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Fall VT tuition & room/board low meal plan: $12,404. Better put $$ in 529 -- Mighty Fine Catch 08/03/2021 12:29PM Something else to consider: our son got a Master Welder cert from a -- Mighty Fine Catch 08/04/2021 09:32AM Putting $550 each month for each kid ($1100 a month) into 529 since the age -- HokieForever 08/03/2021 8:11PM 1983…$750/quarter including room n board $2250/year ** -- 83Hokie 08/03/2021 6:30PM 1970-75 (co-op program) - about $8,500 total -- TomTurkey 08/03/2021 4:24PM In what did you co-op? ** -- DonHo-kieHi 08/03/2021 9:40PM Yep and EVERYTHING was $600 a quarter in Fall 1972.... ** -- UTPr0sim 08/03/2021 3:12PM My daughters room and board at auburn is higher than -- GreenvilleVT 08/03/2021 3:01PM As a father of two in college it is a total smoke show. -- GreenvilleVT 08/03/2021 2:41PM They've been predicting this since the 1960s. ** -- KeithHokie89 08/03/2021 3:47PM I hate to see what it will cost in the 2060s -- GreenvilleVT 08/03/2021 3:50PM Certain professions will always have the requirement. Medicine, Engineering -- KeithHokie89 08/03/2021 4:03PM I think they will have a proficiency in test. -- GreenvilleVT 08/03/2021 4:26PM 1972 -- dgc76 08/03/2021 2:38PM I'm in the "overpriced" camp -- EDGEMAN 08/03/2021 2:33PM Can you opt out as freshman and live off campus because of the cost? -- MVIII 08/03/2021 2:24PM Depending on where the school is, off campus is not always cheaper -- KeithHokie89 08/03/2021 4:05PM Ammenities and layers of administration ** -- 133743Hokie 08/03/2021 1:52PM Highway robbery. ** -- HokieNoVA 08/03/2021 1:34PM Been there. Done that. ** -- Stork 08/03/2021 1:27PM That's actually not as bad as I thought it would be. If it was $6,800 for -- Late 80s Hokie 08/03/2021 1:26PM I'm working from a 38-yr-old memory, but it coulda been $5800.... -- Mighty Fine Catch 08/04/2021 09:29AM In 1981, in state was about $2,200, excluding books, for a year. -- UEMcGill 08/03/2021 1:47PM Started in 1980, and it sky rocketed those 4 years. -- VaTechie 08/03/2021 9:37PM Yeah, we did see huge bumps % wise. That was about the time the -- UEMcGill 08/04/2021 06:54AM My dad did the same. They gave me the money (mostly) and I had to pay for -- Tafkam Hokie 08/03/2021 2:32PM Which brings up another point re. college costs -- Tafkam Hokie 08/03/2021 2:44PM Right on with the fees. Colleges are like shady auto dealerships. ** -- RoswellGAHokie 08/03/2021 1:59PM $1850 for the whole yr, my freshman yr, 79/80** -- B777Fr8Dog 08/03/2021 1:56PM Yep. Paying that bill next week. ** -- vt90 08/03/2021 1:21PM Same -- VT Pops 08/03/2021 1:23PM I believe they rightly froze tuition with COVID ... -- vt90 08/03/2021 1:25PM U of Colorado is $15,500 per semester, in state ** -- WestyHokie 08/03/2021 1:21PM Was going to say, "and they have access to legal weed" -- EDGEMAN 08/03/2021 3:06PM What's a better alternative? ** -- Hoke 08/03/2021 12:55PM OnlyFans ** -- HokieNoVA 08/03/2021 2:50PM Streetwalking ** -- LonghornHokie 08/03/2021 2:22PM Trade, community College, stacking AP/dual enrollment, -- One4VT 08/03/2021 1:47PM Dealing drugs ** -- OXVT 08/03/2021 1:24PM Don’t go & definitely vote against the taxpayers paying tuition. ** -- Hoakie82 08/03/2021 1:11PM Circus? ** -- FfxStationHokie 08/03/2021 1:07PM …carnival. barking for the yak woman ** -- chumley 08/03/2021 2:45PM Bringing back freak shows would be a great way to reduce unemployment. ** -- HokieNoVA 08/03/2021 2:53PM I’ll throw out 3 ideas. -- RoswellGAHokie 08/03/2021 1:04PM I definitely think the student loan should be based on the realistic... -- EDGEMAN 08/03/2021 3:04PM Yeah, the rise in costs has got to be directly related to the ability -- reestuart 08/03/2021 1:43PM Yep. So many parallels to the housing crisis. ** -- RoswellGAHokie 08/03/2021 2:04PM No doubt about that. ** -- reestuart 08/03/2021 2:09PM From a purely objective point of view, it's really hard to justify the cost -- Tafkam Hokie 08/03/2021 12:54PM Unfortunately, most students who go to community college don't finish in 2 -- HokieEngineer 08/03/2021 5:05PM See my comment on Community College above. It can be more $$ rewarding -- Mighty Fine Catch 08/04/2021 09:33AM They still have the GI bill. Grow up before you go to school. ** -- Hoakie82 08/03/2021 1:15PM Not sure if the military is the solution, but we do rush kids into college -- HokieNoVA 08/03/2021 1:47PM I probably would have benefited doing "hard labor" for a couple years... -- EDGEMAN 08/03/2021 2:45PM This was my experience. 16 years between starting and finishing and when I -- Hurley09 08/03/2021 4:31PM I think it's more of a focus thing -- EDGEMAN 08/03/2021 4:48PM Military is a solution, certainly not the only one -- Tafkam Hokie 08/03/2021 1:57PM I agree. ** -- NokieHokie 08/03/2021 12:58PM Agreed. -- HokieJay 08/03/2021 12:58PM Seems pretty standard among state universities. UGA is 14K/semester.Where -- HokieBrazil 08/03/2021 12:49PM You can't expect kids to deal with the stress without a lazy river. TIC ** -- MP4VT2004 08/03/2021 12:55PM What's the meal plan get me? 2 meals a day 7 days/week? -- hoosnowahokie 08/03/2021 12:47PM Highway robbery. -- RoswellGAHokie 08/03/2021 12:37PM Bought 2 full VPEPs way back when - best decision I ever made -- FfxStationHokie 08/03/2021 12:34PM 1966-67: $4500 whole year (3 quarters) out of state. If I recall correctly. ** -- PhotoHokieNC 08/03/2021 12:34PM I'm remembering $3000/yr as out of state in early 1970s ** -- Hokie in CT 08/03/2021 2:34PM I'd lean towards highway robbery at this point. I live in a college town -- ElbertoHokie 08/03/2021 12:34PM I thought about renting my house in Miami when I moved to VB -- EDGEMAN 08/03/2021 2:36PMTech Sideline is Presented By:
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