re: #156 jamesfirecat

You didn’t mention what year you started college without knowing that I can say nothing for certain.

But lets assume you started at 18.

5K a year = 20K total to pay.

6 years before 4 years during =10 years of work.

10 Years of work * 3 months of summer work a year * 4 weeks a month * 40 hours of work a day =4800 hours of work.

20,000 / 4,800= means that this would work as long as you were making 4.1 dollars an hour which I assume you could.

Fair enough, assuming there are still colleges out there that charge that little.

Tuition is only one expense and not necessarily the single highest. Books, lab fees, room and board, add up to that much again and more.