https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Mon, 06 Jul 2026 21:49:56 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-your-parents-pay-for-your-college-education#post-77956 Sat, 18 Feb 2012 16:55:32 +0000 ALittleP 77956@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I was lucky and my grandfather paid for a large chunk of each of our college education (for all of the grandkids).</p> <p>My parents covered the rest. In my immediate family, we kids were responsible for all extra expenses but everything school-related was covered. I hope that I can do the same for our little one(s). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-your-parents-pay-for-your-college-education#post-77934 Sat, 18 Feb 2012 16:22:56 +0000 littleveesmommy 77934@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My parents couldn't afford to pay for my college tuition but I managed to get a big chunk covered my grants and financial aid, with the remaining balance in student loans. Overall, my loan balance is low compared to my friends since I went to a private university (go Orangemen!). Ever since I got a part time job in high school, I hadn't asked my parents for money - it was enough to pay for my extracurricular activities and I saved enough from summer jobs to pay for my first semester of books. Then I had work study during college to have spending money. Moving off campus junior and senior year also helped since it was much cheaper than dorms and meal plan. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-your-parents-pay-for-your-college-education#post-77704 Fri, 17 Feb 2012 19:40:04 +0000 Penny Lane 77704@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My Dad was going to college at the same time I was, so he had no money left over after paying his own tuition to help with mine. My Mum was raising 3 other teenagers on her own and barely had enough money for that, let alone for my tuition.</p> <p>Luckily for me, where I'm from student loans come from the government, and are totally interest free as long as I stay in the country. And also, luckily for me, my husband is in a position where, if we do decide to leave the country, he can afford to pay it all off for me :)</p> <p>DH paid his own way through school by working, but dropped out before he graduated ;) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-your-parents-pay-for-your-college-education#post-77689 Fri, 17 Feb 2012 18:53:11 +0000 joyjoy 77689@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I went to a state school (UC also), but my parents didn't pay. They *did* help both of my brothers, who went to private schools. I took out federal loans to cover tuition, books, and rent. My older brother and I were in school at the same time, and I knew it would have been a burden for my parents to help us both. My brother's tuition was much higher than mine so I told my parents that I could handle the loans on my own. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-your-parents-pay-for-your-college-education#post-77682 Fri, 17 Feb 2012 18:42:11 +0000 littlebug 77682@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My parents paid for undergrad for me and my sister. When it came to grad school, my parents told me they'd pay for grad school or a wedding. I chose the wedding. I can take out loans for grad school but not for a wedding! So I paid for (and will for 10 more years) grad school. And my parents threw us a gorgeous wedding! (c: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-your-parents-pay-for-your-college-education#post-77640 Fri, 17 Feb 2012 17:22:00 +0000 BKCaribBaby 77640@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My mother paid a little. I grew up with a single mother who didn't make much money. I was only able to afford college with grants, loans and a job during the term and during summers. DH's parents paid for his completely. We both took out loans for our professional degrees. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-your-parents-pay-for-your-college-education#post-77638 Fri, 17 Feb 2012 17:12:24 +0000 TJBee 77638@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes, my parents paid for all 4 years of mine and my twin brother's in-state undergrad as well as my older brother's private, out-of-state undergrad and med school (I'm convinced he's the favorite :) and all of our living expenses/books/etc. DH's parents paid for his undergrad and MBA.<br /> It made such a huge difference in our early professional lives to start off with $0 instead of minus $50,000+. We are both extremely grateful to them and hopefully will be able to do the same for our children.<br /> My parents told us from day 1 "we'll pay all of your schooling to get a degree in the field of your choice." Funny enough - I'm almost 30 and decided to get my real estate license and my parents insisted on paying for the 40 hour online class because it still counted as "my education". They're the best! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-your-parents-pay-for-your-college-education#post-77574 Fri, 17 Feb 2012 15:51:04 +0000 cyneswith 77574@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Nope. Full-ride scholarship (well, it would've paid for half of my housing, but I lived at home.) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-your-parents-pay-for-your-college-education#post-77443 Fri, 17 Feb 2012 14:10:26 +0000 birdofafeather 77443@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>both my and DH's parents paid for our college years through savings. they both had money left in our college savings accounts after we graduated, so i used that to live on after college while i continued some education and DH used it to buy a car!