I'm actually headed to Michigan Tech myself next fall - as a grad student in their Industrial Archeology program. Nice campus, but not much goes on up in the UP of Michigan....except snow.
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I just got a full-ride to my school of choice!!!
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Lord Blackadder said:
Well the snow is cool if you enjoy it, Winter Carnival is a blast. If you have a chance, stay the summer, they are short but the summers are beautiful.
Edit: clarity... maybe...
Congrats!
Free piece of advice.. go to all your classes and don't **** around. This is your future and should not be dicked with.
You probably already knew that, but it never hurts to remind someone..
Free piece of advice.. go to all your classes and don't **** around. This is your future and should not be dicked with.
You probably already knew that, but it never hurts to remind someone..
Hey, that's great! Congrats and happy holidays - what a great gift. I'd still consider checking in to at least a part-time job on or around campus - I found that working throughout college actually helped me balance my schedule better than had I just gone to classes alone. Plus, you know, it's that experience thing that employers like to see in new college grads.
It's just an expression that means all of his university expenses (room & board, tuition, books, and a $600 stipend over 4 years) will be paid for by the university.raggedjimmi said:
Congratulations, Littleodie914! I'm sure that you worked hard for this, and that your parents are very proud... and relieved.
atszyman said:
Actually, even though Houghton will become my permanent residence, I'll only be spending winters on campus, since my summers will be spent doing thesis work elsewhere - so I'll only see the worst weather than Michgan has to offer.
Lord Blackadder said:Actually, even though Houghton will become my permanent residence, I'll only be spending winters on campus, since my summers will be spent doing thesis work elsewhere - so I'll only see the worst weather than Michgan has to offer.
Actually it's not the worst Michigan has to offer. Since you are surrounded by Lake Superior you have a nice warming effect that means you generally get weather that's not too frigid with a lot of snow. It only gets really bad when Lake Superior freezes over so that the winds don't get the warming effect of the water. This happens very rarely though. Cities to the south and more inland will get colder with less snow so as long as you like the snow you're in good shape.
atszyman said:
Well, I was born and raised in Cleveland OH so "lake effect snow squalls" and other sudden nasty weather events are part of my upbringing. I fear them not.
strydr said:
I call bull****.
Tuition, room and board there is $49K/year. That's less than $200K for four years. Even if she borrowed for her entire undergrad tuition as well, she shouldn't be over $400K for both undergrad and med school, total.
Yeah, but she'll be a doctor. After a few years of purgatory in residency, she'll be able to pay that off in 10 years, max. After that, she'll have the nicest car, house, and computers on the block.Lord Blackadder said:
wordmunger said:
Well, she's borrowed for her entire school tuition, plus rent for her apartment, plus money to support her child. Yes, she will be financed close to a million. Plus she bought her car with the loan. Plus she supports her husband (he barely makes enough to put gas in his car). I have seen the bills, I ain't bull shittin.
Edit: I just did the math on her rent. 6 years @ $1,500 a month is $108,000. I've never had a kid, but they can't be cheap- Box of Pampers = +/- 49.95 (froogle)- box lasts 5 days. that's 3,650 a year, just for diapers. now you gotta buy food to fill those diapers.., plus clothes, plus.....
wordmunger said:
Too bad for her, she's a down to earth kinda lady. When she graduates, she's headed back to her small town in Colorado, to practice medicine for the less fortunate. She's a very humble person, I don't see her driving a Mercedes any time soon.
Ya, I actually visited with the guy I'm rooming with in the fall (early August), and it was amazing. We were just visiting to get a feel for the campus and surrounding area, and were amazingly impressed. I'd love to spend a summer up there some time, do a lot of people do that? I wouldn't want to stay up there and then have it turn out that everybody else went home! When I went up there December 3-6 for the finalist portion of the scholarship, it was quite snowy, but living in Michigan I've already built up quite an immunity to the cold.atszyman said:
I really enjoy snowboarding, which helps, and I've conditioned myself during late cross country and early track season to run outside (shorts & t-shirt usually, even when it's really cold).
