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Originally Posted by Taltarzac725
You should see the debts on some of the kids coming out of school now.
I went to Law School from 1986-1989 and paid very little relatively compared with what they fork out now. I went to a State Public University-- the University of Minnesota Law School and worked myself through but am still paying a very small amount in student loans. I have four degrees and took additional classes besides.
I got the State of Nevada to forgive a Stipend Grant for the work I did pro bono for survivors/victims of crimes from the States of MN, CA, IL, and FL in my 224 613 Project. So, I do think meaningful volunteer work can be counted in some situations as work using your degree. This was for my MA in Librarianship and Information Management from the University of Denver which considers itself and charges Ivy League (West) tuition. The State of Nevada forgave this Stipend Grant in September of 2000. I was volunteering at the Palm Harbor Library back then but that was about it as far as work was concerned.
Students should pursue these kind of volunteer and/or pro bono kinds of options if they are available. Marquis Who Who's nominated me for 24 of their publications from 1992 through 2002 fighting for practical materials accessible through libraries for survivors/victims of crimes. This was doing the work from my parents' home computer while I was living at home in Palm Harbor, Florida.
I just want some people to see that even though some of us living at home a job does not define who we are. I believe I have done a huge amount of good mainly because I have not had any institutional limitations on me. There have been legal controls of course as I contact law enforcement agencies, governmental entities of other sorts, etc. I have not had to meet in committees and the like which often would take up a lot of the time when I worked at the University of Minnesota Law Library.
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Law School tuition, minimum $250,000. Interest on student loans is generally 8%. We pay less interest on a car loan folks.
It sounds like you found some great ways to pay for your tuition. Keep in mind, programs like these are VERY competitive and fewer exist - many budget cuts.