re: #312 reine.de.tout

Yes, it’s about focus and what you want, and willingness to look at the big picture down the road and do without for a short time to get there.

It also helped, frankly, that LSU in-state tuition is dirt cheap. Current tuition rates for LSU, in-state, for two semesters is about half what I pay a year for my daughter to go to Catholic HS. Now, throw in dorm and meal plans, it gets more expensive but in-state tuition in Louisiana for state schools is very affordable.

as an adult student you cannot beat the CC experience…I spent a lot of time at two in particular (allied health)…Michigan universities are pretty expensive…especially my boys school, UofM yikes!…and now he’s in dental school on his own, laughing off the 200k debt he will have…that’s some motivation right there, and you have to have it to move up