How Dads Plan to Pay For Their Kid’s College

If your teenage kid was accepted into the college of their dreams, which was beyond what you could afford, what would you do? Dads debate paying for kid’s college education!

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Brad Opper: Student loans and the ability for any kid to go to college has wrecked tuition prices in this country. If they want it, they can pay for it and finance it themselves. That’s what I did. I will guide them with tips by kreditfinanzcheck.de.

Corey Eckenroth: Convince them that Community College is a great way to get the basics out of the way at a fraction of the cost, then reapply after they are done and get the core curriculum courses done. Who knows, they do well enough at the CC, they might earn a scholarship to the expensive University.

Jesse Cook: Tell them they can’t go. Go to a regional state university and transfer before your senior year if you really want to go to one particular school. The degree will be the same, and that’s all any employer cares about! Take it from a dad who is a University prof, and who is married to an amazing woman who is also a prof. 6 degrees between the 2 of us and more than 6 figures in debt. We have good jobs, but there are MANY ways to get a great education on a budget.

Carey Ford: Scholarships, grants, etc. Start off at a cheaper school & work their way up to a possible scholarship at the school of choice. Doesn’t really matter where you start school. My son has his sights set on 2 cheaper universities that both have good programs for his degree. He’s planning on busting his ass & keeping his grades up & hopefully can get a scholarship & transfer to a higher university.

Michael Fournier: I have been struggling with this for months. Son graduated this month. Wants to go to school out of state to Savannah college of art and design. Its $56k for 1 year. He asked if I’d cosign a loan and I said I won’t (unemployed) but would help some when I could. He refuses to listen to logic and go to community college for generals.

Rob Fennelly: If you take one credit less than a full course load you are a part time student and pay by the credit not the semester. I did it with my daughter and is cost 80% less. Collage is a scam. Avoid loans at any cost. Nothing makes them go away. Not bankruptcy or even death. It gets pasted on to you.

Darren Sutton: Before they picked a final college, we sat down with each of them and said ‘here’s what we can afford to do, anything beyond that will be your responsibility’. They worked their butts off – saved their money – got amazing scholarships – took advantage of work study and summer jobs – and went exactly where they wanted to go with tuition that absolutely wild have been out of reach for us financially. Kids crave clear, open dialogue – when we give it to them, they thrive.

Michael Xavier: Do like my little sister did when she got accepted to UF do every essay to get some kind of scholarship and send letters for scholarships. Now with all the scholarships she got she’s actually getting paid to go to college. She’s now my future lawyer!

Diego Espinola: They can pay for it themselves. It’s not the parents responsibility to pay for college. Loans, like the one on Little Loan’s page, and payment are something they will have to experience as an adult. As much as you love them, college is a new world.

Jake Weatherford: Tell them life’s not fair or cheap, settle for a reasonable school. Or Drop him/her off at the recruiting station and have Uncle Sam take care of them.

C Allen LeRoux: Send your kid to Real Estate school. In 2 years they will have enough m9ney to pay on their own. So they graduate 2 years later… so what? No debt and TONS more life experience.

Billy Joe Virden: Your kids should be responsible for their own education costs. “Dreams” don’t just come true… you have to bust your butt to make it happen.

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