</p> <p>we're so thankful that we came into our marriage with savings and that's all because our parents were able to save and pay for our education. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-your-parents-pay-for-your-college-education#post-77440 Fri, 17 Feb 2012 14:02:27 +0000 banana 77440@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Nope. I actually took summer jobs during high school to save money. And I also worked during all 4 years of college to pay for my tuition and living expenses. My parents gave me a few hundred dollars month for books and stuff. But most of it I paid on my own. Thankfully I didn't have any student debt when I graduated. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-your-parents-pay-for-your-college-education#post-77439 Fri, 17 Feb 2012 14:01:41 +0000 skibobrown 77439@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Before my grandfather died he made sure to set aside funds so that all of his grandkids could attend whatever colleges they wanted to. I feel ridiculously lucky that I was in this situation... especially since I attended a very expensive private college. So no, my parents didn't pay for my college, but my grandparents did. Now when it's time for our kids to go to college my parents are hoping to pay for their college education. In turn, I will try my very hardest to be able to pay for my grandkids education someday. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-your-parents-pay-for-your-college-education#post-77436 Fri, 17 Feb 2012 14:00:22 +0000 yoursilverlining 77436@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My parents/scholarships paid for my first year of undergrad, then I switched schools and worked full time and went to school full time and paid for the rest of college myself. I graduated with my B.A. with basically no debt (under 5k in student loans), but post-graduate work did me in. </p> <p>My husband’s parents paid (I believe) for all his undergrad, but Masters and PhD did him in.</p> <p>Our loans will be paid off just before LO enters middle school, and that’s with an aggressive payment plan :/ </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-your-parents-pay-for-your-college-education#post-77431 Fri, 17 Feb 2012 13:56:18 +0000 shellio 77431@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>They couldn't afford it, so I took out loans for college, med school, and grad school, which now total &gt;300K. Can't wait to pay those babies off, hopefully before I retire! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-your-parents-pay-for-your-college-education#post-77426 Fri, 17 Feb 2012 13:53:59 +0000 DillonLion 77426@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My grandma invested in a college savings program when I was very young, and by the time I was 18, it covered 4 years of tuition at any public university in Texas.</p> <p>Room, board, books, etc was not covered, and I was advised by my parents to take out every loan that was offered to me. They did not pay for my college.</p> <p>I worked part-time for spending money. And now I have lots of loans to pay off. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-your-parents-pay-for-your-college-education#post-77422 Fri, 17 Feb 2012 13:49:02 +0000 tomatobee 77422@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My parents paid for college and law school. They didn't go to college themselves, so they really wanted their kids to be able to get as much education as they could. My DH on the other hand has a load of debt from law school. I'm so not excited about paying them off. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-your-parents-pay-for-your-college-education#post-77197 Fri, 17 Feb 2012 09:21:17 +0000 prettylizy 77197@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My dad made us pay tuition and books, and he paid for either housing if we went away or a car if we stayed home to commute. I stayed home and got a pretty sweet set of wheels (Pontiac Sunfire, oh yeah!) and my sister moved away so he paid her rent for 4 years.</p> <p>I had to take out a student loan to pay my tuition, but finished with less than $17000 in student debt, which should be gone by the end of this year! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-your-parents-pay-for-your-college-education#post-77155 Fri, 17 Feb 2012 08:43:33 +0000 Grace 77155@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I paid for all of it, my parents couldn't have afforded it. It's been 9 years but student loans will be paid off this year! Yippeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-your-parents-pay-for-your-college-education#post-76221 Thu, 16 Feb 2012 10:08:06 +0000 daniellemybelle 76221@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My parents saved for my college education, which I so appreciate. I had a scholarship, but my college fund didn't end up covering my tuition, books and living expenses completely, so I took out a couple small loans to make up the difference my senior year. Looking back, I could have been more frugal with the money I earned at my part-time job and taken out smaller loans, but hindsight is 20/20! I had a great college experience, so no regrets. