[quote=desmond]…College is very stressful now for parents with the high costs, you worry your kid will flunk a course and then have to go another semester and all sorts of crap runs through your mind. The schools never take into consideration what you are paying and really don’t care. Get that residency and just do the best that you can without going BK or crazy![/quote]

Completely agree, desmond. I think CSU actually PREFERS the student take 1-2 classes at a time and/or has to repeat a class (for whatever reason) so they will have to attend their campuses for 10 years or so to graduate because it is SO MUCH MORE $$ for them! Meanwhile, in trying to get all the classes for their major, the student is stuck living near campus for years and working jobs AROUND their class schedule. They can’t progress in life by getting FT work with benefits, like an on-time graduate can.

It should be the other way around, as it was in the past. That is, the student took classes AROUND their work schedule. Beginning the junior year, this is not doable anymore at CSU as the classes needed to satisfy major programs of study are only given sporadically (and not even every semester) and the student has to take them whenever they are offered, (even traveling to another campus, if necessary) to get these necessary credits.

I won’t go BK and my kid will NOT take out student loans. We have some benefits available (currently abt $4K per semester) and will just pay the difference, get done ASAP and move on.

Congratulations on both your kids’ successful graduation from college!