Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall. - Confucius
From time to time I will share personal experiences so that you may be able to learn from mistakes I make. In this blog I won't pretend to be perfect at navigating the costs of college. The intention of this blog is to help others with paying for college. Sometimes the best way to help others is to put your own mistakes out there for others to learn from. Brutal honesty is missing from the discussion of paying for college and I won't be one of those personal finance "experts" who glosses over the realities many students face today. The following is a situation that started six years ago and has reached its culmination now.