Paintball+College=??

[Troy]

College and paintball can coexist. Apply for grants and what not to help with the cost of school. If you are good and lucky enough you may be able to get on a sponsorred team.

What ever you do remember school comes first or you will end up like me... a 24 year old freshmen.

If you have to take a test early because of a tournament tell the professor you have to work. They all seem to laugh when I tell them I can't be there because of a paintball tournament.

Good luck.

[Devil]

I'm a fresh-wo-man in college and I live on my own...been out of my parents house since June...plus I pay everything...my car payment,insurance, food, clothes, phone bill, rent...all of it...also, I'm only a waitress...(although I'm looking for a new job) ... the thing is, that you do have to watch your $$, but you should be able to handle it... I just went to the GA:AO meet at GApaintball2.0 ... it was expensive as crap! I spent over $200 bucks and I didn't even buy my paint($80 a case...too much) so yeah I have to work a few extra hours and get off my lazy butt...but they can co-exist!

[Sinnet]

thanks for the advice troy, devil...


devil- welcome to AO! Our awful male-to-female ratio is... still getting worse, probably, but good to know there are some paintballing girls out there!

[143Paul]

Ask yourself

Never tell yourself you can't afford something...always ask yourself How you can afford it.

I paid for paintball through collage by working at the paintball field on the weekends. They were kind enough to pay me in credit and gave me a discount on gear.

Field owners are always in need of knowledable people to work for them. And if you do your best for them they will reward you nicely.

Good luck.

[temps]

Simple.
Just Say no to School!

j/k What ever you do don't let school get in the way of paintball!! wait I think I worded that wrong.. EDIT: What ever you don don't let paintball get in the way of school. Keep your prioritys straight! No you won't be able to play in every tourny and play two times a week any more BUT you don't have to stop playing.

Oh and if you ever get withdrawl simpotms from not being able to play paintball you can always fall back onto life's second best thing, PIE!

[AutoMaggot]

My college costs $33,000 a year, also rated as one of the top 20 best-value colleges in the country... anyhoo... I still play every weekend, and I was picked up by a local team. The key to affording it is SAVING ALL SUMMER LONG, or finding an on campus workstudy/job.

However, the only crappy part is bringing my Freeflow... I have to hide it in my car

[einhander619]

sophomore here, I live off campus, but I had an ongoing war with my RA over my RT last year. Living in a house has sucked my splurge budget dry and I had to sell my RT to finance the house and my other passion, snowboarding. I got a job in order to have enought to play over the summer, but that's not easy being a full time engineering student! It also doesn't help that my school is a typical close-minded catholic joint that won't recognize paintball as an a club worthy activity. (We've got a cheese club, for god's sake!) If you've got the drive, go for it. College will test your love for the game, though, be sure of that.