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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Nothing, my parents gave me ZERO for undergrad and gradschool. 
After they are finished and have a job I will pay off some of their loans/bills but not while in school. They need to know how serious what they are doing is and a huge price tag will be helpful[/quote]

This was my parents. And it was so much harder for me -who had school AND had to work multiple jobs, including a field related internship and then one to make bills- than it was for my friends whose parents paid. So.Much.Harder. Then after school they had much more flexibility as to what type of job to get.

So, you can take a principled stand. But be sure you know what that is b/c teaching some lesson in responsibility isn't it.  My friends with trust funds, or parents who paid, are some of the most responsible around. And just know that, if you can pay and aren't, there may be resentment. And though some of you will say one is not "entitled" to have college paid for, you're right. But, if the parents have it and are content to watch you struggle out of some arbitrary need to teach a lesson, resentment can be there all the same. [/quote]

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