I went to a cheap community college for my RN program, and then the hospital paid for my RN to BSN program. I make 150k annually and I am debt free. :)

@TubOfSun

2 жыл бұрын

How do you make 150k as an RN

@JohnSmith-ps7hf

2 жыл бұрын

@@TubOfSun I work as a Travel nurse in CA. They pay for housing, rental car, food and gas as well.

@Clipahoy

Жыл бұрын

You did it man! Good on you!

@Clipahoy

Жыл бұрын

@@TubOfSun Why cannot he make 150k? Just because your earning is terrible, doesn't mean everyone has to follow your standard. He is debt free and 150k in wages. How much money do you earn? How much do you have saved?

@jrey1

Жыл бұрын

​@@Clipahoy and why can Triangle NOT ask a question? You're getting awfully defensive when an innocent question wasn't even aimed towards you. Besides the very first reply mentioned how they were able to do it. I personally would've never thought an RN would make that much either

My mom had no money to pay for my school but she had ambition. We saved every penny we had. She told me community college was the way and I listened. After applying for scholarships and hard work I graduated as an RN at 23 yrs old DEBT FREE while working a part-time job. Now I take my mom to nice dinners while I make good money. Also, my hospital pays for my BSN - again, debt free! Let me talk some sense to your daughter! I’ll be happy to!

@CJ2023Incognito

Жыл бұрын

Awesome! Way to go!!!

No-get her to talk to a 27 year old RN graduate in student debt…that girl will talk more sense into her than a 50 year old

I am a physician, and there's so much need for nurses everywhere that it doesn't matter at all where you graduate from. I have NEVER EVER asked a nurse where they have graduated from. It would be such a waste of money to go to a more expensive school.

@sandysmith71

21 күн бұрын

Amen

@benaud5790

18 күн бұрын

Hospital admin here. We find the better nurses go CNA, enrolled (slightly limited skill set), RN trajectory. It only takes an extra 12 months and the paid 60k ish during training.

@sandysmith71

3 күн бұрын

@@VideoViewer33512 no, as long as you are from an Accredited school . It has to have certain state and national accreditation. Plus you have to pass the state board exam for nursing . But I tell people they need to be careful about when choosing a nursing school . They need to make sure it has the correct accreditation( you would be surprised by how many don’t) and check out what percentage of their graduates pass state boards

The mom probably just wanted to brag to her friends about her kid getting into a prestigious university.

@JKNat9004

2 жыл бұрын

🙄 Such sophomoric logic, it's unbelievable. But you're probably right, that's the mother's reason.

@lyndaslocs

Жыл бұрын

Plus, she can stick it to the girl's dad.

@ShuKatashSam

Жыл бұрын

This is ALL it was about. So many students in college get nagged by the parents wanting to brag. Very common theme at UC and most schools.

@jesseulloa3795

Жыл бұрын

Nah she’s wants her ex husband to end up broke

Imagine getting a full ride through community college thanks to your dad AND your step-mom... but your biological mom is tempting you into expensive schools and a giant student loan. WILD!!!

@user-jy7yw5kw3w

2 жыл бұрын

Corruption of a minor should be expanded to cover situations like these.

@omarsabih

2 жыл бұрын

Imagine being an American, and you cannot put your child through University education. What a joke.

@bcyc2004

2 жыл бұрын

Because the mom wants the control. It’s never about the quality, brand of the school. She is using the daughter to attack the ex.

@random-nz7dy

2 жыл бұрын

And I have no doubt the ex-wife knows that community college is the right decision but she's using this as a pawn to get at the ex.

@italoddd

2 жыл бұрын

Expensive school = future rich husband for her daughter = he pays the student loans and helps the mother in law... This is how her mother is thinking

RN here (32 years) take my advice- don’t go in debt for your degree!!! Dave is 100% right!!

@MrDedvalson

5 ай бұрын

Agreed. I paid for nursing degree as I went. I graduated debt free.

