I've related this story before on another thread about student loans. The granddaughter of our friends went to a small university in their home town. She lived at home with her parents and worked during the summer and school breaks for her tuition and spending money. Her parents aren't rich by any standard so there was no financial help from them. Her grandparents aren't rich either, but they were able help a bit with tuition. She worked her butt off in high school graduating with an excellent grade point average that helped her get a small scholarship. She was taking advertising courses and got her Bachelors in that field. Then she started taking online classes for an MBA because it was much more affordable than in school classes. She paid for this by working at various jobs while still living at home.
Finished her MBA and got a job at the corporate headquarters of Caterpillar in Texas working in their marketing department. Excellent salary and no student loans. Didn't need a degree from some ivy league school that costs thousands of dollars in tuition to get a job with a large multinational corporation.
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