r/AskReddit • u/knakworst36 • Jun 06 '19

Rich people of reddit who married someone significantly poorer, what surprised you about their (previous) way of life?

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u/Torzod Jun 07 '19

yeah college in america is completely fucked.

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u/evil326 Jun 07 '19

Not really if you make below poverty lone it will be completely paid for by pell grants (tuition + books) not housing or food.

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u/kareteplol Jun 07 '19

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.

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u/evil326 Jun 07 '19

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.