tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10348701.post4125558481960092989..comments2024-03-13T21:26:03.011-07:00Comments on Right on the Left Coast: Views From a Conservative Teacher: Want As Little Debt As Possible When Graduating From College?Darrenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15730642770935985796noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10348701.post-29730784708973043862009-05-24T21:52:44.795-07:002009-05-24T21:52:44.795-07:00Having just gotten two of three kids through colle...Having just gotten two of three kids through college it doesn't surprise me. I have to actively tell my students not to seek out the for profits first. We have a national art for profit in the Dallas area that offers some decent programs, but charges more than all of the state schools and most of the private ones. A good friend of our family had gotten a "scholarship" to the Big National Art School in Dallas. She would have had to live in apartments in a very dubious section of Dallas, and paid more to attend an uncredited for profit than to attend the Big Money Private Universities in the DFW area. I suggested that they see what it would cost to major in art at a state school for comparison. For her to live at home or with friends in an apartment and attend University of Texas El Paso was 30% of what she would have paid going to the Big National Art School. Looking back, I wish I had gotten my kids to do their core classes at community college. State of Texas says if you have passed a core class that is part of the joint approved curriculum, you cannot be made to retake it. That means big money when you consider that many universities ignore AP test results, deny CLEP testing and insist students take the university core. It's a money thing. Also, changing majors costs money. Try not to do it too often.Ellen Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02845981491726296767noreply@blogger.com