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Another Slylee crisis...you dont really have to read, it's long, sorry. (pg. 3)
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| pkcRAISTLIN |
| well, since you obviously dont possess the capacity to make your own decisions, it matters little what you decide to do. either way, you will suck, or you\'ll suck then post on here asking people to advise you on how to suck best. |
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| klingklang77 |
| dont stop going to school. think about doing real estate for a bit before you decide to go study for it, the market is good now, but will it be in 10 years? is there a way you can transfer your credits to a cheaper school? but dont leave school. in the long run you will always wish you had that degree that you are working on now. in a few years, life is going to get in the way, and there will not be much time for that. good luck and welcome to feeling lost in your mid 20s. it sucks, but it passes. |
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| jonSun |
| Get your real estate license, I know idiots that couldnt pay me to hire em that are making decent money selling real estate. From what ive heard from friends & family that took the class, said it wasnt too hard. Once you get that, its kinda like getting a degree, but you have the potential to make alot more money than u can with alot of college degrees. Plus with selling real estate your schedual will be alot more flexible, so school is still an option. |
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| AnotherWay83 |
| quote: | Originally posted by pkcRAISTLIN
well, since you obviously dont possess the capacity to make your own decisions, it matters little what you decide to do. either way, you will suck, or you'll suck then post on here asking people to advise you on how to suck best. |
LMAO :crazy: :haha: :haha: |
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| Rostros |
| Follow your heart. Advertising I presume is a make or break career choice, with property you cant go wrong because people are always going to need a place to live. |
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| blazed it |
| get your degree..... i think the bandwagon for real estate has left. Unless miami keeps booming out of control. Cali and NYC have already started cooling down. |
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| Omega_Blue |
| go for whatever you'll enjoy the most, workwise. i would rather have a tier paying job that i love than a higher paying job that i dislike. unless it's like, a million dollars a year. i would mop up for a million dollars a year. |
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| Echo of Silence |
You're only 2.5 years away from a college degree. That college degree could be worth quite a lot of money to you over your life time and could open a lot of doors. A lot of corporations won't consider hiring someone without a college degree though often they don't even care what you majored in. They just want to see that you have one.
Before you officially drop out, I'd say consider ALL alternatives.
Would it make more sense to transfer to a university or college that is less expensive?
Are there ways that you and Craig can reduce your expenses so you don't need to quit?
For the last 6 months, I've been really struggling financially but I've kind of made finishing here my number one priority which means I eat a lot of macaroni (cheap), drink a lot of water (free), go without a lot of so called necessities (no cable, no phone, no new shoes, no shopping blah blah blah). I work in one of the labs assisting with research and now I'm thinking about supplementing that income by babysitting and tutoring...whatever it takes. Quitting isn't really an option. But yeah, lots of sacrifices. I got so tired of saying, "Nope, I can't afford it" that I just stopped saying it.
I think if you give up now, you may go back (some do) but life doesn't usually get easier. There are always bills to pay and responsibilities but maybe if you promise yourself to go back once Craig finishes school, you could pull it off.
And I don't think being a successful real estate agent is as easy as it looks. One of my friend's mom lives in a beautiful community in southern California and she's really attractive and sharp, and she made 0 dollars in her first year and a half as an agent. |
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| Zewad |
i have a feeling the miami lifestyle has brainwashed you into always wanting those "nice" things which require money...
as said in one of the comments above, you'll probably need a degree to do real estate anyway, and also will need that killer drive to make it happen which you also said you dont have...
bottom line for my opinion is for you to continue to stay in school no matter the cost, unless it interferes with paying rent and eating... 2 even 3 jobs is not uncommon for a struggling student trying to find their way... you arent alone in your persut of the big money jobs but it takes time and miami is hard to realize it b/c you see the big money people constantly..
if the art degree isnt your thing then consider transferring whatever credits you have to a CC then from there get your AA then transfer to a state school..(NOT UM),.. state schools can help with paying for classes and UM will only dig you into a mound of debt that will be impossible to climb out of while you are still in your 20s...
