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College students: How do you afford this madness?!
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uh, loans? Why do you think so many people graduate with debt. Youve got 3 options:
1) Work part/full time to pay for it
2) Get mommy and daddy to pay for it
3) Take out some loans
I always worked full time over the summers to save enough money to pay for my rent and stuff during the year. Then I worked part time (10-20hrs/week) over the school year for spending money.
1) Work part/full time to pay for it
2) Get mommy and daddy to pay for it
3) Take out some loans
I always worked full time over the summers to save enough money to pay for my rent and stuff during the year. Then I worked part time (10-20hrs/week) over the school year for spending money.
ebaycj
Diamond Member
Student Loans are common.
Also, you should be able to work approx. 20hours/week for approx. $10 an hour. More if you're smart (lol, yeah right) / resourceful (also lol). By my calculations that's ~$800 per month.
Sell the car. Get a nice bicycle. Now you have over $100 a month to spend on beer, and you will be riding the bicycle all around to burn off all those calories.
More expensive than a bicycle, but cheaper than a car, would be a *CHEAP, OLD, USED* motorcycle. Like this: http://chicago.craigslist.org/nwc/mcy/1640371868.html
You can fix it yourself cheaply (if you teach yourself), chicks like motorcycles (not that it would help you at all), and you get to park basically anywhere. Insurance is much cheaper too.
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Gibson486
Lifer
your calculations forgot tax.
rudder
Lifer
1978... good times...
Gibson486
Lifer
LOL...I wish i had his problem. I did what he did, plus take out student loans, plus work, and now all I have a is a boring job and massive student debt. He has it easy.
Red Squirrel
No Lifer
Take public transit like 90% of other college students. You'll save on buying a car right away, and one thing you missed that will analy rape you: car insurance. When I got a quote to put my car insurance under my name it was over 5k per year.
Make sure to have a summer job lined up so you can be working full time between terms, that way you can pickup money for the next term. At that point you can be living at home instead of spending all that money on rent.
I got lucky with the fact that the college was in my city so I stayed home. My only real expense was tuition and books, and yeah, books will rape you. If you have a choice to not buy a bood, then don't, and see if you actually need it. I had some courses where the books were only opened once, and it was to put my name in it. A huge waste. Ended up in the recycling bin. College books are outdated a year later.
For food, a large pizza costs about 20 bucks and should last you a few days. 😉 Kraft dinner is really cheap too.
Make sure to have a summer job lined up so you can be working full time between terms, that way you can pickup money for the next term. At that point you can be living at home instead of spending all that money on rent.
I got lucky with the fact that the college was in my city so I stayed home. My only real expense was tuition and books, and yeah, books will rape you. If you have a choice to not buy a bood, then don't, and see if you actually need it. I had some courses where the books were only opened once, and it was to put my name in it. A huge waste. Ended up in the recycling bin. College books are outdated a year later.
For food, a large pizza costs about 20 bucks and should last you a few days. 😉 Kraft dinner is really cheap too.
IceBergSLiM
Lifer
rob, cheat and steal its the american way.
Linflas
Lifer
Heh close, 1982 actually. I had a 4 year break before starting college.
Gooberlx2
Lifer
Rent/util: Where is this? That rent could be totally reasonable, or you could suck it up and live on campus (and ditch your car), or find a roommate to split the expenses. My rent was never more than $300/month for a good room, but I lived with 5 other people. The guy with the shitty room got to pay $175.
Food: For a single college kid, you should be able to get by on much less than $200/mo for food.
Car: Ride a bike.
Books: Don't buy the books unless you absolutely have to. Even then, use ebay, craigslist and whatnot. The vast majority of my professors didn't teach out of the books anyway.
Parking: Wouldn't be a problem if you just rode a bike.
It's all about standards bud....lower 'em.
And get a job! Ya bum! /Mick
Food: For a single college kid, you should be able to get by on much less than $200/mo for food.
Car: Ride a bike.
Books: Don't buy the books unless you absolutely have to. Even then, use ebay, craigslist and whatnot. The vast majority of my professors didn't teach out of the books anyway.
Parking: Wouldn't be a problem if you just rode a bike.
It's all about standards bud....lower 'em.
And get a job! Ya bum! /Mick
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meltdown75
Lifer
You don't listen to advice, so STFU with your woe is me bullshit threads.
steppinthrax
Diamond Member
$500 for rent+util /month (REQUIRED) - CHEAP
$200 for food /month (REQUIRED) - CHEAP
$200 for car /month (REQUIRED) - Public Transportation
$350-400 a term for books (YEAH, THAT'S KINDA REQUIRED TOO, DUH) - You would be surprised what you can find at the library and/or using an older edition text-book.
$70 a term for a fucking parking pass (MAAAAAAAYBE IF I FIND FREE FUCKING PARKING, BUT GOOD LUCK WITH THAT) - Public Transportation
!?WTF?!
When doing my undergrade in Computer Science my cost exceeded what you stated. Also you have to understand the cost/benefit outcome. Once you get that degree you will make it back many fold. That's one of the reasons why education is so expensive. Unless you get some Bull degree like english or art.
Capt Caveman
Lifer
This. Get a friggin job loser and STFU.
Schadenfroh
Elite Member
Scholarships for undergrad, research assistantship for graduate school.
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