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Public vs Private Unis (pg. 4)
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| SuspicionVandit |
If you use your AAA card at UCSD, you get a free bookmark and bumper sticker. The bookmark is especially important because it is completely blank, almost like they cut a blank piece of construction paper into a 2x6 rectangle, leaving you with a valuable place to store notes, reminders and.......
oh GOD. MONEY DOWN DRAIN
If Obama becomes president, NASA goes under. If NASA goes under, I go under. If I go under, unified field theory goes under. If UFT goes under, the terrorists win.
Oh, and now that I read the first post, go to a community college to fill University pre-requisites and then transfer. |
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| gehzumteufel |
| quote: | Originally posted by SuspicionVandit
Oh, and now that I read the first post, go to a community college to fill University pre-requisites and then transfer. |
For the third time (first in original post, 2nd to sunsnail (:p)) I am.
JC = Junior College = Community College = College. |
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| Trancealot |
This 50,60,70k/year after school sounds nice but here is a reality check.
-Taxes
-Health-care
-401k(if you want)
-transportation(car or rial)and if a car you will need to finance or lease,car insurance, gas, maintanance
-the biggest one:where you will live:Home with your parents for a few years or go on your own??
so basically take your paycheck and take away 75% of it.
Oh yeah I forgot to factor in going out with friends.
My advice..Get your BS then your Master's ASAP. You will have saved alot of stress unlike me. :)
And good luck. Choose a state school and save some $$
PS. wonder what the Stock Market will look like the morning after the prk bill was finally passed:whip: |
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| Domesticated |
| quote: | Originally posted by JD8180
they are willing to put the effort in their schooling to keep the grades up. |
Effort is one thing, but some people just aren't academically smart.
My old man failed his final year at one of the most "exclusive" private schools in this country. At their last reunion of 200 odd people, he was amongst the top ten most successful.
The nine or so others around him were also awful at school, and several of them also failed. The most successful now owns his own clothing label and 100 stores nationwide, amongst other pursuits.
I also know another young guy personally who failed his final year in 2002. He borrowed $5000 from his parents and started buying some obscure part that motor scooters need to operate. By 2005 he owned two factories in China and was a multi-millionaire.
Education will get you a long way, but real intelligence and pizzaz will get you far further. |
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| Domesticated |
| quote: | Originally posted by Trancealot
This 50,60,70k/year after school sounds nice but here is a reality check.
-Taxes
-Health-care
-401k(if you want)
-transportation(car or rial)and if a car you will need to finance or lease,car insurance, gas, maintanance
-the biggest one:where you will live:Home with your parents for a few years or go on your own??
so basically take your paycheck and take away 75% of it.
Oh yeah I forgot to factor in going out with friends.
My advice..Get your BS then your Master's ASAP. You will have saved alot of stress unlike me. :)
And good luck. Choose a state school and save some $$ |
He factored in $40,000 a year for living, which is more than enough to cover all that. |
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| gehzumteufel |
| quote: | Originally posted by Trancealot
This 50,60,70k/year after school sounds nice but here is a reality check.
-Taxes
-Health-care
-401k(if you want)
-transportation(car or rial)and if a car you will need to finance or lease,car insurance, gas, maintanance
-the biggest one:where you will live:Home with your parents for a few years or go on your own??
so basically take your paycheck and take away 75% of it.
Oh yeah I forgot to factor in going out with friends.
My advice..Get your BS then your Master's ASAP. You will have saved alot of stress unlike me. :)
And good luck. Choose a state school and save some $$
PS. wonder what the Stock Market will look like the morning after the prk bill was finally passed:whip: |
Yeah because 75% is taxed :rolleyes:. I live in California where we have relatively low taxes, higher wages than the average job on the east coast, but otherwise similar cost of living.
| quote: | Originally posted by Domesticated
Effort is one thing, but some people just aren't academically smart.
My old man failed his final year at one of the most "exclusive" private schools in this country. At their last reunion of 200 odd people, he was amongst the top ten most successful.
The nine or so others around him were also awful at school, and several of them also failed. The most successful now owns his own clothing label and 100 stores nationwide, amongst other pursuits.
I also know another young guy personally who failed his final year in 2002. He borrowed $5000 from his parents and started buying some obscure part that motor scooters need to operate. By 2005 he owned two factories in China and was a multi-millionaire.
Education will get you a long way, but real intelligence and pizzaz will get you far further. |
I have always said that university education is not for everyone. There are somethings just left to people that do it well, and going to school is one of them. If you struggle too much you will hate it and quit or fail. Might as well not waste your time and money at it.
| quote: | Originally posted by Domesticated
He factored in $40,000 a year for living, which is more than enough to cover all that. |
:) I was making 40k/year last year and it was overall quite fine for me. I had a few things I was taking care of (tickets and ) but I was by no means living in some hole with no money. |
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| Domesticated |
| quote: | | Originally posted by gehzumteufel :) I was making 40k/year last year and it was overall quite fine for me. I had a few things I was taking care of (tickets and ) but I was by no means living in some hole with no money. |
I thought you were jobless up until 6 months ago when you made that triumphant thread? |
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| gehzumteufel |
| quote: | Originally posted by Domesticated
I thought you were jobless up until 6 months ago when you made that triumphant thread? |
I lost my job at the very end of Feb this year. Was jobless for 3 months from then. Then found a job. I make 10k/yr less. :( |
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| gehzumteufel |
| quote: | Originally posted by ********
Quebec has really cheap CEGEPS.
Quebec is one of the lowest cost places to go to school.
If I didn't get free money attending here I'd consider going to a Quebec Uni - once I get my french skills higher. Especially if I could get an exchange or french study program. |
You have Waterloo U there. They are like the MIT of Canada. And you have access to OSAP and other similar things. |
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| Spacey Orange |
| quote: | Originally posted by gehzumteufel
That is the thing, cost wise they are basically the same.
Stanford, if you consider all the fees (they also include a 12k housing figure in this fee) is 52k. UCLA, not including housing, is 38k. They are basically the same. So cost is kind of moot between them. |
how the hell is ucla 38k?:conf:
http://www.registrar.ucla.edu/Fees/...adfees08-09.pdf
for ca residents, school fees are only $8,309. |
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| Fpcookie |
what do you think you will be doing as a nuclear mechanical engineering? ive never heard of that before and i have no idea what it would entail.
if the US job market is the same as here or England you will have no problem getting a job in any type of mech eng field |
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| Sadface |
Yeah dude, if you live in cali any UC will be MUCH cheaper than 50k/year.
Also, no engineering degree will be getting you close to 120k/yr fresh out of college with your bachelors. You'll probably be looking at the 50k range. |
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