Nickname: P.j.

Review: Rates are gaining every year, it seems. I am looking forward to college in a little while but I am not looking forward to the prices.

Date reviewed: Mar 6, 2007 10:23 PM

Nickname: josh

Review: I half expected to see Baylor show up here. I was very pleased not to. :D It makes perfect sense though, the general cost of living at any of those places is much, much higher than anywhere else. For everyone, not just students.

Date reviewed: Jan 17, 2007 9:06 PM

Nickname: MRA

Review: I notice a lot of students go to colleges in their "home state" because of out-of-state tuition fees. You don't need to do that. Just go rent an apartment near any midwest college and you're a resident. Go down to the DMV and get your driver's license changed. This isn't complicated. There's no reason to pay "out-of-state" tuition. It's not like a different state is a foreign country, you know. If you pay "out of state student" fees, you're a sap. Personally, I think internet schools that are somewhat self-paced can be the best way to do the first couple of years of college, which is mostly general ed. A smart person can knock out 2 years in 6 months, self-paced, with cheap tuition through distance ed. That's what I did. Most state colleges have distance ed programs these days that are somewhat self-paced. Or you can use a straight internet school, like Phoenix or Western Governors. So long as it's a regionally accredited school, you should have no problem transferring.

Date reviewed: Jan 17, 2007 7:46 PM

Nickname: joe

Review: Suffolk University is located at the heart of Boston where a daily hotel room is $300 and more. Dorm room cost is high but available. Many very high paying jobs are also next door. You also get a lot of intellectual as well as social satisfaction at downdown Boston locations.

Date reviewed: Jan 12, 2007 6:09 AM

Nickname: jenna

Review: Suffolk is number two?! I went there last year! And left! I'm now at UMass Lowell where the people are better, the academics are just as good, there is a community and I'm saving so much money! Paying that much is absolutely ridiculous considering that housing doesn't even make it worth living there!

Date reviewed: Nov 10, 2006 2:42 AM

Nickname: sjc'er

Review: I go to a small private liberal arts school in Alaska. For roughly 100sq feet I pay a whopping $2450 a semester. While that is by no means the highest, all I get for that price is a bed, a dresser, a desk and electricity. Oh and I get to share a bedroom with 9 girls (very small hall, the other halls share with 25 or more girls).

Date reviewed: Sep 28, 2006 10:48 AM

Nickname: commuter

Review: Colleges these days are so expensive. So why not just go to a cheaper institution for the first two years, do really well, and transfer to a better one. That's what I'm thinking of doing.

Date reviewed: Sep 23, 2006 5:15 PM

Nickname: bostonboy

Review: I believe in life after love. No wait, that's Cher. I believe that universities should be more forthcoming when it comes to off-campus housing. I had a terrible time trying to figure out how I was going to pay for such things as food, furnishings, etc. because my college did not have student housing. Needless to say, I didn't go and am now homeless. Well it's not that bad, but I feel like the college could've given me more information about the apartments that are recommended by their housing department. I'm sure I'm not the only one that this has happened to.

Date reviewed: Sep 23, 2006 9:08 AM

Nickname: jaaron

Review: Ha ha. I am so glad I am going to a technical school and not to a four-year university. I don't have to pay half as much as ya'll do. You all will rue the day you decided that technical schools couldn't provide the education you need.

Date reviewed: Sep 23, 2006 8:29 AM

Nickname: Too much to Pay

Review: East coast schools are also increasing costs astronomically. We have two daughters attending the same well-known east coast private university. One is a freshman living in the dorm on campus and one is a junior living in an off campus apartment. The costs for the daughter living off campus are about $2,000 cheaper than the cost of the dorms and the board. The meal plan, alone, is about $2,100 per semester. I wonder how a 120-pound person could eat that much food in a semester! The double room with a shared bathroom for the other double room (175 sq.ft) adjacent to my daughter's room costs about $9,000 for the year. Total cost for the freshman year is about $45,000. These costs are discouraging parents from investing in such expensive colleges or universities. Colleges and universities have increasingly become "for profit organizations." Why not teach your college age children to start their own business with that money?

Date reviewed: Sep 18, 2006 6:25 AM