Date: May 26th, 2010 1:49 PM Author: Razzmatazz Crimson Theater
- went to a CITY UNIVERSITY (2k a semester) out of high school
- got a part-time job and started saving $$$ while in my sophomore year
- went part-time to pursue b2b sales job (salary + commission) full-time for a year
- now just got full-time consulting job @ 60k while finishing up classes part-time at night and on the weekends, paying for each semester CASH while LIVING AT HOME WITH MY PARENTS
- no debt, solid b-school prospects if i keep up my good GPA (3.8) and get a good GMAT score
rate me independently and then relative to the NYU 275k kid
Date: May 26th, 2010 1:54 PM Author: Razzmatazz Crimson Theater
ty man
i never understood why people take on so much debt to go to NYU. then on top of that they don't even take on a part-time job or anything, they just party nonstop when they're not in class. that's great if you can afford it, but if you're facing close to 300k in debt post-graduation you better start waiting tables/bartending at nights.
yeah, but that's partly because I worked in a field that was pretty cutting edge in america, but beginning its development worldwide, I started in NA then went overseas
Date: May 26th, 2010 1:59 PM Author: Razzmatazz Crimson Theater
MAYBE. but my parents are my best friends and i am very grateful for their resources and inclination to always be extremely supportive.
but at least i'm working to change my dependency. i don't have to live with them but i want to save a lot of $$$ while it's still socially acceptable for me to live with them. plus i work so much and am in school it makes no sense to pay 1500/mo. for somewhere to crash at when i already have a place to sleep.
i will pay them back by moving out soon and giving them grandkids before i am 30.
Date: May 26th, 2010 2:24 PM Author: Obsidian foreskin national
yeah probably credited plan then,
you know what I would do if I had to do it over again,
my brother was a CS major and got hook up w/ coop program where he goes and works a semester and then goes to school a semester, been doing that since he was a sophmore,
school I went to, which meets how you defined city college, (I always thought of it as a state school) has the same thing for engineering majors,
would have been a pretty sweet setup if I had been on the ball enough to take advantage of it, appreciate college more the semesters you were there, actually have a little spending money, have better work experience than everyone when you graduate.
i was one of those idiots trying to get into law school, oh well