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seemunkee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-08-06 12:32 PM Original message |
Poll question: Who paid your undergrad tuition? |
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billyskank (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-08-06 12:33 PM Response to Original message |
1. The government |
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seemunkee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-08-06 12:34 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. Which was your major? |
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billyskank (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-08-06 12:35 PM Response to Reply #3 |
6. Grass smoking |
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tjwmason (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-08-06 12:50 PM Response to Reply #1 |
25. Me too - hurrah. |
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billyskank (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-08-06 12:53 PM Response to Reply #25 |
28. Yes, the maintenance loans were around when I went too |
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tjwmason (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-08-06 01:04 PM Response to Reply #28 |
34. I know plenty of Tories |
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undeterred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-08-06 12:55 PM Response to Reply #1 |
31. My parents claimed me on their income tax |
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Indy_Dem_Defender (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-09-06 02:04 AM Original message |
I hear on that one |
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Indy_Dem_Defender (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-09-06 02:04 AM Response to Reply #31 |
72. double post |
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LSK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-08-06 12:34 PM Response to Original message |
2. my parents started, I finished it |
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Juffo Wup (141 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-08-06 12:34 PM Response to Original message |
4. Me, until 2015 |
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bicentennial_baby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-08-06 12:35 PM Response to Original message |
5. Waited until I was an Independent student |
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datasuspect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-08-06 12:35 PM Response to Original message |
7. i did |
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LeftyMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-08-06 12:35 PM Response to Original message |
8. My Dad offered to pay for it, but I got a fee waiver for financial need |
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YankeyMCC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-08-06 12:35 PM Response to Original message |
9. Finished paying loans |
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ceile (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-08-06 12:36 PM Response to Original message |
10. Combo, but nothing from mom |
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NewWaveChick1981 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-08-06 12:37 PM Response to Original message |
11. Mom paid the first time around. I paid for the |
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billyskank (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-08-06 12:43 PM Response to Reply #11 |
20. We got this whole thing about tuition fees now in Britain |
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NewWaveChick1981 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-08-06 01:20 PM Response to Reply #20 |
40. Wow! That;s a real change in attitude, and one that's not |
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billyskank (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-08-06 01:29 PM Response to Reply #40 |
42. No, you misunderstand me |
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NewWaveChick1981 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-08-06 01:34 PM Response to Reply #42 |
43. No, the eyes were not for you---it was for the educational |
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billyskank (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-08-06 01:36 PM Response to Reply #43 |
45. No problem |
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Bill McBlueState (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-08-06 02:58 PM Response to Reply #20 |
56. that's a keeper |
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pagerbear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-08-06 12:37 PM Response to Original message |
12. I was very lucky to be a college student in NC in the early 80s |
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ZombieNixon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-08-06 12:37 PM Response to Original message |
13. Combination of all...except loans. |
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Rabrrrrrr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-08-06 12:39 PM Response to Original message |
14. The majority of it was me; some was parents. |
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AngryAmish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-08-06 12:39 PM Response to Original message |
15. Full scholarship |
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kitkatrose (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-08-06 12:40 PM Response to Original message |
16. Full scholarship, the overflow (lab fees, etc) |
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Lumily (225 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-08-06 12:41 PM Response to Original message |
17. I voted other. |
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Misunderestimator (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-08-06 12:41 PM Response to Original message |
18. I was fortunate enough to have a full scholarship for tuition... |
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sweetpotato (678 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-08-06 12:42 PM Response to Original message |
19. My parents |
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Dora (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-08-06 12:43 PM Response to Original message |
21. Tuition waiver, parents, loans... |
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trackfan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-08-06 12:43 PM Response to Original message |
22. There was no tuition at the University of California when I went |
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Kickin_Donkey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-09-06 03:27 AM Response to Reply #22 |
75. When I was at UC, 1980-85, the reg fees, if I remember correctly, |
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flvegan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-08-06 12:44 PM Response to Original message |
23. I paid for most of it. |
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jobycom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-08-06 12:48 PM Response to Original message |
24. My parents paid for the first two and a half years |
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Commie Pinko Dirtbag (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-08-06 12:51 PM Response to Original message |
26. Other: the Brazilian Army. -nt |
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Mutley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-08-06 12:52 PM Response to Original message |
27. I had scholarships, grants, and loans in both my name |
