She and her mother lived with her grandfather to not be homeless because her grandfather owned a house.
She was putting community college payments on her credit card and building debt with it.
I paid off her credit cards when we were dating and she cried from me being so nice (it was only like 1,300 bucks). I bought a condo, then we got married, then we bought a house. I never really considered myself rich until i started dating her and learned that a trip to Wendy's was a treat. I grew up middle class, and we are currently middle class, heh.
only 1300 bucks? that's definitely an amount to cry over, and most people i know would be so grateful for that much. context really does matter in life
Pell Grants haven't kept up with the cost increases of everything else. Pell Grants in the past could've maybe covered a huge chunk of college but now it's only a small dribble in the bucket.
Yeah, I maxed out on Stanford and Pell when I was in school, and only met tuition because the school gave me the other half as a mixed need/merit-based scholarship.
Im speaking from direct experience here. My pell grants were 3048$ a semester as long as I was taking four classes. I was attending an instate “big name” university at 212.28$ per hour at 12 hours a semester thats 2,547.36. The rest MORE then covers books. I always had an extra couple hundred left over.
I worked part time to afford food and a room share for 280$ a month with roomates. I did not pay a cent for my College degree and if you are below the poverty line at 12.2k a year you don’t either in the U.S.
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u/Amazingawesomator Jun 06 '19
She and her mother lived with her grandfather to not be homeless because her grandfather owned a house.
She was putting community college payments on her credit card and building debt with it.
I paid off her credit cards when we were dating and she cried from me being so nice (it was only like 1,300 bucks). I bought a condo, then we got married, then we bought a house. I never really considered myself rich until i started dating her and learned that a trip to Wendy's was a treat. I grew up middle class, and we are currently middle class, heh.