Did you pay for your own schooling?

[Magi]

Title says it all, really.

This is going to be the first semester I pay for myself (how lucky it's also my first year @ SFU).

Just wondering who's in the same boat as me. :)

Anyone have any words of advice?

[Ree Fresh]

My parents never really showed any intrest into paying for any schooling... even if they were millon airs I think they would still expect me to show some work for it. Although its tough I think I worked alot harder in school and made some better disissions about post secondary. It also feels like you REALLY earned it wich im proud of in the long run.
However they have been helpful enough to offered cheep rent and a bit of food on the table to help me save up better.

[mugsy]

i paid for 3 semesters, and my final semester with the 90% tuition increase i wasnt going to be able to pay for school and all my supplies on my own, and due to my situation at home, received an emergency bursary from my school.

i also got a scholarship in the first year of my program for $250, but that covered like a months worth of supplies.

i worked and saved and also (unfortunately) obtained a credit card for supplies.

[mugsy]

Originally Posted by Magi

Anyone have any words of advice?

head up to finacail aid and apply for every bursary you can. talk to a financail counsilor, they are there to help you. there are alot of scholarships and bursarys out there, you just have to hunt for them. check out stuff in your community as well.
studentawards.com can also offer alot if youre willing to spend the time filling out the questionaire.

[stabmyhead]

I've paid for a lot of my schooling, but some also came from my scholarships as well. Just slave and save.

[~god~]

I've been on my own since i was 16 (since my parents left the country).
I pay for everything, but it was just impossible to pay for my school (~ 30G's upfront.. for a year). loans i did get! :(

[stringbeans]

my schooling has been paid for in the most part by my parents, but my first two years of postsecondary was paid for by a scholarship i got. the way my parents see it is why take out a student loan if they can just loan me the money without the interest charges.

[CharlieTuna]

Paid for all of mine via student loans.

[bebu*funfun]

^same here..and it hurts..a lot. but schooling's a priority and i just want to get it done with before im too lazy to do it.

[~lazee_grrl~]

i;ve paid for all of mine until now..this is the first semester i won't pay by myself..probably cuz i have to get my own place too...maybe i should get a loan..

[Gusto]

paid for most of mine myself, maybe 3/4's. all done now though and the student loans are 90% paid off.

EI paid for my college!

[charly]

not yet, but i will be.

i just haven't gone back to school yet, but when i do i'll be expected to pay for it. i always knew i would be though, so it's not a surprise. if i couldn't pay at once, my parents would offer me a loan (much like my car loan), but i'd be paying them back. they aren't poor or anything, but i don't want them to give up little luxuries in their lives just to pay for my schooling. they already give me a place to live (rent free), with food and internet and all that.

[J o e l]

ya I paid for my own schooling, it sucked. but I didnt have to take a student loan or otherwise go into debt so I cant complain I guess

[Sue Bitch]

I must say i have been very lucky for my grandparents to start a savings type fund when i was born and that my parents are willing to pitch in the rest. I just need to pay for my books which is not bad at all since i can usually sell them back to the school. Kwantlen is not that expensive when compared to other schools as well.

[.muffy.]

I start classes in October and for everything (supplies included it's costing me $8000 for 12h/week for 11 months)
My parents hardly have anything so I wouldn't feel right asking them to help, so for now it's brokesville for me

[-Dubs-]

i work 30 hours to pay for school which is 35 hours a week...... + i saved a bit in summer and wrote off a car so that helped but yeah fag busses arn't fun every day for 10 months and counting...

yes i paid for school, all of it books and everything,

pps: might get last semster paid for by a busury *sp* that i may have won.

[cinist]

i robbed a white man

[Prissypants]

I paid for it myself and am still paying for it...erg...

[NeVeRLooKBacK]

when I was goin to school may parents did pay for it
and whenever I want to go back they will again

[veN]

I think I borrowed $$ from my parents for my first semester, and then received a scholarship (which covered one more semester) and paid for everything else on my own, with the exception of a RESP my parents had started for me that helped cover the cost of books for a semster or two. When my mum and I took sign language together, we each paid for ourselves. My parents believe that education is important, but they also believe in teaching the value of a dollar.

[Jen-E-03]

I paid the full 2gs for my TESL course. Worked hard to pay it off.

[TheCooker]

I pay for the whole amount up front. Once I pass the course, Translink reimburses me 50% of the cost. It's a nice perk from Translink, considering I'm going to be there a long time!

[miss.myra]

Nope. All my schooling (tuition, books, a bit of cost of living) was and will be covered by an inheritance. Although my first year of school was all paid for by scholarships.

[Sarah...]

I got a scholarship that covers a semester and the rest is paid by a university fund my grandparents started when i was born... ssoo im pretty lucky