Andy’s Blog

So I’m looking to become an “official” resident of Arizona in ASU’s eyes, but apparently that’s not going to happen.  I must be completly self sustaining which I am, but according to ASU being independent means making enough money to pay tuition (the out of state tuition by the way) AND enough money to reasonably live.  This means I must make $18,000 PLUS an additional $8,000.  Add those together and I must make $26,000 a year and the real kicker is that the $18,000 for tuition CAN’T come from student loans.  Working a full time job for 52 weeks a year @ 40 hours I must make $12.50 to come up with $26,000 a year.  Factor in the fact that I’m taking 18 credit hours it’s virtually impossible to work 40 hours a week.  Alright so lets do some more math for funsies.  Assuming I work 40 hours a week for the summer and winter so about 5 months and 20 hours a week for the school year working a same job I must make $17.50 an hour which now as I’m writing this doesn’t seem too unreasonable, but still that’s assuming I can work 20 hours per week and balance 18 credit hours.  The thing that frustrates me the most is that I can’t use student loans to pay for tuition.  That shouldn’t matter how I’m paying my tuition because even residents use student loans to pay for their tuition if they have to.