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January 09, 2007
Welcome to 2007!
Last night I was watching the Cosby show (and yes I did just start my first journal entry in months with 'last night I was watching the Cosby show') and I was half asleep when I heard Bill Cosby say, "Bennington is the most expensive college in the country right now!" Right away, I snapped to attention, because I have interest in both 1) Bennington, 2) the cost of college, both of those for reasons it would take me way too long to describe.
Anyway, I'm not going to describe the whole scene on the show, but one thing did literally make me say, "OUCH!" out loud. Following saying that Bennington was the most expensive college in the country, they added that the cost of tuition plus room and board was $17,000. That was the MOST expensive college in the country.
Okay, so that episode originally aired in September 1987, but still. Wow.
Because I'm both insane and a nerd, today I decided to compare that to the current most expensive college, George Washington University. Their tuition plus room and board? $49,290. That's almost enough for three full years at Bennington in 2007. And just for curiosity's sake, Bennington, which is 7th most expensive this year, now costs $43,070. And by the way, Oberlin only missed making the top 10 list (which is based on tuition only) by $914. That's just... Great.
Basically, what this tells me, is that my children better be interested in going to trade school. Hope they all want to be mechanics!
Posted to Mindless Entertainment & Miscellaneous & Oberlin at January 9, 2007 02:03 PM
Comments
Wow. That episode originally aired at a time that hasn't happened yet? That's impressive.
Posted by: Koby at January 9, 2007 02:16 PM
Crap. Must fix. Thanks.
Posted by: Rebecca at January 9, 2007 02:18 PM
What episode was that? It's not the one where Charmaine and Pam decide to apply to Bowling Green, is it?
I have a friend who went to Bennington, and I never got the impression that it was super-expensive. Just thought I'd share.
Posted by: Melanie at January 9, 2007 02:45 PM
It's one where Sondra and Alvin decide to start a camping store and "waste" their college degrees. Theo proposes that instead of wasting his degree, he should just get the money they WOULD have spent on college and use that to start a business of his own.
Lauren almost ended up working at Bennington. It definitely doesn't give off that vibe, does it? It seems like it should be some moderately/medium-high priced hippie art/writing school. Eh, who knows.
Posted by: Rebecca at January 9, 2007 03:09 PM
Welcome back to blogland, Happy New Year!!!
Posted by: devn at January 12, 2007 12:52 PM
Hey I see you are keeping an online journal/blog too. Very cool.
Posted by: Lisa Christensen at January 22, 2007 12:36 PM