Today, I did the math and discovered that every year, I pay the equivalent cost of a luxury car to a college that can't even keep rats out of the dorms. FML
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Halloween
A failed costume, stolen candy and a very real scare: Halloween, the one night when fear is allowed.
Today, I found out that this fall, I'll be living in a dorm with a communal bathroom, paying most of my way. My brother, a grade below me, will be living in a 2 bed 2 bath apartment, all expenses paid by my parents. Why? "It costs money to get rid of people” and “You can do school from home." FML
Today, I learned that when I start University next month I will have to either pay $900 for an all-access semester-long parking pass, pay $200 for for a bus pass that takes an hour to get to campus, or pay $100 to park outside campus and walk 4 miles to and from class each day. FML
Today, I have to pay my college an extra $1000 because there is a $20 charge every time you get locked out of your room, and I have an extremely poor short-term memory. I'm also only allowed to have exactly one keycard at any given time. FML
Today, after months of living on five dollars a day for food in college, I found out my parents bought me an expensive meal plan and forgot to mention it. FML
Today, I found out why my parents have been trying to convince me not to go to college this year. I also found out where the $20,000 they just spent on landscaping came from. My college fund. Which is now $0. FML
Today, I learned that the new granite countertop in my parents' house cost $12,000. Coincidentally, this is also the amount of money I would have needed to go to the college of my dreams instead of the cheaper school I currently attend. FML
Today, I found out that I owe my college a little over $10,000. Why? Because, due to a slight misspelling of my name, the scholarship that I have been going insane trying to meet the requirements for is not actually giving me any funding. FML
Today, my college charged me for tuition for next semester. I graduated two years ago. I have a degree from a place too stupid to only charge current students. FML
Today, I had to listen to fellow classmates whine about selling one of their many houses, while I can barely afford to pay for a $100 textbook. FML
Today, I learned that the college I'm going to in the fall has been tampering with their ratings on the internet and actually only has a 5% graduation rate. Everything's already been paid for and I can't transfer elsewhere. FML
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ShleeG 23
Soooooo... **** college, buy a car? That's what you're saying, right?
vXzombiXv 6
I think what he is saying is that he feels that he is overpaying...
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Comments (39)
sempisaviour 17
Move to a country with free college. That should solve it.
revolvearoundme 15
I think I'd be a little more concerned that the college doesn't produce students smart enough to figure out how to keep rats out of their own dorms. 155 years ago someone built a mouse trap, they put it on display in a museum and it still caught a mouse.
clarkson37 15
That's college in a nutshell
FitFriday 32
Yea, sounds about right
CasiusCorvus 10
Enjoy your liberal arts degree, or research something different. 2 year college, 25 grand, and I get a Degree and 50-70k a year, probably double if I take all the overtime I can get.
Kitouran 30
Nowhere. He's just being a condescending jackass.
CasiusCorvus 10
Yes I was being a jackass, it's a skill, really. Also! 50-70K a year isn't something a newbie gets paid for IT, it's what you get paid for being a High Voltage Lineman, a job where there is far more work than men able to do it. The time and a half and double time pay come in pretty quick, especially when you're traveling hundreds of miles in order to repair some storm damage. The way I see it, an Associate's Degree is nothing I'm ashamed of, for someone like me it's the easiest and most logical choice. I'm a simple man who wants a simple life and I'm not even sure what I'll do with 70k a year. And the liberal arts comment was a jab at someone overpaying for a Degree that most likely won't get them a job even when they're trying so hard to make it through college. Currently I'm making more money than I can handle, barely 20 and interning with awesome people at an awesome job, with, really, just one year spent in an actual college setting. Which is still time spent on earning a Class A CDL, and making enough money to pay off all my college debt before I've even begun my nearly guaranteed job.
Nova297 23
As a student in Iowa I wish to know what university you attend so I can never go there
vikky538 29
Yes **** the college. But a luxury car. And drive uber..
gardenwhipped8 3
Not really for you, but for others that want a degree, but already work. western governors university.
AdamToddBrown 2
College is a waste of time and money.
kgeb 2
I pay $55k per semester let alone per year.
PackardBell_fml 19
That's what happens when you go to a crappy big ten school like Iowa. If you're doing undergrad at the moment, I suggest you go to an ACC or SEC school for your Master's. U of Iowa is overrated, to be honest. If I could suggest a better college, I suggest Michigan.