@markmont5595

4 ай бұрын

Couldn’t imagine taking a plunge into debt just for granny to swing at you and flirt with you all in the same sentence

@Nycpa5

3 ай бұрын

She can go to a community college and get her LPN work as such and finish her college at a university to get her degree in nursing in 2 years with a lot less debt and so much experience

@sandysmith71

21 күн бұрын

@@MrDedvalsonI paid as I went also. Was a single mom, and worked while I was in school

@sandysmith71

21 күн бұрын

@@Nycpa5nope . A community college two year RN degree in the way to go . A LPN isn’t used in a lot of hospitals and she had her CNA so can work while in school . And then once she gets a job they will pay for their BSN

Our son went to a community college for his degree to become an x-ray tech. His Mom and I paid his tuition , but required him to pay for his books and lab fees.....for which he got a part time job washing dishes to pay for them. Four years later he graduated with zero debt!...A great way to start out your adult life.....a radiology degree with zero debt.

@kylequintana

2 жыл бұрын

I got both my associates and bachelors from community colleges in X-ray and Ct, definitely good very in demand jobs.

@margaretf6147

2 жыл бұрын

Most hospitals have programs the help pay for school. She could also get all or part of her community collage covered that way if she gets a job at the right hospital working as a CNA. Then maybe dad could help fund a Roth IRA with the money saved.

@kylequintana

2 жыл бұрын

@@margaretf6147 mine did but it’s not 100%, they paid a certain cash amount depending on years of service to the hospital and your employment status ie full time, part time etc.

@mathisnotforthefaintofheart

2 жыл бұрын

@@kylequintana Which community college offers a full Bachelors degree, may I ask?

@kylequintana

2 жыл бұрын

@@mathisnotforthefaintofheart I live in Colorado and several here offer them. Such as pikes peak community college and Pueblo community college, they are limited to several fields though. Ie….nursing, respiratory therapy, advanced paramedic and radiology.

I went to community college first and finished my RN with 7k in loans. I paid out of pocket for the prerequisite stage using a payment plan. I had 9.50/hr job. I took loans for the program part so I could focus on school. Cleared the loan first year as a nurse then did my bachelor's online for 10k out of pocket. That was easy with RN pay. I fail to understand when my coworkers tell me they have 60k student loans .

@Jumpman67

2 жыл бұрын

There aren't many jobs that care if you went to expensive schools or CC. Glad you got there the cheap way.

@hanwest5528

2 жыл бұрын

Did pretty much the same, but with social work. Our culture has normalized paying off a surplus of student loans for a "traditional college experience"

@dipsuny

2 жыл бұрын

Liar

@mph5896

2 жыл бұрын

Han West :fine by me if they do it that way. But don’t cry about the loans once you take them🤪

@wbae1340

2 жыл бұрын

I went to a high quality out of state private university and my tuition was around 2k per semester…

I started out at a community college, and ultimately earned a PhD from a Big Ten university. You are not missing out on life by attending a community college. It instead gave me a solid foundation for the rest of my education.

There’s absolutely nothing wrong with a CC. Both my girls went that route and then transferred to Baylor University, which is $70k a year. You can save SO much money by going to a CC first.

@insideoutsideupsidedown2218

2 жыл бұрын

Do you have connections at Baylor?

@webfreakz

2 жыл бұрын

70k?!?!

@littlesongbird1

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah. If I could do it over again, I would do community college (granted I went to a state university so it was still reasonable).

@emzywillrich7243

2 жыл бұрын

They should have went to UT Arlington, which is a Tier One University. Much more beautiful than the flag ship and less expensive.

@charlesg7926

2 жыл бұрын

How much money are they making now?

My friends thought I was crazy to go to a community college straight out of high school, even though I had the grades to go to a really good university. Got my associates for basically free (I think I paid $1k in tuition out of pocket) and then transferred to a state school. Got my BS with only $14k in loans, and paid those back before my first scheduled payment. All this propaganda going around saying that "community college is for poor people and rejects" is designed to keep people in debt.

@JKNat9004

2 жыл бұрын

🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌 Thank you!

@darkgalaxy5548

2 жыл бұрын

I wish I had read your comment 20 years ago, through some kind of time machine. It would have saved me much grief.

Especially for nursing! Local colleges is more than enough. No need for expensive private college! Teaching is exactly the same!

@genxx2724

2 жыл бұрын

The hospitals in my area now don’t hire nurses unless they have a bachelor’s of science degree. UCLA and Dignity Health.

@monikaw1369

2 жыл бұрын

As a teacher, couldn’t understand why someone went to an expensive college to make so little money in the 90s.

@youngswoll3

2 жыл бұрын

@GenX X You can do the bachelors portion online. It’s easy and will only run you like 10k or so. The rest can all be done at a community college

@andidede3653

2 жыл бұрын

@@genxx2724 usually they will accept with an associates but then you have to finish it within x amount of time. Thats how iit is here in Michigan at least.