wish you the best in your endavors
edit: i just read chrissi's post and was like whoa.. dejavu.. sounds like mine... heh nice one chrissi |
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| Slylee |
ok i slept on it, and i think i'm just going to stick it out at least for another 2 quarters and hopefully that will motivate me again to finish school.
i actually just found a 2nd job that i'm going to start later this month. there is a brand new night club opening up in downtown miami and i'm going to be a cocktail waitress. cocktail waitresses bank in south beach.
i think a lot of you are right about being able to do both. maybe i should just focus on school for the rest of the year, and work my 2 jobs and then maybe some time next year, i can take the real estate courses and try to take the state exam and see if i can do it.
i just hate being broke. i know my boyfriend could get a job, but he is way more focused and motivated than i am about school. he is really working hard. also, when we decided to move in together, he had about 4k in his checking account and i only had a few hundred bucks because i'm paycheck to paycheck, so he put up ALL the deposit money AND first and last month's rent for us...AND he opened an account with a furniture store and financed all our furniture. so he's not like some loser mooch. i just think now it's my turn to help us out a little bit. i definitely owe him a lot of money and i've paid a lot of it back, but i really dont mind getting this 2nd job if it means we'll be able to go out more and maybe shop once in a while and live nicely.
so i think i'm going to try to get my real estate license while i go to school and work 2 jobs. haha
thanks everyone! i needed to type all that, even if no one had read it, i felt better. it was like i was reading my thoughts and thinking things over more clearly:)
oh yea and melly mel, how much do you make in a night, if you don't mind my asking? where do you bartend? i'm really excited about my cocktail waitressing job, but i dunno how much i'm going to be making. i'm hoping it'll be enough so that i can quit my secretary job and go to school more than just part time. |
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| Moral Hazard |
| Jamie, first finish this program THEN examin other options. Real Estate is usually feast or famine. If famine ends up prevailing more often then not you'll want something else, a degree will help in that regard. |
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| Slylee |
| quote: | Originally posted by Zewad
i have a feeling the miami lifestyle has brainwashed you into always wanting those "nice" things which require money...
as said in one of the comments above, you'll probably need a degree to do real estate anyway, and also will need that killer drive to make it happen which you also said you dont have...
bottom line for my opinion is for you to continue to stay in school no matter the cost, unless it interferes with paying rent and eating... 2 even 3 jobs is not uncommon for a struggling student trying to find their way... you arent alone in your persut of the big money jobs but it takes time and miami is hard to realize it b/c you see the big money people constantly..
if the art degree isnt your thing then consider transferring whatever credits you have to a CC then from there get your AA then transfer to a state school..(NOT UM),.. state schools can help with paying for classes and UM will only dig you into a mound of debt that will be impossible to climb out of while you are still in your 20s...
wish you the best in your endavors
edit: i just read chrissi's post and was like whoa.. dejavu.. sounds like mine... heh nice one chrissi |
well the whole thing with my school (The Art Institute) is that they are able to weed out a lot of the required GE courses that a state school makes you take. that really works out for me because i'm 24 and i just dont really have time to learn chemistry and college level calculus and all that. the only required courses i need are some college level algebra, english, and psychology. the rest are my required (fun) courses that i need like marketing, statistics, media law, etc... that's why my degree isn't nationally accredited, but it's still a "bachelors degree". my school IS expensive, but i'd have another year of schooling to do if i transfered back to a state school that's cheaper (like FIU or something). i'd have to take all my history and science/math courses. don't get me wrong, i want to learn that stuff, but i'm kind of on a time crunch here. i need to hurry up and get a degree or do something because i started school late.
and i actually like my school. it's a private art school so the classes are smaller and the technology available is awesome (the labs are sick and there's an awesome print shop on campus and stuff).
chrissi, i know what you mean. i never shop any more and i have to do my own pedicures and manicures (GASP! lol). but there's one thing i wont sacrifice and that's food. i can't live on ramen noodles and macaroni and cheese. i love to cook and i spend a lot of money at the grocery store.
i just think we should have picked a cheaper place to live. that's where we f'd up. oh well. |
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