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If you have a kid finishing 7th grade right now (as I do) the current ... -- vt90 05/30/2019 11:39AM ROI doesn't work. Other models have to replace current system ** -- VaAkita 05/30/2019 7:22PM Recommend attending one of Virginia's fine Community Colleges for... -- EDGEMAN 05/30/2019 4:11PM At this point and cost, college is overrated for a large portion... -- RUHokie 05/30/2019 4:08PM I think you hit the nail on the head with shrinking enrollment -- Victor Tango 05/30/2019 2:28PM One of the few advantages of living in Florida -- HokieByWater 05/30/2019 2:01PM Love my VPEP :) ** -- FfxStationHokie 05/30/2019 1:38PM How much does the GI Bill pay these days??? -- BusLoadaBozos 05/30/2019 1:36PM Quite a bit - plus individual states offer separate tuition assistance -- HokieMacDaddy 05/30/2019 1:52PM Glad I live in GA where Hope Scholarship paid for my 3 kids. ** -- BusLoadaBozos 05/30/2019 1:31PM College isn’t for everyone. -- YardBird 05/30/2019 1:13PM Coincidentally I am helping develop a machinist apprenticeship program -- Baltimore Hokie 05/30/2019 1:23PM What?!? Everyone knows that if you don't to go college then you'll end up -- HokieNoVA 05/30/2019 1:19PM Like everything, it depends on specifics; studies have been consistent -- WestyHokie 05/30/2019 1:33PM Solution is simple...... -- CrystalCoveHokie 05/30/2019 1:08PM Retail is for suckers. ** -- Stork 05/30/2019 1:04PM I'm starting to think going to college straight from HS isn't the best idea -- HokieMacDaddy 05/30/2019 12:53PM I’m funding my second child at VT, no 529 plan for either -- Chesapeake_Hokie 05/30/2019 12:36PM The idea of college is very out of date -- HokieAl 05/30/2019 12:31PM Agreed. I always go back to Caddyshack... -- MilwaukeeHokie 05/30/2019 12:38PM Well said and I concur :) ** -- grill to chill 05/30/2019 12:46PM Here to keep my string of posting in deleted threads alive ** -- CPRVHokie 05/30/2019 12:25PM ZERO reason this should be deleted. Everyone has been great so far at ... -- vt90 05/30/2019 12:27PM I hear you and my grandson wants to attend Tech But we live in E Tn.... -- grill to chill 05/30/2019 12:24PM In-state tuition, room & board is over $23k at VT right now ... -- vt90 05/30/2019 12:26PM And out-of-state for 19-20 is $42k ** -- MAHokie69 05/30/2019 12:42PM Wow, Oh my:( I lived on campus 3 yrs. $400 per quarter in 1972:) ** -- grill to chill 05/30/2019 12:38PM I believe 4 years cost total just over $8K -- TomTurkey 05/30/2019 12:53PM 2K a year for college, some things are good from the old days I guess :) ** -- grill to chill 05/30/2019 1:02PM Yep. Paid off loan in a short, accelerated time. ** -- TomTurkey 05/30/2019 1:03PM I get the increases are outrageous, but -- VaTechie 05/30/2019 12:01PM My youngest graduates next week. Pre-paid tuition plans make things much -- RhinoVT 05/30/2019 11:58AM Why deny them the benefits that you got from paying your own way? -- HokieMacDaddy 05/30/2019 12:50PM I didn't see it as a benefit then or now. ** -- RhinoVT 05/30/2019 1:35PM I have used 529 plans and it has worked out great ... -- vt90 05/30/2019 12:02PM Experience > College Education in most careers -- darnellm 05/30/2019 11:53AM In some fields, not having a college degree is a complete non-starter -- Tafkam Hokie 05/30/2019 12:00PM Exactly. English lit degree from private U makes loan payback difficult -- Dan1993 05/30/2019 12:04PM At least VA and some other states have frozen tuition. But I feel for u. ** -- IB4TECH 05/30/2019 11:49AM That is smoke and mirrors. The state told each school if you freeze tuition -- KeithHokie89 05/30/2019 2:22PM Thats a bandaid that doesnt fix anything. VA did that in the late 90s -- Nelsonia Hokie 05/30/2019 12:08PM Doubt that lasts more than 1 year but it helps with my rising soph at VT ** -- vt90 05/30/2019 11:51AM The real problem is, most of the middle class hasn't figured out they've -- Tafkam Hokie 05/30/2019 11:44AM I'll add this. Yes, my parents paid for my college. But when I went to -- Tafkam Hokie 05/30/2019 12:02PM Total, 1970-75 = Tuition, one semester, 2016 ** -- TomTurkey 05/30/2019 12:12PM A lot of truth here -- RTFC 05/30/2019 12:00PM There's still this assumption that you make more in the long run -- `lag 05/30/2019 11:49AM 1. I agree, 2. I also don't think the avg student debt of $20-$30k is -- Nelsonia Hokie 05/30/2019 12:05PM Yeah, just classic institutional bloat... -- `lag 05/30/2019 12:15PM Also a good point. ** -- vt90 05/30/2019 11:47AMTech Sideline is Presented By:
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