Comments for Suddenly Frugal Blog http://www.suddenlyfrugal.com A blog about frugal living Wed, 22 Feb 2012 17:06:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Comment on Paying for College by David @ Vonbeau http://www.suddenlyfrugal.com/2012/02/paying-for-college/comment-page-1/#comment-32290 David @ Vonbeau Wed, 22 Feb 2012 17:06:42 +0000 http://www.suddenlyfrugal.com/?p=5982#comment-32290 It certainly can't hurt. :] It certainly can’t hurt. :]

]]> Comment on Paying for College by Leah Ingram http://www.suddenlyfrugal.com/2012/02/paying-for-college/comment-page-1/#comment-32285 Leah Ingram Wed, 22 Feb 2012 15:03:43 +0000 http://www.suddenlyfrugal.com/?p=5982#comment-32285 No worries. FYI, I ended up sending this blog post to my Congressman. Who knows, right? No worries. FYI, I ended up sending this blog post to my Congressman. Who knows, right?

]]> Comment on Paying for College by David @ Vonbeau http://www.suddenlyfrugal.com/2012/02/paying-for-college/comment-page-1/#comment-32284 David @ Vonbeau Wed, 22 Feb 2012 14:50:39 +0000 http://www.suddenlyfrugal.com/?p=5982#comment-32284 @ Leah: My apologies. CSU = Colorado State University. We live in Fort Collins, Colorado [ love it, BTW ]. You know, after I left that comment I was thinking. We will have two in college at the same time for quite a while Our daughter is 12 so she will start while our youngest son [ Camryn - 15 ] is just finishing up. We'll have a very short break until our 6 yo starts.. OMG.. I need another job. LOL ~ David @ Leah: My apologies. CSU = Colorado State University. We live in Fort Collins, Colorado [ love it, BTW ].

You know, after I left that comment I was thinking. We will have two in college at the same time for quite a while Our daughter is 12 so she will start while our youngest son [ Camryn - 15 ] is just finishing up.

We’ll have a very short break until our 6 yo starts.. OMG.. I need another job. LOL

~ David

]]> Comment on Paying for College by Leah Ingram http://www.suddenlyfrugal.com/2012/02/paying-for-college/comment-page-1/#comment-32283 Leah Ingram Wed, 22 Feb 2012 14:21:04 +0000 http://www.suddenlyfrugal.com/?p=5982#comment-32283 Did you have to emancipate yourself from your parents in order to qualify this way? Did you have to emancipate yourself from your parents in order to qualify this way?

]]> Comment on Paying for College by Hannah @ eat, drink and save money http://www.suddenlyfrugal.com/2012/02/paying-for-college/comment-page-1/#comment-32282 Hannah @ eat, drink and save money Wed, 22 Feb 2012 13:54:21 +0000 http://www.suddenlyfrugal.com/?p=5982#comment-32282 Not sure if this would help, but I filed my FAFSA as an independent and ended up getting loads of money for college since there was no income linked to me. I was able to attend a private school and leave with less than $20,000 in loans for all four years at a school that cost around $30,000 a year. My parents couldn't afford to help me, but their income would have hurt me and not qualify me for financial aid. Not sure if this would help, but I filed my FAFSA as an independent and ended up getting loads of money for college since there was no income linked to me. I was able to attend a private school and leave with less than $20,000 in loans for all four years at a school that cost around $30,000 a year. My parents couldn’t afford to help me, but their income would have hurt me and not qualify me for financial aid.

]]> Comment on Paying for College by Leah Ingram http://www.suddenlyfrugal.com/2012/02/paying-for-college/comment-page-1/#comment-32272 Leah Ingram Wed, 22 Feb 2012 00:54:57 +0000 http://www.suddenlyfrugal.com/?p=5982#comment-32272 Thank you, Mary! Thank you, Mary!

]]> Comment on Paying for College by Mary http://www.suddenlyfrugal.com/2012/02/paying-for-college/comment-page-1/#comment-32270 Mary Tue, 21 Feb 2012 23:52:41 +0000 http://www.suddenlyfrugal.com/?p=5982#comment-32270 Hello Leah! Welcome to my nightmare! I mean that in a truly genuine way...I hope you know that! No one has acknowledged that it is IMPOSSIBLE to save for our children's college education. Both my husband and I were fortunate to have had our parents pay for our college education. A gift that we both cherish to this day. We had hoped to do the same for our children... I love your idea of deductibility, investment in our kids is investment in our country's future. Great post! Hello Leah!
Welcome to my nightmare! I mean that in a truly genuine way…I hope you know that!
No one has acknowledged that it is IMPOSSIBLE to save for our children’s college education. Both my husband and I were fortunate to have had our parents pay for our college education. A gift that we both cherish to this day. We had hoped to do the same for our children…
I love your idea of deductibility, investment in our kids is investment in our country’s future.
Great post!

]]> Comment on Paying for College by lisa http://www.suddenlyfrugal.com/2012/02/paying-for-college/comment-page-1/#comment-32268 lisa Tue, 21 Feb 2012 22:45:42 +0000 http://www.suddenlyfrugal.com/?p=5982#comment-32268 no matter how much we save, it never seems like enough....we have one student starting this fall---will be putting off other purchases until we get comfortable handling this extreme expense. no matter how much we save, it never seems like enough….we have one student starting this fall—will be putting off other purchases until we get comfortable handling this extreme expense.

]]> Comment on Paying for College by Leah Ingram http://www.suddenlyfrugal.com/2012/02/paying-for-college/comment-page-1/#comment-32267 Leah Ingram Tue, 21 Feb 2012 22:04:29 +0000 http://www.suddenlyfrugal.com/?p=5982#comment-32267 Thank you for posting your comment! What is CSU? Thank you for posting your comment! What is CSU?

]]> Comment on Paying for College by Vonbeau http://www.suddenlyfrugal.com/2012/02/paying-for-college/comment-page-1/#comment-32266 Vonbeau Tue, 21 Feb 2012 21:24:59 +0000 http://www.suddenlyfrugal.com/?p=5982#comment-32266 HI Leah, great post. We too are in the same shoes [sort of]. Our oldest, Justyn [19] will be stating at CSU in the fall and Camryn, our second oldest jjust turned 15. Paying for two at the same time is going to be a struggle but we have been preparing for a looong time. The bottom line; CSU will be getting A LOT of our hard earned cash. Thanks again for the great post. ~David HI Leah, great post. We too are in the same shoes [sort of]. Our oldest, Justyn [19] will be stating at CSU in the fall and Camryn, our second oldest jjust turned 15.

Paying for two at the same time is going to be a struggle but we have been preparing for a looong time. The bottom line; CSU will be getting A LOT of our hard earned cash. Thanks again for the great post.

~David

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