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So glad I didn't pick OU for my higher education.
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<blockquote data-quote="SoonerP226" data-source="post: 3601974" data-attributes="member: 26737"><p>The cost of living is the cost of living--it's not the cost of education. Unless you're saying that you don't have to pay rent or eat if you don't go to college, the cost of living applies to everyone, so you can't really lump that into the cost of college. </p><p></p><p>I misread your numbers; I was actually thinking you meant $22.5K/year, not per semester, which actually makes the comparison worse--you can get through almost two years of college at OU for the price of one semester's tuition at your college. The cost of living index in Norman isn't that much different than those in Tulsa, Stillwater, or Purcell, so the difference in cost of living won't even come close to making up the difference. You can pay a hell of a lot of rent for the $30K/year difference between your tuition and OU's tuition and fees.</p><p></p><p>The point isn't that the cost of college is a bargain or that it's just evil greedy socialists soaking up the money of the working class, it is simply that coming out of it with crippling debt is the result of choices. It is possible to go through college with minimal (or even no) debt, but it takes good choices (and hard work) to get there. And making good choices (like majoring in something that has value in the marketplace) can make even a super-expensive degree an outstanding investment in yourself.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SoonerP226, post: 3601974, member: 26737"] The cost of living is the cost of living--it's not the cost of education. Unless you're saying that you don't have to pay rent or eat if you don't go to college, the cost of living applies to everyone, so you can't really lump that into the cost of college. I misread your numbers; I was actually thinking you meant $22.5K/year, not per semester, which actually makes the comparison worse--you can get through almost two years of college at OU for the price of one semester's tuition at your college. The cost of living index in Norman isn't that much different than those in Tulsa, Stillwater, or Purcell, so the difference in cost of living won't even come close to making up the difference. You can pay a hell of a lot of rent for the $30K/year difference between your tuition and OU's tuition and fees. The point isn't that the cost of college is a bargain or that it's just evil greedy socialists soaking up the money of the working class, it is simply that coming out of it with crippling debt is the result of choices. It is possible to go through college with minimal (or even no) debt, but it takes good choices (and hard work) to get there. And making good choices (like majoring in something that has value in the marketplace) can make even a super-expensive degree an outstanding investment in yourself. [/QUOTE]
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