{"id":1785,"date":"2013-05-12T06:37:45","date_gmt":"2013-05-12T06:37:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/indiandemands.com\/demands\/?p=1785"},"modified":"2013-05-12T06:37:45","modified_gmt":"2013-05-12T06:37:45","slug":"how-to-make-your-high-school-students-college-more-affordable","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/indiandemands.com\/demands\/how-to-make-your-high-school-students-college-more-affordable\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Make Your High School Students College More Affordable"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There are many  options for funding  a &nbsp;university&nbsp;&nbsp;education. &nbsp;This article is directed at  ways to &nbsp;assist&nbsp;  parents and students &nbsp;to pay for  &nbsp;a university&nbsp;&nbsp;education for &nbsp;people&nbsp;  that &nbsp;will have&nbsp;  to use&nbsp;their own &nbsp;fundingt   or with students loans. &nbsp;There are &nbsp;many  ways for students to save a lot of money&nbsp;  on their college expenses . &nbsp;The &nbsp;ideas  I will discuss  involve &nbsp;beginning&nbsp;  the college process  while students &nbsp;are  in high school.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;Many  high schools offer courses  where  students can receive  college credit. &nbsp;Classes  may be  in the school or possibly online . Courses include English, Social Studies, Science, and Mathematics. &nbsp;One major  benefit to these &nbsp;classes  are that they count for  college credit but the pace of the  Editthistext   is &nbsp;that of  high school (a class that is completed in one year at the high school is completed in one semester at a college). &nbsp;This &nbsp;assists  to transition students to the college pace and experience. &nbsp;Also, the cost  for these &nbsp;classes  are &nbsp;very  reasonable. &nbsp;Some schools &nbsp;offer to&nbsp;  pay for the college  credit. &nbsp;If not, .the class  may cost around $200 (this 3 credit course cost less then 1 credit at a community college or university ). Your &nbsp;child&nbsp;  may be able to  receive &nbsp;up tp 12  credits before leaving  high school. &nbsp;This is nearly &nbsp;an entire semester of credit. &nbsp;The credits will &nbsp;transfer  to &nbsp;most majors&nbsp;  and will satisfy  the prerequisites for more advanced classes. &nbsp;If a student is not planning tp pursue a degree in an area of math or science, he\/she can complete College Algebra for (college crediot) in high school and may not need to take another math class in the college environment. &nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The next topic  is the &nbsp;junior or&nbsp;communtiy&nbsp;  college. &nbsp;Community colleges provide an&nbsp;  affordble way to pay for all or part of a child&#8217;s  college education. &nbsp;Community colleges usually have tuition rates that are &nbsp;about&nbsp;  half of the cost of state universities . Students can study select classes, a 2 year degree program, or even study in a 2 year program that is directed at  and transfers to a particular  program  of study at a 4 year university. &nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Below is an example of the money that can be saved for a resident of Colorado by combining both of the strategies discussed.<\/p>\n<p>Tuition for the University of Colorado, Resident is $9482 per year<\/p>\n<p>Tuition for Arapaho Community College, Resident is $5242.50 per year.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Tuition for 4 years at The University of Colorado: &nbsp;$37928&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Tuition for 2 years of community college $10484 and 2 years at University of Colorado $18964 = $29448 ($8480 saved)<\/p>\n<p>1\/2 year of college credit in high school (about) $800, 1 1\/2 years at community college $7863.75, &nbsp;and 2 years at University of Colorado $18964 = $27627.75 ($10300.25 saved)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>If you need help with mathematics, please contact &nbsp;<a title=\"Teacher4U, LLC\" href=\"http:\/\/www.teacher4-u.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">virtual math lab<\/a>,&nbsp;<a title=\"Teacher4U, LLC\" href=\"http:\/\/www.teacher4-u.com\/online-Geometry-Tutoring.html\" target=\"_blank\">online geometry<\/a>,&nbsp;<a title=\"Teacher4U, LLC\" href=\"http:\/\/www.teacher4-u.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">virtual algebra<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There are many options for funding a &nbsp;university&nbsp;&nbsp;education. &nbsp;This article is directed at ways to &nbsp;assist&nbsp; parents and students &nbsp;to pay for &nbsp;a university&nbsp;&nbsp;education for &nbsp;people&nbsp; that &nbsp;will have&nbsp; to use&nbsp;their own &nbsp;fundingt or with students loans. &nbsp;There are &nbsp;many ways for students to save a lot of money&nbsp; on their college expenses . &nbsp;The<a href=\"http:\/\/indiandemands.com\/demands\/how-to-make-your-high-school-students-college-more-affordable\/\">&nbsp;&nbsp;[ Read More ]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[2964,2963,2962],"class_list":["post-1785","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-online-geometry","tag-virtual-algebra","tag-virtual-math-lab"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/indiandemands.com\/demands\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1785","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/indiandemands.com\/demands\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/indiandemands.com\/demands\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/indiandemands.com\/demands\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/indiandemands.com\/demands\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1785"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/indiandemands.com\/demands\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1785\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/indiandemands.com\/demands\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1785"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/indiandemands.com\/demands\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1785"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/indiandemands.com\/demands\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1785"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}