@littlesongbird1

2 жыл бұрын

@@genxx2724 So you do two years at cc and transfer to a four year school afterwards.

I’ve been under the care of a lot of great RNs in my life. I never once asked where any of them went to nursing school.

The ex is tripping!! Dad is doing the right thing.

@PoyTroy

4 ай бұрын

She’s doing it purposely toget back at her ex cause he’s happy and has a new family. Trust !

I work at a community a college in Tennessee and help students receive the Tennessee Promise scholarship. Between the Federal Pell Grant, HOPE Scholarship, and Tennessee Promise, students in Tennessee have the ability to attend community college tuition free if they meet all requirements and meet all the deadlines. Most of our students transfer to the major state university right down the road and continue on to receive their bachelors. Community colleges have a negative stigma attached to them, but they are a very smart financial decision.

Community College was a godsend for me. I went two years to Community College, and then transferred to University with 80% of my tuition loan paid upon graduation. I would not have been able to do this all four years at University.

I got my associates degree at a community college and then transferred to a state university for my bachelors. I graduated with 15k in loans, and thankfully was able to pay it off within a year. I am so glad that I chose that route, as most of my fellow classmates who went straight to a 4-year university graduated with over 50k in loans. I don't understand why community college is looked down upon. It's a great, cheaper option. Most people I know took the same prerequisites as me but just paid double (some even triple) just to get the "college experience".

Starting at a technical college was one of the best decisions I/my parents made. Saved so much money but also learned way more because I was hands on, I was way ahead of my peers when I transferred to a traditional undergrad.

Take it from a RN with a BSN from a college. I am 40 and I owe a lot of student loans for it. I lived in a state at the time that did not offer an associate degree. When I finished they finally did. But after getting my license and moving to another state started to work as an RN. I have the past 10 years watching Associate Degree nurses making as much as me and then going back to get their BSN. I managed to injure my back that has put me out of floor nursing. All the while owing all these student loans. The smarter way to get your RN is the community college. Then if you want to get your BSN, get it later. Most of these hospitals pay tuition reimbursement. She could get her Degree free between her dad and tuition reimbursement from her job. Don’t go the big college route.

@mathisnotforthefaintofheart

2 жыл бұрын

If your back keeps you giving issues, can you at some point join a community college for teaching nursing students? It might be easier physically.

@ricana1160

2 жыл бұрын

@@mathisnotforthefaintofheart you have to get your master’s

@mathisnotforthefaintofheart

2 жыл бұрын

@@ricana1160 That is indeed true.

Yes, have a working RN explain nursing to her. I am a retired RN and have seen so many kids go through nursing programs of all sorts. First you get the associate nursing degree (ADN) from the community college. Then you take your RN board exam and pass. Then you get a job as a RN. Next, if you want it, you have the hospital pay for your tuition while you work for them as a RN, and you get a BSN. Nursing is so versatile and you have no need or incentive to rack up debt if you are smart and willing to work hard.

@juliancain3872

5 ай бұрын

My daughter wanted to be a nurse once. I recomended that after High School she work as a caregiver for a few days a week to get her foot in the door of the industry, become a CNA next year, decide where she wanted to go to college after that. She found a job real quickly after getting CPR certified. The job she liked... but her coworkers... well the older ones she was close with, but the younger ones the ones more in her age range... while they were good at their jobs they weren't very good at teaching her, they never said she did anything wrong during training, even when she asked and she did ask. Instead they reported her to the managment where she was pulled into the office and talked to. This happened apparently two more times, despite her pulling one aside and asking if there was anything she could improve on, "No, I don't think so". She was called into the office again reported for concerns on her training brought by that very same person even management seemed to be confused when that was brought up. My daughter quit within three weeks and thereafter refused to work in "young female dominated" career paths. I know this isn't really on topic but you comment just reminded me of it.

@KENTUCKYUSA1

5 ай бұрын

@@juliancain3872 You offered your daughter wise counsel and I am also not surprised at her difficulties. Better that she experienced nursing care problems at this level before she invested money and time in a career she would end up hating. Nursing is very difficult and there are more emotional pitfalls than you can imagine. You are smack dab in the middle of conflicts with administration at every level, doctors and their egos, co-worker tensions and sabotage, and patient/family problems. You have to either be a bit if a doormat or run for the hills. I only recommend nursing to those who feel called to it as their vocation in life. It has been mine all along since early childhood.

