<p>[More</a> college students paying their own way, experts say – – chicagotribune.com](<a href=“http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-payforcollege_both_28_may28,0,6766730.story?page=1]More”>http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-payforcollege_both_28_may28,0,6766730.story?page=1)</p>
<p>Interesting read.</p>
<p>Nothing new. My friends & I all paid our own way through college. It’s just that we were not willing to borrow so much, so we went to “lesser” schools … although the only lesser in our minds was the expense! We simply did what needed to be done.</p>
<p>I will give props to the kids who don’t complain. </p>
<p>As a former financial aid professional (and hopefully, soon to be again), I do have trouble with those who feel their parents’ refusal to pay for them translates to the government’s responsibility to pay for them.</p>
<p>I’m with kelsmom here. Why on earth do the folks at the Chicago Tribune think that this is a new thing? It isn’t. I know plenty of people who paid their own way, or in an antique parlance “Worked their way through college”.</p>
<p>What is unbelievable to me is that lenders will give unsecured loans to college students to the tune of $15k and up each year! That is ridiculous! Those kids should be starting at a community college instead - possibly even part-time so that they can be working more. None of us are promised a “free” college education!</p>
<p>I’m paying my own way. I knew going into it that my parents just didn’t have the money to help me out so I took that into account during my college search. I got insanely lucky though, and was able to land in state tuition at the school I wanted to attend from the start of things in a major I really liked. I also got a couple pretty huge scholarships and a little bit of grant money. I am taking out loans but nothing on top of the federal subsidized loans. I’m looking at about 20k in loans when I graduate which is a lot, but worth it in my opinion for the education I’m recieving. On top of that I work each summer and put that money toward college related expenses (housing, food, books.)</p>
<p>This was my favorite part of the article</p>
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