“If I pay for 100% of my college education, would I be better off if my parents will give me a college graduation present: half of the money they presently plan to pay for my college costs?”
I think that yes I would be better off, most college students don’t get a good job right away and I would use the money for food and rent at my parents house unless I am married. I would then try and find a good job that I could move out quickly (if in my parents house.) I want to become a nurse and according to nursejournal registered nurses make around $31 per hour and that means that they make $5660 per month. I think that it would take a couple months to get into a hospital and then I could move out.
In conclusion I think that the real question is could they pay for half of my college education and no they can’t. If they could then that would be cool but I don’t think that it could happen. It does not mean that they are not great because they are. I am not sure I would want them to pay for half of it anyway because I need to keep working on how to do things on my own.