I'm gonna ask my mom if she will help me buy a lotus elise as my Graduation/College/18th B-day/Xmas present.

That more satisfactory M5? I' ma small guy, I think i can handle a lotus.

Anyone whom asks mommy and daddy for handouts deserves a slap.

8% of total US production is a pretty big deal... and OPEC said they will up their production to make up for it.

Oil prices dropped today once the terrorist plot was exposed.

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If the tree huggers would allow Gulf drilling and more Alaskan production oil prices for the US would go down a LOT.

BUT NOOO.

pucking tree huggers....that is the main reason I dont want an econobox...I dont want to look like a tree hugger.

Anyone whom asks mommy and daddy for handouts deserves a slap.

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I wouldnt be asking for hand outs. They are going to spend a bunch of money on chit I dont want and will straight up tell them I dont want it...why not help me with something I really want.

I really dont expect anything for any of thoes. I told them NOT to give me anything for my 17th B-day but my mom insisted so I said IF they where to get me something I would enjoy a yellow top.

How about this... tell them to put that money in a trust fund for college, where it will really matter... and work to buy your own chit

Except that I've been saving for college since I was 10... And I'm getting a 75% scolarship for grades... And my grandparents started some IRA for college for me when I was 2...

And if I pass my AP exam with a decent score I get 5 Credits just from that... I am thinking of taking Freashman Comp online as well during next semester of my senior year.

I dont need any more college money.

Between myself and my gransparents I have enough money for 3 semesters at a Florida University including food and housing.

And Bright Futures Scolarship (the 75% I'm Getting) Covers 6 full semesters of credit hours, 3 years of food and housing.

Will that get you through year 1?

And I havent applied for any other scolarships or talked tothe UCF XC coach. My dad is US Armed Forces Disabled and there is a 25% scolarship avalable uppon application. I'll be filling that out next Semester.

So basically I'll be getting paid to go to school....

How about this... tell them to put that money in a trust fund for college, where it will really matter... and work to buy your own chit

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Will that get you through year 1?

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Yes, at the university I want to go to. Actually a littlve over 1 year.

I have 7,000 and my grandparents have 12,500 as of yet. And I dont get hte money for another year...and in that time both will get MORE money.

Since I started working $50 of every paycheck got put into that account and it's a high yeild account.

I have twice that in educational debt alone... and I worked throughout school, and cost of living here is peanuts compared to anywhere else in North America.

Sorry to say, even with a basically free ride through school, unless you want to work a ton and have grades that hurt, you will need a lot of money to support you.

It cost Florida Citizen's ~80,000 to get a bachelor's degree today. That includes living.

I had saved $35k by the time I went to school and still left with $50k in debt. I worked 40 hours a week while in school as well.

And what kind of scolarships did you have? I have all of my tuition paid for. and 75% of my living. Then I have ~20k to cover the other 25%.

So then I just have to worry about books and lab fee's.

Books and other study aids cost me more than tuition did.

What sucks is I'm going to school for Chemical Engineering so Lab fees pwn me.

What's good is by the time you reach higher chem you dont have a book, you have a lab guide handbook. MUCH cheaper.

Me want.

$3.15 a gallon sucks though.

Sit down, do the math and figure out exactly how many miles it takes to make a more fuel efficient vehicle pay for itself (its a LOT)

How about this... tell them to put that money in a trust fund for college, where it will really matter... and work to buy your own chit

Except that I've been saving for college since I was 10... And I'm getting a 75% scolarship for grades... And my grandparents started some IRA for college for me when I was 2...

And if I pass my AP exam with a decent score I get 5 Credits just from that... I am thinking of taking Freashman Comp online as well during next semester of my senior year.

I dont need any more college money.

I have 7,000 and my grandparents have 12,500 as of yet. And I dont get hte money for another year...and in that time both will get MORE money.

You still don't fully realize yet how much college costs do you.