My brother is in Chicago....which is a good five or six hours from here. He just graduated in May (08!), and he's starting at the Art Institute of Chi-Illinois. IT all sounds dandy until you've heard the whole thing. Basically, he has to take out a shit ton of student loans, because he refuses to accept the fact that he may be too broke for out-of-state tuition. Partially because he started at a diff. University in Chicago two weeks ago, didn't like it, and applied for A-I a few days later...and partially because he has no scholarship $$$ because he did everything last minute.
I mean, getting out of-town is cool and all, I even plan to be in New York or Cali somewhere when I transfer (next year)...but saving money is important. Even more important, is realizing the time and place for everything. He has the place.....but is this the right time?
Maybe he should've applied A LOT earlier (like....months earlier), but now, the costs are so high...and he's STILL waiting for all his financial aid to go thru.
AI is around 26,000 a year with partial housing arrangements (my bro said partial...) and he still doesn't have a pantry worth of food, a closet worth of clothes, a case worth of gatorade, or a laptop and a good pair of shoes to his name. We're not that broke, my brother just enjoys hanging out more then he enjoys saving.
Sometimes I feel like I'm the responsible one. Staying here, working and going to school, both full time, making sure the house is in order and my sisters and mom are okay.
Now that I'm making a little more money, I'll be helping pay off the extra monthly bills so that they'll be completely eliminated before I move out (this time next year); and my younger sister will have a dependable car. (She'll be 17 in Jan.) I just cant get up and leave, when we are still in the process of getting back to living regular debt-free lives. There has to be a small emergency fund, or at least a breaking even of money....
i don't know.....
but i definately AM more responsible.....or at least more confronted by the situation...
And he wants to work.
I mean, getting out of-town is cool and all, I even plan to be in New York or Cali somewhere when I transfer (next year)...but saving money is important. Even more important, is realizing the time and place for everything. He has the place.....but is this the right time?
Maybe he should've applied A LOT earlier (like....months earlier), but now, the costs are so high...and he's STILL waiting for all his financial aid to go thru.
AI is around 26,000 a year with partial housing arrangements (my bro said partial...) and he still doesn't have a pantry worth of food, a closet worth of clothes, a case worth of gatorade, or a laptop and a good pair of shoes to his name. We're not that broke, my brother just enjoys hanging out more then he enjoys saving.
Sometimes I feel like I'm the responsible one. Staying here, working and going to school, both full time, making sure the house is in order and my sisters and mom are okay.
Now that I'm making a little more money, I'll be helping pay off the extra monthly bills so that they'll be completely eliminated before I move out (this time next year); and my younger sister will have a dependable car. (She'll be 17 in Jan.) I just cant get up and leave, when we are still in the process of getting back to living regular debt-free lives. There has to be a small emergency fund, or at least a breaking even of money....
i don't know.....
but i definately AM more responsible.....or at least more confronted by the situation...
And he wants to work.
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