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ME: Hello
my name is Alexandra Navarro. As a freshmen student in college going to Arizona
State University also known as ASU, and attending school in a time where the
economy is just coming out of a recession is financially hardening. With tuition prices increasing and the price of books and materials rising,
going to college is not as cheap as it once was years ago. In the fall of 2008,
nonresident, undergraduate tuition and fees was $8,976. That is dramatically
less expensive than the $11,489 for tuition for an nonresident undergraduate
degree for this fall of 2012 year. These prices don’t even include the prices
for living on campus which is another couple thousands added to the tuition
just for on campus living. Who would have thought that living off campus would
be easier and cheaper option for students. With tuition rising through the
years, going to college isn’t as easy as it once was. The rise in the need for
scholarships has also dramatically increase along with the number of scholarships
offered. Arizona State alone, in the 2011-2012 school year, thousands of
students were awarded more than $367 million dollars in scholarships.
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ME: I’m
here with Linda Mabe, who’s daughter goes to Arizona State University. As a
mother who has a daughter in her first year of college, paying for her
education must not be easy.
Interviewee: yes having my daughter in college during a
time where the economy isn’t the easiest. When she was applying for college and
filling out the FAFSA report, I was unemployed at the time. This unfortunately
did not get her much money from the government because although I claimed as
unemployed, my daughter on got one grant. With the one grant which did not
cover the tuition and all the fees so along with my portion of the money, my
daughter had to take out to loans to pay for the rest. This was just to cover
the first year at Arizona state.
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ME: In this
economy people are have to either learn to be frugal with their money and be
super savers or take a second job if they can even find a first one.
ME: So how
now that you have a new job and with the economy the way it is, do you think it
will be easier or harder to pay for your daughters second year of college.
Interviewee: It
will definitely be somewhat easier to pay for her education. Having a job
helps. But what will really help us is the scholarships. Last year when my
daughter was applying for college and financial aid, she didn’t know where to
look at for scholarships or which ones
to apply for. But since going to ASU, there are tons of resources for
her to use to help her with that. To help her decide what scholarships to apply
for and to help her on her application.
ME: The
recourses that Linda is talking about is of course the undergraduate student
advisers are always there to help with anything and to answer any questions. Also the Arizona State University website has
a whole section dedicated to the general scholarships offered by the university
and you can also go to the certain college under ASU and look at the
scholarships the specific college offers. For example, the Mary Lou Fulton
Teachers College offers many scholarships just for the teachers college
students.
ME: As a
fellow freshmen at Arizona State, I have also spent a lot of my money for university
events and other college experiences. Tickets for the big football games, and
other activities have also been added expenses.
Interviewee:
Tell me about it, my daughter wanted season tickets for the football games,
outfits for themed parties and other little things like books and materials.
They have added up but they are all apart of that college experience. Luckily,
ASU offers a discount for student season tickets for all the sports, and for
the materials for her classes, the Apple Store offers a discount on laptops and
apps for students. We have also found her books online, and cheaper on sites
like amazon. The little discounts really help in the long run.
ME: The
whole college experience does cost but in the long run do you think it is worth
it? Couldn’t your daughter just not go to college, instead get a job and work
her way up to high management, then later maybe go to college? Or instead go to
community college?
Interviewee:
sure she could have gone to community college but the number of students that
drop out of community college is a lot and, the community college wouldn’t have
the great professors or the opportunities that the university offers. Plus the
community college doesn’t give the real college experience and the freedom for
he to grow up that the university would give her.
Me: In
this rough economic time, given the choice of a university or community
college, even parents choose the university. Arizona State University offers
many scholarships to help pay for the tuition. So although in this rough
economy and the rise of tuition, Even parents agree that going to Arizona State
university is worth the cost.
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