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billyskank (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-08-06 12:54 PM Response to Reply #27 |
30. Are you all done yet? |
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Mutley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-08-06 01:11 PM Response to Reply #30 |
36. Yup yup! |
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Reverend_Smitty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-08-06 12:54 PM Response to Original message |
29. A combination of things... |
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Iniquitous Bunny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-08-06 12:55 PM Response to Original message |
32. Grants, loans, and ME! |
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AirmensMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-08-06 12:59 PM Response to Original message |
33. Combination. |
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Nicholas D Wolfwood (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-08-06 01:08 PM Response to Original message |
35. "Paid" is a bit of a misnomer |
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sarge43 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-08-06 01:15 PM Response to Original message |
37. GI Bill n/t |
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BrotherBuzz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-08-06 02:11 PM Response to Reply #37 |
46. Same |
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sarge43 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-08-06 02:22 PM Response to Reply #46 |
47. Well, it was also done to keep millions of ex-GIs out of the work |
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BrotherBuzz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-08-06 02:38 PM Response to Reply #47 |
52. That was the brilliance of the bill |
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sarge43 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-08-06 02:47 PM Response to Reply #52 |
54. Yup. Goes to show that brains, compassion and a good grip on |
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hunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-08-06 01:15 PM Response to Original message |
38. No loans. Thank goodness. |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-08-06 01:16 PM Response to Original message |
39. I paid most of it off for the ten years after graduation |
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SeattleGirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-08-06 01:23 PM Response to Original message |
41. Took out loans for the first 2 years, then got a full-ride scholarship |
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xmas74 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-08-06 01:34 PM Response to Original message |
44. Full scholarship for tuition, |
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bikebloke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-08-06 02:28 PM Response to Original message |
48. Me |
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bigwillq (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-08-06 02:30 PM Response to Original message |
49. Parents and loans |
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raccoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-08-06 02:31 PM Response to Original message |
50. Survivors social security paid for mine. |
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Deep13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-08-06 02:36 PM Response to Original message |
51. Mostly me, partly the Commonwealth of MA, a little the church. |
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ikojo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-08-06 02:40 PM Response to Original message |
53. I paid for everything when I was in college |
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eyesroll (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-08-06 02:53 PM Response to Original message |
55. Undergrad was a combination of scholarships and parents. |
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mike_c (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-08-06 03:00 PM Response to Original message |
57. self + loans.... |
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fladonkey (100 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-08-06 03:38 PM Response to Reply #57 |
58. Paid for myself.... |
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Kali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-08-06 03:43 PM Response to Original message |
59. Other - one parent was state employee |
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Fox Mulder (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-08-06 03:44 PM Response to Original message |
60. The state and federal government. |
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querelle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-08-06 04:16 PM Response to Original message |
61. Parents & Loans |
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Nikia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-08-06 06:25 PM Response to Original message |
62. Scholarship and subsidized loans and work during the summers |
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TheCentepedeShoes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-08-06 06:38 PM Response to Original message |
63. Mom paid the first 2 years |
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Pierre.Suave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-08-06 06:49 PM Response to Original message |
64. Well |
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maxsolomon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-08-06 06:49 PM Response to Original message |
65. 'Rents |
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WindRavenX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-08-06 06:54 PM Response to Original message |
66. a combination of my parents and loans |
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fudge stripe cookays (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-08-06 07:20 PM Response to Original message |
67. A veritable plethora of payment methods were used |
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politicat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-08-06 09:54 PM Response to Original message |
68. The Flinn Foundation, me and the state of Arizona. |
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Generic Brad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-08-06 10:39 PM Response to Original message |
69. I financed the whole thing myself |
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Kat45 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-09-06 12:06 AM Response to Original message |
70. A combination. |
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NMMNG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-09-06 01:34 AM Response to Original message |
71. My mom paid for the first 2 years |
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Broken_Hero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-09-06 02:35 AM Response to Original message |
73. myself |
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conflictgirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-09-06 02:50 AM Response to Original message |
74. Combination of grants, loans and work |
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noonwitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-09-06 07:43 AM Response to Original message |
76. My parents paid. I was lucky. |
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Anarcho-Socialist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-09-06 08:06 AM Response to Original message |
77. The U.K. government n/t |
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