If she has the conversation with the nurse and refuses to listen you as a parent are not responsible for that child’s decision at that point. The money you have saved is for a particular type of schooling I would not give a single dime to her if she is going to go the route of debt I know it’s gonna hurt but it’s better she learned her lesson now

@davidportnoy

2 жыл бұрын

way to controlling got to let kids make their own decisions even if it differs from the decision you would make. trying to control your kids through money causes resentment and theyll distance themselves from you

Amazing video, A friend of mine referred me to a financial adviser sometime ago and we got to talking about investment and money. I started investing with $150k and in the first 2 months, my portfolio was reading $274,800. Crazy right!, I decided to reinvest my profit and get more interesting. For over a year we have been working together making consistent profit just bought my second home 2 weeks ago and care for my family.

@Lourd-Bab

24 күн бұрын

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@PilouBen

24 күн бұрын

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@Lourd-Bab

24 күн бұрын

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@PilouBen

24 күн бұрын

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@PilouBen

24 күн бұрын

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My poor mother was like this mom. She wanted to be able to brag to others that I was going to a great university. She frowned upon and stuck hEr nose up community college. My parents had the $ for community college and I graduated hs with a 3.8 GPA. She didn’t hav the $ for university and dorm but promised me that she would pay for my bachelors. Took out parent plus loans and without my knowledge took out a loan in my name. 2 years later she got a divorce from my dad and fell on hard times. Several years later I had to pay the loan back in my name and I resented her so much.

My wife’s an RN. She got her LPN and RN at a community college, then the hospital she works with paid her to get her BSN at an online school. I can promise you no one has asked her where she got her degree.

An RN license is the same if it comes from an ADN program or a 4 year program. How do I know this??? I’ve been a nurse for 23 years and my dtr just finished her associates and is an RN who graduated with NO student debt and one year out of school is already clinical lead of her dept. This is the best advice Dave ever gave -talk with a long term RN. It’s a no go for a big dreamy degree. Since the callers dtr is a CNA, have her work as a CNA and get the real talk from her co-workers

Ok.. let's break down the mothers mind: - she wants her daughter to go to expensive college -Expensive college = rich boys - rich boy = possible future husband - future husband will pay for everything, he is rich - she, the mother, will participate , through her daughter, to high society. - she, the mother, will try to find a old rich man to marry him -she is rich now - She will say: " it was love at the first sight, I didn't plan!"

@italoddd

2 жыл бұрын

@bubble jim exactly...only rich boys.

@genxx2724

2 жыл бұрын

There is that. I should have paid more attention to boys when I was in college and graduate school. I was too stressed and focused on assignments.

@johnmartin4641

2 жыл бұрын

Good strategy. Helping your daughter marry a successful man from a successful family is a good thing.

You tell her no student loans. If she goes, she's on her own. And you do not sign any parent plus loans, guarantee the loan etc......if she wants you to pay for the degree she goes to the CC. Simple. Put your foot down....it's your money not hers

@lionheart93

2 жыл бұрын

no parent should ever sign lol

I’m starting my second year of community college and tbh it’s worth it and the best decision I made, I live in a big city and still have a lot of fun and I’m getting my degree for half off

No idea why community college is stigmatized. It has the SAME creditation ans certifications as a university. Only difference is that University colleges say you have a privilege of attending there and tell you that it's a privilege to give them insane amounts of money for the exact same stuff a CC gives you.

@cgasucks

2 жыл бұрын

That's right. Their local college of registered nurses don't care where you got their education from, as long as you pass their exams.

@GoodlyPenguin

2 жыл бұрын

@@cgasucks I can attest to that. I failed Nursing school at my CC but my friends who graduated are now making lots of money because they earned their BSN's from the same college.

@joeplem5329

2 жыл бұрын

Sigh, because there's zero "status points " associated with CC and that's all kids care about it seems 🙄

@MrJimmy3459

2 жыл бұрын

Cause they don't sell stickers you can put on the back window of your car telling the world you went to some fancy school...............

@15KHPCLUB

2 жыл бұрын

Cause these spoiled kids look down on CCs as a "poor" school Yet one of those jagoffs served me ice cream years later and was astonished to see me driving a 911 Turbski while he still drove the same Jetta he got as a gift in HS

My aunt did self-study for RN, then went up to NY to take the tests and passed. Transferred it to her own state. No issue for her and had a great career.

