10-31-2008, 12:19 PM
AnonyMoose Wrote:Not suggesting you pack up and move to Georgia, but if your child has a B average, public universities are 100% free irrespective of what the parent's income is. I'm not sure if the kid has to carry the B in high Schoolfor all 4 years as a GA resident to get that full scholarship - I believe it's just the senior year. Then once in College; the money gets disbursed every semester and the State looks at grades once per year to make sure the kid is keeping the B average.Thats good, thats the way it should be, all decent students should have fair access to higher education.
I have 3 kids in college right now (all pre-med biology at West Georgia) and this past semester I think my total cost was like $400 for the 3 kids. There were some fees they would not cover that the school had - I think an athletic fee and a parking fee. The State paid the rest, including some of the books. In a way it kind of screws me, because I think that when the kids all graduate I have some huge federal tax to pay becuase I will still have a lot of cash in the kids 529 plan. Last year my CPA had me buy the kids a new SUV to drive to college with just to avoid some of the fees.
Here is the website, if you are interested.
http://www.georgia.org/Business/Educatio...arship.htm
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