[geeks] Graduation

[Joshua D Boyd]

On Mon, May 13, 2002 at 03:18:16PM -0400, Michael A. Turner wrote:
> 	I got by with nothing more than working full time and using the hope
> and lifetime learning credits. Those two tax breaks payed for 50% of my
> schooling and drastically reduced the costs. I also exploited a loophole in
> my schools paying system to my advantage. They are so money grubbing that
> they will not kick you out of a class for any reason once you are
> registered.
> 	I Figured out ,through an unfrotunate accident ,that they did not
> start tacking on late fees or interest until finals where done for that
> semester (then the late fee was steep, rufly 75%). So I would register for
> class in the fall, pay as I got payed, then for the spring semester register
> for classes and file my taxes as fast as I could. As soon as the money that
> I had spent on classes last semester came back in the form of a tax check I
> would give it to the school to make them happy. Took some good timing but I
> managed to pull it off. 

My school drops you if you don't pay before classes start.  

I could have paid for most of it via a state grant, but that grant had the 
strings attached that I'd have to stay working in the state one year for
every semester I got the grant.  So, I made do with out it.

-- 
Joshua D. Boyd