@charlesg7926

2 жыл бұрын

Can you do that lol? Can you just study some books and then take the test? If so that’s awesome

@gamingsaint6238

2 жыл бұрын

@@charlesg7926 thats what school is.

@jimbragu

2 жыл бұрын

@@gamingsaint6238 its what school is supposed to be. all it really is is accreditation.

@genxx2724

2 жыл бұрын

@@jimbragu Nurses need to have practical experience. Do you really want to be coding in the ER and have an R.N. who has only book knowledge? She wouldn’t even have experience with the machines or starting an I.V. 🙄

@WelshCorgi321

2 жыл бұрын

You have to get clinical experience in order to become an rn.

I went to a CC and it was a steal, even for 1984-86. My first semester's tuition AND books ran me $250 total. Sure, no way you can get that deal today, but another selling point was that I got a sound education in the core subjects, taught by professors who were in the classroom, not off doing "research" so they could publish, not perish. Now that deal you can still get in 2022.

Where you have no responsibility, you should have no opinion. Mom needs to fork over some money towards her college fund or keep quiet.

I own 12 watches, including a Rolex, Breitling, Omega, and Tag Heuer Some are much more expensive than others What do they all have in common? They tell time... Same goes with Colleges/Universities You still get that piece of paper

@teeduck

2 жыл бұрын

Wrong. A Fortune 500 company is going to hire a Stanford grad over Iowa State grad.

@15KHPCLUB

2 жыл бұрын

@@teeduck yeah... That's what I thought, wannabe recruiter

@tristiandavis6852

2 ай бұрын

@@teeduckonly in law or high finance, in 90% of degrees it doesn’t matter what school you graduate from

@teeduck

2 ай бұрын

@@tristiandavis6852 Not sure of the percentage. But when I needed surgery, I chose the UCLA Medical school grad over someone who went overseas.

I’m a RN of 33 years. I went to an ADN program and had zero debt when I got out. I make six figures in a professional nursing job.

Guess what? Many professors aren't full time. It's common to have a professor who works both at the state college and a community college at the same time to make ends meet. Same teacher, same course, and half the price. Gotta love Community Colleges.

@mathisnotforthefaintofheart

2 жыл бұрын

To put it even further, a lot of universities have TA's teaching freshman courses. "Ka-ching" for the university. In community colleges there is no such thing as a TA.

@jimbragu

2 жыл бұрын

@@mathisnotforthefaintofheart no

I went to University of Colorado and got a degree in environmental studies. That degree ended up being worthless because most places want a masters or a doctorate. I went back to school at the community college and now I’m projected to make $165,000 after taxes with a 2 year degree in healthcare.

Glad Mr. Ramsey is fighting the Higher Ed Industrial Complex. It's about the education, not the frills.

Make sure her Mom, who is against the community college on saving money with the prerequisite classes, make sure her mom co-signs ALL the student loans that she will need to pay for a U.V. Education. Mom will be part of the financial responsibility when payments are due as well as the daughter. (Agreed with the de-fund on stupid activity. 👍). Set rules and boundaries of expectation on her grades and responsibilities.

@TheUzamaki1234

Жыл бұрын

Genius make her co-sign the loans 🔥

Have her listen to a couple of these callers and watch her sign up for CC with the quickness. Also, let her know you are NOT paying for an expensive college. She is not allowed to take you down with her stupidity. Let the ex handle it.

CC set me up for success. I graduated with no debt as a paramedic. I'm currently pursuing PA school and have transferred a lot of credits to a bachelor degree where I will graduate with no debt.

Someone not paying the bill has no say in where the daughter goes to school.

@PC-ch1md

2 жыл бұрын

The daughter is paying the bill that’s why she would get a student loan.

@alrbredwall

2 жыл бұрын

@@PC-ch1md I was referring to the divorced mother.

My wife got a RN degree out of a community college and it cost her less than $5k and she came out making $100k+ with overtime and this was in 2002. She can always go back and get her nurse practitioner degree once she gets experience in health care

Once you have a year of RN work, nobody cares where you earned your degree.

I got my associate degree at a community college and worked while I was living at home, then transferred to a state university to get my bachelors in engineering. That was one of my best decisions I’ve made to date, and I’m thankful I made it at 18 years old. Now 28 with no debt other than a house on a 15 year mortgage 👍

I have a bachelors in nursing. Got an LPN degree in one year worked as a LPN while getting my ADN in one more year and then spent 3 years getting my BSN while working as a RN. Only thing I missed out on was debt. There are dorms and clubs and all the things at community college that are at a university without the cost!

