Hi Crystal,

Oh dear.

Frankly, I’m seeing that your parents did a poor job in making a college fund when you were a baby, AND for poor money management skills. It’s like they raised you but not really. There’s nothing wrong with you, it’s your parents didn’t do a good job “launching” you. Let me put it this way: My daughter’s friend lives ABOVE A LAUNDRY MAT and her friend still goes to college!! Yes, it’s a State school, so they’re paying half, and she did get a small scholarship, but still.

I’m not going to lie ~ going to college is literally ten times harder financially than when I went. (Maybe that’s why that family chose to live above a laundry mat, because they knew this day was coming ~ seriously!!) But there are: State schools, scholarships, community college, trade schools, work abroad programs, online schools.

And here’s a dirty little secret: You don’t have to go to college to be successful (unless it’s in the Math and Sciences). You can still: write a book and get it published, submit magazine articles, start your own business, make connections, travel, “marry well” (don’t tell anyone I said that), work abroad, get certifications, etc.

If you do go to this college, at least everyone else is in the same boat. The whole college racket is a bill of goods. The institution is about to crumble. You have come of age in the beginning of the revolt!

• This reply was modified 9 years, 8 months ago by Inky.