This last week, The student government held a protest at my school. The board was voting on a 6% tuition raise. It was a huge deal; signs, shirts, speakers. I was proud of my classmates, because it was well organized, effective, peaceful, and an important issue. While we didn't win, they did decide to lower the increase from 6 to 3.7%, which made a good bit of difference.
I cried today.
I haven’t done that in a long time – cried.
All I want is for senior year to be over, and for college to begin. But, that might not happen – at least not the way I planed it to happen.
I’m waiting on a miracle.
My miracle -- $12,000.
I'm a new blogger so please be gentle with me.
Don't write off those Ivy League schools as an option for you just yet...you might be waving away the best opportunity of your life! You say there's no way you'd get in? No way to pay for it? Well think again!!
I've realized more and more over the past few weeks of how many people complain about the cost of higher education. And to some degree, I'm right there complaining with them. College is expensive, and very nearly out of reach for a lot of people.
College is just so darn expensive! Being a student, you have to worry about bills, insurance, books, etc. Then, when you plan on going to college, you have to add on for your tuition, and room and board, and then for your gas, and other misc. expenses. It just doesn't stop!!
29 February 2008
Congress recently collected a list of 136 colleges and universities who received more than $500 million dollars in endowments. The colleges were asked to disclose their financial information so Congress could review it. This is part of Congress’s plan to lower the cost of high education for students and their families.
How are you paying for your college education? I know that many of you, like myself, are on this blog because of the promise of a possibly college scholarship, and that's great. But how far will $1000 really go?