I have been an RN for 8 years. Fun fact: graduates from tech schools start out at the same salary as those graduating from expensive universities. I went through Kent State’s ADN program. It was budget friendly in my area. Hospital paid most of my ADN to BSN. Nurses have a lot of opportunities and options. It’s not difficult to find a job near or exceeding 6 figure salaries.

You can get into a nursing program with an associates and some nursing specialties do require bachelor’s but most employers will cover that.

I got 2 free years at community college with the pell grant. Then i finished 2 years at the local state uni and pell grant and some employer tuition reimbursement covered all except about 4k which I put on loans. My new job after graduation doubled my salary. Then they paid for my masters and increased my pay again by 10%. I make 100k. Community college was awesome. Not one person in my life looks down on me for this to my face. Seriously, nobody ever acted like i was weird or a loser. Almost everyone i work with has graduate degrees. Many started at community college.

Honestly best way to be a RN is a go to community college get your associates of nursing then go online programs for your BSN and continue to masters

Experience = partying not education

There is nothing better in this world than a good dad. 👍🏼👍🏼

Since she's already working a job, they should start taking a student loan repayment's worth of cash out of her paychecks for a few months so she can feel what it feels like to work all day and have nothing to show for it.

@samh5218

2 жыл бұрын

That’s a great idea! I’ve tried talking to kids about this but I swear it’s just abstract until they have to pay it back years later

@H20Body

2 жыл бұрын

Love that Idea.

@nikan7704

2 жыл бұрын

Absolutely love this! I'm going to remember this for when my kids are older and want something ridiculously expensive like this.

I know its hard... I told my kid my money goes only to our local university and if she wanted to go to another college she would have to work extremely hard to get a full ride scholarship...she didn't care to attend an early college high school but followed my judgement...she just graduated early college hs w a free associate degree and has only two years left for her BSN, she thanked me and said she wouldn't be where she's at without me.. veterans benefits will pay majority of her college, she got a scholarship that will cover the 1st year of college...goal debt free upon graduation

I started at a 4 year university but hurt my back and couldn't get around to the classes. While fixing my back and going through therapy I went to community college and studied pre-engineering. After my back was better I went back to university and finished up my engineering degree with no issue. It was a great experience and it kept me on track. I also saved a bunch of money by going to community college.

The only point I'd add is to check with the school you plan to get your four-year degree at to make sure you take all the classes you can at a community college that the credits will transfer.

Look I went to a university I am 43 years old. I got into debt paid it off but while I was in college my counselor filled my head with all this money I would make with a degree in business and my wife got her two year from a community college and makes way more than me. Colleges down right lie to these kids about the value of the degrees they are selling. It's too the point I believe that it a student defaults on a loan and it is proven that the college over valued the degree they loan should be charged to the college.

I went to community college. Then finished at four year college. Worked while at jr.c. At four year school was a RA. Graduated with $5000 in debt. Granted it was back in the 80’s. Got a great job. Sat next to guys from Amherst , Yale etc. made the same they made.

Why did a parent call a financial advice show when you just tell the kid, "no"? Cut her off 100%...not just her tuition.

It doesn’t matter what university you graduated at when you are a nurse. You get paid the same.

RN here who thought I wanted to be an MD! I tell people this ALL THE TIME. Now I have a crazy amount of autonomy when it comes to my schedule and pay. ADN (CC) option usually less than 20k total BSN (bachelor) 45-100k depending on school. Most the time the hospital will PAY for you to do your BSN online. The difference at most hospital between RN and BSN is .50 a hour……no brainer.

Tell the daughter that you will contribute the amount you have saved and she’s responsible for the rest. Easy peasy.

How many here have asked their doctor. Or pharmacist. Or CPA or dentist or anyone with a degree where they went to school. GPA. and what rank they graduated. .

@louib716

2 жыл бұрын

I'm a dds. I went to community College. I can answer any questions anyone has.

I went to community college after high school and got an AAT. I attended a top UC in my late 20s with a full ride and a clear path to continue with my next degree. Community college is great!

Be there, done that! It was an easy conversation for me: you can go to any college you want - I am not paying for it. I will pay for you to either go community college/University to get a degree in something that is marketable and sustainable or pay for it yourself.

