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[CBFryman 2]

I'm gonna ask my mom if she will help me buy a lotus elise as my Graduation/College/18th B-day/Xmas present.

That more satisfactory M5? I' ma small guy, I think i can handle a lotus.

[ANeonRider 3]

Anyone whom asks mommy and daddy for handouts deserves a slap.

[CBFryman 2]

8% of total US production is a pretty big deal... and OPEC said they will up their production to make up for it.

Oil prices dropped today once the terrorist plot was exposed.

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If the tree huggers would allow Gulf drilling and more Alaskan production oil prices for the US would go down a LOT.

BUT NOOO.

pucking tree huggers....that is the main reason I dont want an econobox...I dont want to look like a tree hugger.

[CBFryman 2]

Anyone whom asks mommy and daddy for handouts deserves a slap.

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I wouldnt be asking for hand outs. They are going to spend a bunch of money on chit I dont want and will straight up tell them I dont want it...why not help me with something I really want.

[CBFryman 2]

I really dont expect anything for any of thoes. I told them NOT to give me anything for my 17th B-day but my mom insisted so I said IF they where to get me something I would enjoy a yellow top.

[ANeonRider 3]

How about this... tell them to put that money in a trust fund for college, where it will really matter... and work to buy your own chit

[CBFryman 2]

Except that I've been saving for college since I was 10... And I'm getting a 75% scolarship for grades... And my grandparents started some IRA for college for me when I was 2...

And if I pass my AP exam with a decent score I get 5 Credits just from that... I am thinking of taking Freashman Comp online as well during next semester of my senior year.

I dont need any more college money.

[CBFryman 2]

Between myself and my gransparents I have enough money for 3 semesters at a Florida University including food and housing.

[CBFryman 2]

And Bright Futures Scolarship (the 75% I'm Getting) Covers 6 full semesters of credit hours, 3 years of food and housing.

[///M5 2,833]

Will that get you through year 1?

[CBFryman 2]

And I havent applied for any other scolarships or talked tothe UCF XC coach. My dad is US Armed Forces Disabled and there is a 25% scolarship avalable uppon application. I'll be filling that out next Semester.

So basically I'll be getting paid to go to school....

[///M5 2,833]

How about this... tell them to put that money in a trust fund for college, where it will really matter... and work to buy your own chit

X2

[CBFryman 2]

Will that get you through year 1?

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Yes, at the university I want to go to. Actually a littlve over 1 year.

[CBFryman 2]

I have 7,000 and my grandparents have 12,500 as of yet. And I dont get hte money for another year...and in that time both will get MORE money.

[CBFryman 2]

Since I started working $50 of every paycheck got put into that account and it's a high yeild account.

[ANeonRider 3]

I have twice that in educational debt alone... and I worked throughout school, and cost of living here is peanuts compared to anywhere else in North America.

Sorry to say, even with a basically free ride through school, unless you want to work a ton and have grades that hurt, you will need a lot of money to support you.

[CBFryman 2]

It cost Florida Citizen's ~80,000 to get a bachelor's degree today. That includes living.

[///M5 2,833]

I had saved $35k by the time I went to school and still left with $50k in debt. I worked 40 hours a week while in school as well.

[CBFryman 2]

And what kind of scolarships did you have? I have all of my tuition paid for. and 75% of my living. Then I have ~20k to cover the other 25%.

[CBFryman 2]

So then I just have to worry about books and lab fee's.

[ANeonRider 3]

Books and other study aids cost me more than tuition did.

[CBFryman 2]

What sucks is I'm going to school for Chemical Engineering so Lab fees pwn me.

[CBFryman 2]

What's good is by the time you reach higher chem you dont have a book, you have a lab guide handbook. MUCH cheaper.

[CBFryman 2]

Me want.

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$3.15 a gallon sucks though.

Sit down, do the math and figure out exactly how many miles it takes to make a more fuel efficient vehicle pay for itself (its a LOT)

How about this... tell them to put that money in a trust fund for college, where it will really matter... and work to buy your own chit

Except that I've been saving for college since I was 10... And I'm getting a 75% scolarship for grades... And my grandparents started some IRA for college for me when I was 2...

And if I pass my AP exam with a decent score I get 5 Credits just from that... I am thinking of taking Freashman Comp online as well during next semester of my senior year.

I dont need any more college money.

I have 7,000 and my grandparents have 12,500 as of yet. And I dont get hte money for another year...and in that time both will get MORE money.

You still don't fully realize yet how much college costs do you.