCurve.com Wed, 27 Jun 2007 01:32:01 +0000 http://www.mightybargainhunter.com/2007/06/26/attack-college-expenses-from-the-other-end-by-growing-up-sooner/#comment-70530 Just a tip for the rest of the world, I downloaded and read this report. Not bad. Just take my advice and skip the first three chapters, unless you need your ego stroked. They're interesting chapters, but they don't hold any useful information. I just hope this guy keeps this thing up to date, because the information in here will age brutally otherwise. Just a tip for the rest of the world, I downloaded and read this report. Not bad. Just take my advice and skip the first three chapters, unless you need your ego stroked. They’re interesting chapters, but they don’t hold any useful information.

I just hope this guy keeps this thing up to date, because the information in here will age brutally otherwise.

]]> By: Joseph Quientus Chen http://www.mightybargainhunter.com/2007/06/26/attack-college-expenses-from-the-other-end-by-growing-up-sooner/comment-page-1/#comment-69863 Joseph Quientus Chen Tue, 26 Jun 2007 12:22:14 +0000 http://www.mightybargainhunter.com/2007/06/26/attack-college-expenses-from-the-other-end-by-growing-up-sooner/#comment-69863 I agree, some college classes are better off learned through an internship or personal study. For example, I see people taking photography classes, but I am getting hands on experience freelancing. So far I've done weddings, birthdays, parties, and even a passport photo. The money I earn goes directly back into equipment purchases, enabling me to study lighting with top-of-the-line stuff outside of the classroom. I agree, some college classes are better off learned through an internship or personal study.

For example, I see people taking photography classes, but I am getting hands on experience freelancing. So far I’ve done weddings, birthdays, parties, and even a passport photo. The money I earn goes directly back into equipment purchases, enabling me to study lighting with top-of-the-line stuff outside of the classroom.

]]> By: plonkee http://www.mightybargainhunter.com/2007/06/26/attack-college-expenses-from-the-other-end-by-growing-up-sooner/comment-page-1/#comment-69653 plonkee Tue, 26 Jun 2007 08:12:00 +0000 http://www.mightybargainhunter.com/2007/06/26/attack-college-expenses-from-the-other-end-by-growing-up-sooner/#comment-69653 Perhaps it would be more cost effective to have your fun by taking a gap year - say working for 6 months, in order to save up money to travel the world, or taking a working holiday - and then carrying out some of the suggestions above. On the other hand, money isn't everything. If it would make you a more confident person to live away from your parents during Uni (as it did me), then do it. If I'd stayed at home for Uni I'd probably still be living there now. Perhaps it would be more cost effective to have your fun by taking a gap year – say working for 6 months, in order to save up money to travel the world, or taking a working holiday – and then carrying out some of the suggestions above.

On the other hand, money isn’t everything. If it would make you a more confident person to live away from your parents during Uni (as it did me), then do it. If I’d stayed at home for Uni I’d probably still be living there now.

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