I retired from working at a university. I do not know of any college, university that has free parking. There is never enough parking for faculty and students ever. My aunt kept paying for her husband’s parking place at the U of M so her kids would have a parking place when they went to college.

Many of the community college nursing programs turn out better trained nurses than the universities with fancy names. What I would look at is whether she can get a summer job as a CNA, and will her hospital pay for her RN? And then will they pay for her BSN? Seriously, my sis got a job as a computer person at a local hospital and they paid for her RN. The hospital wanted a 2 year commitment that she'd work there but since her husband was in the Air Force, any contract with a time commitment must have a clause that it will be voided and considered paid in full if the spouse gets orders. I honestly don't remember whether she worked the 2 years or not. The other thing is that she was able to test out of all her gen ed courses for the RN--again, worth a try. She'll be an RN after the community college program, and if her employer won't pay for a BSN, she can find an employer who will! I'm a physician who went to my state school because that's what I could earn during the summer and get on a scholarship.. I was admitted to a well known school, but I couldn't afford it. In my day, we went to schools we could afford and didn't look at those we couldn't!

Nobody cares what college you went to. They care about whether you passed your boards and got your license. Especially nowadays.

My father offered to pay for college tuition. After a year at a university I had about a C average. My options after that were to drop out with no more help or go to Presbyterian college. Without any leverage I chose to continue my education. The funny thing is that with my upbringing, borrowing to continue my own path wasn't even an option in my mind.

I did all my prereqs at community college. Went to a state university for my BSN. Just retired from the Army Nurse Corps last year after 21 years. Now working at a hospital here. No one cares where a person went to college. Literally no one ever asked me where I went to school.

I went to a comm college, now a state college; graduated with my bachelors and now I am a teacher! Debt Free!

I got both my associates and bachelors from community colleges. I do owe a little bit of money but not much. I’m very thankful to have been able to have this opportunity to save money. I don’t care about large universities, I got the same degree others did for way cheaper and possibly even quicker because of less “fluff” classes that some large universities require you to take so they make more money.

Yeah, he's screwed. The ex is gonna ensure that money pulls a David Copperfield.

This is the issue with our family court system. They make the non-custodial parent, who ironically usually is the bread winner, pay an enormous amount of child support to someone who is not responsible with their money. There is no examination and accountability of where the money goes either. Paying for college is a joint effort, or at least in my state it is. He could take HER to court to make her help pay for her daughter's college, but I don't live in a state with draconian divorce laws.

There is absolutely no benefit in going to a prestigious school if you want to become a nurse waste of money.

It will be of benefit for her to transfer to a 4 year college following her first two years regardless, so you’re going to have to compromise on that regardless even if you pay for her CC.

Listen people : I live in LA ; you would be surprised to see rich kids from Beverly Hills , Brentwood , and Santa Monica to attend Santa Monica Community College . Real story …

For nursing, you do not need a 4 y college. It's a waste of money. ASN, go to a community college, then get your bachelor's while working. Thats what I did. My employer paid for my classes.

I went to the University of Florida and had a God honoring awesome campus experience and graduated debt free with my nursing degree. Thank you Mom for your help and the lottery scholarship I kept up while there. It was like $25k for the entire time

The Ex wants the daughter to remain in college long term so the support continues.

@Preservestlandry

8 ай бұрын

Or the "Mrs. degree"

Saying ex-wife and logic is like mixing oil and water. These two things will never go together.

Nobody cares where I went to school. In fact in 30 years nobody is going to care where I went to school. Prestige isn’t a big deal. It helps for connections and that’s it.

I teach at a community college that is free for county high school graduates with a GPA of 2.0 My daughter went to school where I teach transferred on a full scholarship to the state flagship school, all with no debt, and then got a Masters from Boston University. She now has an excellent career in her field of interest. I always recommend community college. It is a fantastic deal for students and parents

I worked with a woman who had a bachelors degree in business from the University of Maryland. When she decided to become a nurse she signed a contract with MedStar/Washington Hospital Center and they paid for her to get her BSN degree from Georgetown University.

Another point is that she is young enough to go to the university later, if she needed to then she could easily enroll into an accelerated BSN program. This way she has both the community college learning experience and the university lecture and test taking experiences. Or, she could just become an LPN through on the job training and certifications, then enroll into the accelerated BSN track. Another thing she could do is get training as a paramedic, work as a paramedic for a year or two, then go into an accelerated BSN track that’s offered to folks with paramedic experience. That way, she might get the education for free. She’s got a lot of options and research to do.

