Money and Education: Today, I did the math and discovered that every year, I pay the...

By Dashofweak - 26/04/2016 16:17 - United States - Mount Vernon

Today, I did the math and discovered that every year, I pay the equivalent cost of a luxury car to a college that can't even keep rats out of the dorms. FML

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By Elizabeth Ann - 24/08/2021 20:01

Today, I found out that this fall, I'll be living in a dorm with a communal bathroom, paying most of my way. My brother, a grade below me, will be living in a 2 bed 2 bath apartment, all expenses paid by my parents. Why? "It costs money to get rid of people” and “You can do school from home." FML

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By Anonymous - 05/04/2017 12:00

Today, I learned that when I start University next month I will have to either pay $900 for an all-access semester-long parking pass, pay $200 for for a bus pass that takes an hour to get to campus, or pay $100 to park outside campus and walk 4 miles to and from class each day. FML

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By Anonymous - 05/04/2019 04:00

Today, I have to pay my college an extra $1000 because there is a $20 charge every time you get locked out of your room, and I have an extremely poor short-term memory. I'm also only allowed to have exactly one keycard at any given time. FML

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By malnourishedstudent - 08/06/2016 08:38 - United States - Palm Coast

Today, after months of living on five dollars a day for food in college, I found out my parents bought me an expensive meal plan and forgot to mention it. FML

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By noeducation - 27/08/2009 09:16 - Canada

Today, I found out why my parents have been trying to convince me not to go to college this year. I also found out where the $20,000 they just spent on landscaping came from. My college fund. Which is now $0. FML

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By lessimportantthanatable - 15/11/2017 12:00 - United States - Northfield

Today, I learned that the new granite countertop in my parents' house cost $12,000. Coincidentally, this is also the amount of money I would have needed to go to the college of my dreams instead of the cheaper school I currently attend. FML

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By poor_college_kid - 15/09/2016 12:39 - United States - Tucson

Today, I found out that I owe my college a little over $10,000. Why? Because, due to a slight misspelling of my name, the scholarship that I have been going insane trying to meet the requirements for is not actually giving me any funding. FML

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By citylife - 20/04/2013 20:22 - United States

Today, I realized how tiny my apartment is, when I was able to vacuum from bedroom to bathroom through the living room without switching the power outlet from the one in the kitchen. I pay a fortune to live in this shoebox. FML

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By thefifthdoctor - 10/12/2013 06:04 - United States - Seattle

Today, I had to listen to fellow classmates whine about selling one of their many houses, while I can barely afford to pay for a $100 textbook. FML

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By Anonymous - 10/04/2017 00:00

Today, I learned that the college I'm going to in the fall has been tampering with their ratings on the internet and actually only has a 5% graduation rate. Everything's already been paid for and I can't transfer elsewhere. FML

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ShleeG 23

Wednesday 27 April 2016 3:17

Soooooo... **** college, buy a car? That's what you're saying, right?

vXzombiXv 6

Wednesday 27 April 2016 4:04

I think what he is saying is that he feels that he is overpaying...

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ShleeG 23

Wednesday 27 April 2016 3:17

Soooooo... **** college, buy a car? That's what you're saying, right?

vXzombiXv 6

Wednesday 27 April 2016 4:04

I think what he is saying is that he feels that he is overpaying...

Mathalamus 24

Wednesday 27 April 2016 6:03

or underpaying.

capnjacksparrow 7

Wednesday 27 April 2016 13:15

No. Dont buy a car. What hes saying is by SEVERAL very very nice cars.

deathrise007 22

Wednesday 27 April 2016 3:18

You may be able to talk to the Dean of Student Affairs about the situation and get it taken care of for free. Good luck OP

monkeytater96 23

Wednesday 27 April 2016 3:24

Well I pay more in the ROTC housing than civilian residents and they haven't fixed the toilet that broke last semester. Last semester they finally came and changed light bulbs after half less than half were left working and both bathrooms had no light at all.... We even clean our own dorms so there's no need for a paid janitor. Yet we still pay more. Oh and we have high ranking officials (military officers) come and inspect to make sure we have no food so they don't have to worry about paying for exterminating rats. We pay schools way to much money for useless degrees and shitty housing. Builds "character" they say.

dancerr45 7

Wednesday 27 April 2016 4:46

While I agree that we way over pay for a college education, degrees are not useless. They don't hold as much weight or guarantee you what they used to, but they are not useless. If you think undergrad is bad, just imagine the costs of grad schools.

Br0k3nch4r4ct3r 11

Wednesday 27 April 2016 4:49

@5, my school is doing the exact same thing. the kicker is, according to the 15 year master plan, we are still getting a new library building in 10 years anyway, and our new 5 million plus one they are redoing this year will be removed. But hey, we can't wait 10 years, and **** those starving kids in Africa. *sarcasm*

chidexy 21

Wednesday 27 April 2016 8:56

there are starving kids everywhere you know

Steve97 32

Wednesday 27 April 2016 4:00

Funny thing is as the years pass college tuition goes up, but the value of a luxury car will plummet.

kfchicken 31

Thursday 28 April 2016 17:55

so what you're saying is either way you lose ?

TWayne95 13

Wednesday 27 April 2016 4:10

That's why I didn't go to college I got into the linework trade straight outta high school. Or maybe my low gpa was the cause of that. But I like the tuition cost excuse better

juuuliaaa_fml 26

Wednesday 27 April 2016 4:36

I would be talking to someone. Your paying to much money for rats.

philipino 24

Wednesday 27 April 2016 4:37

buy a luxury car and sleep in it lol

CaityMandy 10

Wednesday 27 April 2016 5:34

My college is 60,000 a year but you can't buy very good luxury cars with that

1991stealth 21

Wednesday 27 April 2016 7:39

$60k can get you TONS of good luxury cars.... Cadillac's, GMC's, Lincoln's, Buick's, etc... I'm guessing you are rich and driving Bentleys around in college..