Daley Ponderings
Whatever things are true, whatever things are noble, whatever things are just, whatever things are pure, whatever things are lovely, whatever things are of good report, if there is any virtue and if there is anything praiseworthy -- meditate on these things.
CONGRATULATIONS!!!
Yay, that's so exciting!! Good job!
Congratulations! What an accomplishment.
That is fabulous!!
Congratulations! That is spectacular news.
Do you realize how rare you are? "Debt-free" is not even in the vocabulary of most Americans. I know that a lot of hard work and discipline went into your success, as well as buying an inexpensive house in the first place. :)
I'm proud of you guys!
Getting my college degree without debt is one of the things I am most proud of in my life right now.
For us, that is one of those things we can't really be proud of, since our parents paid for most of it.
I don't know the exact numbers, but doing some rough calculations, I get:
32% need-based scholarships from CMU.
4% academic scholarships
12% summer jobs
11% teaching stipend
41% parents and saved up money from every birthday, etc.
The teaching part sure helped in the last couple years, when I got free tuition in exchange for teaching, particularly since Erica had started college, so my parents weren't thrilled about paying two tuitions...
We found the year we paid two tuitions to be a great one because of the resultant increase in scholarships. From that point of view it was even better than the year Porter was unemployed. If we'd known, we'd have had twins :) or at least encouraged Janet to go to college early.