My friend has two daughters that cant even make a peanut butter sandwich.

As State Universities moved towards what is effectively open enrollment, community colleges have dipped into a chunk of the applicant pool that is not academically prepared for college. To "promote retention" the CC's have watered down the curriculum to the point that much of the coursework is more like 6th grade. "Persons of a certain age" who went to college before the Participation Trophy Diploma era will have no idea that this has even happened. Read the course catalogue before you commit to any school.

The smartest way to do this is to do an ADN RN at the community college then do a CCNE accredited online RN->BSN program that the hospital will pay for. BSN nurses and ADN nurses both take the same exam NCLEX to get the same RN license. The only difference is the ADN takes all the required nursing but not the fluff courses needed to reach 120 credits which is the standard to get a bachelor's degree. Those fluff courses can be taken online as they are often not related to nursing day to day job and are just there to fill out enough credits to grant the bachelor's degree and the hospital will pay for it.

@WelshCorgi321

2 жыл бұрын

True, but if you want to be a NP or CRNA, you need the BSN.

@first9299

2 жыл бұрын

@@WelshCorgi321 right but you if you passe the NCLEX and have completed the adn you can do the Bsn Online.

Three of my professors freshman year at my expensive school taught at the community college using the same book.

I think that would depend on if that CC degree is transferable to a 4 year University. Community College is not enough. That being said, I've saved adequately. So my princess can go anywhere she wants.

non-american here. can anyone explain why CCs dont seem appreciated by the general public so that people prefer to pay $50k a year for a private college?

@shaunwilliams8738

2 жыл бұрын

In this country there is a stigma associated with community colleges. Many people view them as second-class institutions full of students who were not smart enough/too poor to attend a four-year college (Chris Rock had a joke saying that a community college was “a disco with books.”). Plus, most community colleges don’t have residential dorms like four-year universities do, so graduating high school students feel like they would be missing out on the “traditional” college experience of living on campus with other 18-21 year-olds (as community college students tend to be older). I went to a community college and if I hadn’t gone there, I wouldn’t have gotten the full scholarship that I did to the (very expensive) four-year university I got my bachelor’s degree from.

CC is the way to go. I knocked out all my pre-reqs at my local community college, and theeeeeeeeen I transferred to a university.

Community College is a great choice I don't know why people underestimate them. I went to Community College for Business management and is not bad for me, I have my own business and I do around $500k a year before my taxes. So, not bad for a Community College.

This sounds like the ex wife has no issues spending other people's money. I know how he feels...

If the schools she is looking at are good enough, they may have aid based on financial need, and if you don't have enough to pay for college, she may even qualify for full tuition to be covered or a substantial amount of it. She could always apply to a few and submit FAFSA to see if she gets aid, and then if not, go the community college route. This really only applies to top schools with big endowments.

I completed my Associates of Nursing…made the same amount of money as a BS Nurse. Had my employer pay for my BSN! Smarter financial move! We don’t care what school you graduated from..we only care about if your license!!

Make a deal with your daughter. Say I will pay for first two years at community colleges then half of cost at Univeristy of YOUR STATE.

Better, have her talk to ten RN's. The real issue is that most RN programs turn away a lot more than apply because they just don't have the seats. That's why the expensive private colleges exist- folks don't want to wait 2 to three years before their number comes up in the lottery. In Southern California we tell students to apply to every CC that's within driving distance and hope the get accepted by one that is closest. I'm not sure how much money they would need to spend at a CC, though. Most states have tuition-free programs for middle and low-income families, and there is always the Pell Grant, which is something like $5K per year, for like $1400 tuition, you spend the rest on whatever you want.

I didn't do nursing, but I wish I had gone to CC at least for my core classes. There's so much I didn't know at 18. I thought everybody had student loans.

I went to CC and transferred as Junior to UC, my BS degree says UC, it does not say community college. People look down at CC like it's not serious like a 4 year school. Reactions are quite obvious to those who took the path. I saved about 40K$ in doing this path and got into every college I applied to for the transfer. Due to the study habits and few students in the CC classes, I learned to study much better, got academic grants at UC and then went to grad school. All because I went to Community College. I could not have done this any other way really, I did not have the $ nor was certain I'm complete the degree.