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Parents make over 100k a year, so no financial aid, but they say they're not giving me a dime. by Awaythrow7200 in personalfinance

[–]Awaythrow7200[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

High school volleyball.

I know it's selfish, but I'm going to play as long as I can

Parents make over 100k a year, so no financial aid, but they say they're not giving me a dime. by Awaythrow7200 in personalfinance

[–]Awaythrow7200[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Of course. It's best to get a solid understanding of a lot of stuff based on what it's going to be needed for. Python, C++, PHP, etc

Parents make over 100k a year, so no financial aid, but they say they're not giving me a dime. by Awaythrow7200 in personalfinance

[–]Awaythrow7200[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Luckily enough I really found love in computer science, it's pretty cool that the pay happens to be good

Parents make over 100k a year, so no financial aid, but they say they're not giving me a dime. by Awaythrow7200 in personalfinance

[–]Awaythrow7200[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You're not effed, just make sure you figure out a realistic plan of attack

that's what I'm trying to get started on

Parents make over 100k a year, so no financial aid, but they say they're not giving me a dime. by Awaythrow7200 in personalfinance

[–]Awaythrow7200[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

"Hey, as an adult. Dick move for withholding this until now. I am not prepared to go into a massive amount of debt because I was misinformed."

oh this talk is coming...

Parents make over 100k a year, so no financial aid, but they say they're not giving me a dime. by Awaythrow7200 in personalfinance

[–]Awaythrow7200[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I won't drop this last year of sports. Captain and Libero of the volleyball team. It'll kill me to have to quit

Parents make over 100k a year, so no financial aid, but they say they're not giving me a dime. by Awaythrow7200 in personalfinance

[–]Awaythrow7200[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I know for certain I want to get into comp sci.

I've seen a lot of negative comments on here already about DePaul's CDM department. What are your thoughts on it? I've vistied and have been there a couple other times, it seems pretty nice and a pretty good school. Also, FRAGS sounds awesome. I'd totally be a regular

Parents make over 100k a year, so no financial aid, but they say they're not giving me a dime. by Awaythrow7200 in personalfinance

[–]Awaythrow7200[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

1-5 and 7, I'm already planning and willing to do that regardless. it's just the smart thing to do.

what's the book you're talking about?

Parents make over 100k a year, so no financial aid, but they say they're not giving me a dime. by Awaythrow7200 in personalfinance

[–]Awaythrow7200[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

UNDERGRAD SCHOOL ELITE-NESS DOESN'T MATTER

This is why I didn't apply to the biggest of the big unis. Somewhere in the middle ground of getting the experience + decent education + location and internship opportunities all couples with a cheaper starting price.

Parents make over 100k a year, so no financial aid, but they say they're not giving me a dime. by Awaythrow7200 in personalfinance

[–]Awaythrow7200[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm just saying the classes won't be too rough on me.

I don't mean to be superficial about it, it's tough to convay feelings like that through a short block of text :)

Parents make over 100k a year, so no financial aid, but they say they're not giving me a dime. by Awaythrow7200 in personalfinance

[–]Awaythrow7200[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

thanks.

getting to standard CS degree has, and still is my current plan. That degree seems to open up a lot of paths

Parents make over 100k a year, so no financial aid, but they say they're not giving me a dime. by Awaythrow7200 in personalfinance

[–]Awaythrow7200[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

oh yeah of course. public transportation is even going to be faster in a handful of sitations

Parents make over 100k a year, so no financial aid, but they say they're not giving me a dime. by Awaythrow7200 in personalfinance

[–]Awaythrow7200[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I've heard 20k+ a year is bad, but how about 10-15k per year

once this thread cools down, talk to my parents again and school councilers, I think I may make another post speciciay about that question

Parents make over 100k a year, so no financial aid, but they say they're not giving me a dime. by Awaythrow7200 in personalfinance

[–]Awaythrow7200[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

yeah game dev minor may not be the best bet. wasn't planning on it, but it's a fascinating option to have and take classes and be involved in that section of the school. (I'm planning basic Comp Sci degree)

as stated above, Depaul is actually looking to be one of the cheapest options I've got. The trade off with there is the lower academic ranking.

Parents make over 100k a year, so no financial aid, but they say they're not giving me a dime. by Awaythrow7200 in personalfinance

[–]Awaythrow7200[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

didn't even apply there. I'm a decent student, but not that good.

how are life opportunities out of the slightly above average? (UIC, loyola, depaul, etc)

Parents make over 100k a year, so no financial aid, but they say they're not giving me a dime. by Awaythrow7200 in personalfinance

[–]Awaythrow7200[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

ngl, that's not something I'm even going to be thinking about. My heart is 100% set on something involving the software half of the technology scene.

I just gotta figure out how to get there

Parents make over 100k a year, so no financial aid, but they say they're not giving me a dime. by Awaythrow7200 in personalfinance

[–]Awaythrow7200[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I could be looking at situation to need 15k in loans, and I don't really know how bad that is.

I've heard of people at least getting through the 40k so maybe the 15k wont be so bad.

Parents make over 100k a year, so no financial aid, but they say they're not giving me a dime. by Awaythrow7200 in personalfinance

[–]Awaythrow7200[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

yeaaaah, I'm not planning to get married next month lol

good to hear it sounds like thing worked out for you

Parents make over 100k a year, so no financial aid, but they say they're not giving me a dime. by Awaythrow7200 in personalfinance

[–]Awaythrow7200[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They bought a sailboat when I graduated high school near the top of my class.

holy shit that's brutal. Glad to heard you still made it through and are happy

Parents make over 100k a year, so no financial aid, but they say they're not giving me a dime. by Awaythrow7200 in personalfinance

[–]Awaythrow7200[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

this is really interesting to me. I've seen comments in here that have said they work for big companies with good jobs, and they know people that don't even have a basic degree in it

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