NewFrogFan
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Who was it said, “Get the govt out of student loan programs and watch tuition plummet”?
Tuition up to $61,000!!!
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Sure but the statement was college itself doesn't make sense for the vast majority, I disagree. TCU itself? Definitely. No way in hell I see value is 350k for 4 years. Already told my daughter to not go there, simply not worth it.
Plenty of state schools where the value is pretty darn good! Person I hired without a degree wants to be ad advisor. I'm pushing for the firm to pay for her online degree (requisite for CFP which is stupid) then pay for CFP. That will be one of hell of marketing tool.
bettern giving tax cuts to the rich who don't need 'em.
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lonestarfrog89
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I mean I feel like you’re being a bit nit picky about my original post. My point is if the of college of choice is expensive and requires loans, then for many people it is not worth it.
It literally says college does not make sense for the vast majority. That’s the first sentence I even clarified that if you meant TCU then yes I agree. Cheap college is worth it for a much higher percentage.
NewFrogFan
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What is “rich”? What were the tax cuts? The 10k SALT deduction slammed the “rich”?
JugbandFrog
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At least they get to go to games for free!
Land Frog
Darn baylor!
Some...
It's that thousandth of a dollar that'll get ya!
Everybody needs tax cuts.
some more than others.
I mean the effective tax rate for the .01% is 8%. That is just ridiculous. I was at 16% net last year (only because I deferred bonus to this year. This year will be closer to 20%
If you have a true VAT with exemptions for necessities the .01% magically goes from 8% to way higher
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Pharm Frog
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Ridiculous to talk about tax cuts. Conversation should be exclusively on what government is spending (or hoarding). Fix that insanity and everyone gets massive tax cuts.
Both at the same time would help. Incremental improvement. Freeze spending and institute small targeted cuts each year.
No one like that's answer because it aligns with neither party.
TCUdirtbag
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FWIW, SMU is over $64k this year.
TCUdirtbag
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This year (12-18 hrs, undergrad, tuition+required fees):
SMU: $64,460
TCU: $57,220
BU: $55,044
These gaps track over the past 20 years with TCU about half of a 1-year hike ahead of Baylor and SMU about a 2-year hike ahead of TCU.
But hardly anyone is paying full freight at any of the 3.
FWIW, full-time tuition and fees at UT Austin is $13,576 for residents. $48,712 for non-residents.
I applied to and was accepted to all of UT, A&M, SMU, and TCU in 2003, and I absolutely made the right call going to TCU and loved every bit of my TCU experience. But you’d be hard pressed to show me how it would be remotely responsible to choose TCU over UT today at a $43k/yr premium.
HFrog1999
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Two of my friends from high school chose A&M at about $8,000 per year in the 90’s. I chose instead to pay about $15,000 per year for TCU. Both of those Aggies are CEOs now, one making over $4 million per year.
Meanwhile with my more expensive TCU degree
allclearforfrogs
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I also was accepted in 2003.
Back then, TCU was known for being a very cheap option for a private school.
Nowadays, it feels bad, but I don't recommend TCU to most people unless their families are very very wealthy (I'm talking 5-10M+ net worth) and well connected and they are just going to college to go to college. Otherwise there are better options where you will learn just as well and get a bigger network when you graduate. The "small class sizes" and "intimate" learning do not even remotely justify the cost difference. Employers don't care about many things less than how well you knew your professors.
