Subj : Re: Forced registration i To : Geo. From : Gregg Strom/BRYX Int'l Date : Tue Apr 03 2001 12:09 pm From: "Gregg Strom/BRYX Int'l" Unless you get in a fight with your parents the first quarter over lifestyle and end up paying for the whole damn thing yourself -- at out-of-state tuition rates for the first year. Instead of having mommy and daddy pay for it. (The first quarter was out of my savings, anyway, too.) gs "Geo." wrote in message news:3ac65c8b$1@w3.nls.net... > "Gregg Strom/BRYX Int'l" wrote in message > news:3ac550be$1@w3.nls.net... > > Zoning to me is discounting tution to poorer college students. > > There is no "discounting" of tuition. What they do is make you pay as MUCH > as you can possibly pay upto a maximum. > > They make you fill out a fafsa, this allows them to require you to tell them > exactly what your finances and taxes are, from that a "contribution" number > is derived. They then claim to give you a discount or a scholarship in order > to bring some imaginary number down to what the maximum you can pay is. > > Hiram Ohio, farm country. My kid is sharing a dorm room the size of a > prison cell with another kid and they charge more per month for that room > than my house payment is AND THEN THEY CHARGE THE OTHER KIDS PARENTS just as > much. So a jail cell sized room is twice what my house payment is. > > It's legalized robbery. > > THEN after they stick it to me, my kid works in the IS department and > mentions that I do security for the ISP. So they asked me to do some > consulting for them on security. > > ... so I told them sure, $1200/hour, fill out a fafsa and maybe you will > qualify for a discount. > > Geo. > > --- BBBS/NT v4.00 MP * Origin: Barktopia Gating Project http://HarborWebs.com:8081 (1:379/45) .