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-your-parents-pay-for-your-college-education#post-76169 Thu, 16 Feb 2012 09:20:54 +0000 mrs. wagon 76169@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I went to a VERY expensive school and got VERY little financial aid since my dad made too much money at the time (and got laid off just a few years after I graduated). I am completely in the dark about what gets paid for while you're actually at school because my dad took care of everything except spending money (which I worked jobs for). All the loans are in my name, so after I graduated I paid my student loans and my dad would send me a check for half the payment. Recently he had to stop but I didn't mind... we are in very similar financial situations so I'd rather take on the payments myself. </p> <p>Rob Sr. went to his ivy league expensive school almost for free...!! He claims he just researched and applied for scholarships and workstudy programs and just got a lot of them. And I mean a LOT... his student loan balance (all federal) is MINISCULE compared to mine. And now that he's in academia, he takes classes for graduate degrees for free. After we got married I told him how much my student loan balance was and said "sorry!" Haha... he married into a lot of debt :( I had a lot of guilt over it while I was a SAHM but now that I'm back on track with my career, I'm feeling good! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-your-parents-pay-for-your-college-education#post-76141 Thu, 16 Feb 2012 09:03:40 +0000 heffalump 76141@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Mine did and I'm so thankful! </p> <p>They did prepaid for undergrad and then continued to pay my grad school. No loans for me.... so I'm able to be a SAHM now! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-your-parents-pay-for-your-college-education#post-75993 Wed, 15 Feb 2012 23:50:42 +0000 AmeliaBedelia 75993@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes, they agreed to pay tuition/fees and books for all 5 of us. Anything else was to be paid for some other way. I got 8K in scholarships and my bio dad helped pay for my housing. I also finished in 3 years to keep the cost down. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-your-parents-pay-for-your-college-education#post-75990 Wed, 15 Feb 2012 23:49:16 +0000 BSB 75990@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My parents didn't pay for my college. They couldn't afford it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-your-parents-pay-for-your-college-education#post-75800 Wed, 15 Feb 2012 22:08:02 +0000 Mrs. Pickle 75800@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My parents didn't pay for my college. I had scholarships that covered a little, my husband paid for some, and I took out a loan to cover the rest. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-your-parents-pay-for-your-college-education#post-75786 Wed, 15 Feb 2012 22:01:35 +0000 anbanan15 75786@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My parents paid for what they could of my regular tuition as well as any classes I took that were not covered by regular tuition (over 21 credit, summer classes, and abroad programs). I double majored in 4 years so I took a lot over the regular curriculum.</p> <p>I went to a very expensive private school and even though I had scholarship money, it really didn't make a dent. I still have a sizable loan to pay back, but am so thankful for the help my parents gave me. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-your-parents-pay-for-your-college-education#post-75773 Wed, 15 Feb 2012 21:56:14 +0000 mrsjazz 75773@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Nope. I went to a private college and took out loans. Single mom with four kids--my mom couldn't afford to pay. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-your-parents-pay-for-your-college-education#post-75740 Wed, 15 Feb 2012 21:47:26 +0000 sulli301 75740@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I went to a state school (yay big 10!!) &amp; my parents paid for all of it because I graduated within 4 years. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-your-parents-pay-for-your-college-education#post-75736 Wed, 15 Feb 2012 21:46:43 +0000 tequiero21 75736@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>went to a private school. my parents took out the bulk of the student loans, and my husband paid the bulk of it. =T thanks, husband! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-your-parents-pay-for-your-college-education#post-75727 Wed, 15 Feb 2012 21:45:24 +0000 Rubies 75727@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes - my parents paid for my and my brother's entire education and I'm SO grateful. My ILs paid for my hubs and BIL's education, too. We are both so grateful that we do not have any student loans. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-your-parents-pay-for-your-college-education#post-75723 Wed, 15 Feb 2012 21:44:50 +0000 Cchoi4 75723@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>yes, I also went to a state university. My dad also chipped in for a car after I graduated (he paid 1/2, I paid the other 1/2). I am so grateful for that. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-your-parents-pay-for-your-college-education#post-75722 Wed, 15 Feb 2012 21:44:25 +0000 Mrs. Yoyo 75722@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Wow, I wish, but they didn't have that kind of extra lying around. My dad helped a little bit, but I was almost exclusively on scholarships and grants. </p>