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Will my kids get into college?
My oldest is only in eighth grade, but I am getting panicky about my kids getting into college, and us affording it.
There seems to be an endless barrage of news stories about the highly competitive nature of college admissions today, the constantly rising costs, the difficulty of getting into places like the University of Florida, and on and on and on.
The latest one that increased my anxiety said Florida's state university system may need to cut $92 million, which would include limiting the number of kids who get accepted.
Maybe the situation won't be as desperate in a few years when it's time for my kids to apply. But then again, it probably will be. Are you getting nervous, too?
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Comments
The first place that gets cut when tax revenue decreases is education. However we don't see any windfall when things are going good. Take for example the lottery and how that money is suppose to go to education. You tend to believe that it is extra money for education, but no they just replace money that was suppose to be spent on education in the first place with that money.
It is all just getting worse and worse every year.
Posted by: beth | March 6, 2008 8:19 PM
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