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Chundles said:
She works a secretary at hospital in the summer. She makes like $3000 in a summer. My parents don't want he to graduate and then have absolutely no money cause she'll be paying off her college bills until she's pretty old.
At least if she becomes a doctor she'll make $30,000 a year in her residency and then when she becomes a full doctor she'll be making $200k - $300k eventually.
Again, they gave all the school scholarship money to students who would already get a full ride from financial aid. Obviously, we did not get that like most upper-middle class, white, new englander. She worked really hard in high school and she is in her sophmore year of college. She is pleased to report she got a 98 on her spanish 5 midterm and a 99.5 on her chemistry exam. How they heck is anyone that smart. Again, she goes to Tufts which is known for how difficult of classes it has. She was also accepted to Dartmouth, Johns Hopkins, Amherst, Welsley, and a couple high end school for that.
As for me, I am a freshman in HS. I'm taking the highest level courses I can, and I'm getting honors on my reports card, I only got 2 "B"s. I play soccer, swimming, and lacrosse. I was the lead scorer for my soccer team in the fall, and I'm very fast which is what really makes you stand out in lacrosse. I'm in the Leo Club and the Treasurer of my class.
Littleodie914 said:Hey guys, I'd just like to thank you all for the warm replies and congrats.
enjoy school...with a full ride scholarship, or part scholarship for that matter, you have the luxury to explore what you want to do more than one who is forced to work their way through school and compelled to declare a major based on financial stress
i have taken classes in both the computer hardware side and the software side and they are diametrically opposed and require very different mindsets...the biggest mistake some people make is that they try and master both and end up really mastering neither...both are such deep, time consuming majors it's best to choose one or the other as to really master a subject (both in undergraduate and graduate school)
but you have some leeway since you have that scholarship, so take your time, and again, really enjoy the subject/major you choose...plus you won't have to settle for a terrible, yet high paying job in order to pay off a huge student loan...you can do what you enjoy and if you are lucky, then you may get paid highly...anyways, no money is worth doing something you hate and again, that scholarship gives you a $66,000 dollar edge not to have to think utility
wordmunger said:
when did you go to school? he he...come visit stanford sometime...that's all i have to say...cost of living in the bay area is astronomical and that includes gas, food, and if the masters of the universe of the bay area (the ones who settled here first) can find a way to charge for oxygen, they would!!
EDIT: ok i looked at your bio and you are from my generation (i am a few years older than you) and when i looked at petersen's/gourman or some other guide to schools, it's amazing how much tuition is at some schools...equally frightening is the cost of living in some of the cities where some schools reside
when i went to school at cal poly, tuition/room/board was under $300 dollars a quarter (10 weeks) and books were about $200 a quarter, and my rent, after that off campus was $267 a month, but i had a friend whose girlfriend paid $700 dollars a month for her room in an apartment in west los angeles where she went to school at ucla...and that was in the mid-80s when you and i went to college
but the cost of room and board at cal poly and the rent in the area of san luis obispo have outstripped inflation, and even more so in west los angeles
now those examples are state run universities
college, especially private universities, are fast becoming out of reach for most of the middle class and at this pace, may only be the stomping grounds of the rich kids
add in the hidden costs of travel in summer, spring break, and christmas, going out to restaurants with the friends, and buying non essential stuff in four or more years of college, and the total bill ends up being far more than expected
wordmunger said:
lmao
how many doctors pay their bills off in 10 years? my wife's family has 7 doctors/dentists in their family and if you can find the formula for a ten year pay off, then please send me the formula and i will sent it on to them
the docs who make the big money have their own practices...malpractice insurance can be $100k, and opening up an office and getting the equipment and staff are a big capital investment...and insurance companies like blue cross don't pay the full ride on what they supposed to pay for to the doctor...i learned a lot when i worked at an accountant's office that specialized in doing the books/taxes for doctors and other medical professionals
wealth made through being a doctor or dentist is made over the long term and if you want to make big money fast, either win the lottery or consistently hit well over .300 in the majors
Littleodie914 said:
Don't worry, there are plenty of people who stay up there for the summer. Enough to make you feel like your not alone but not quite so crowded as the rest of the year which makes for a very pleasant time.
Congrats! You are very fortunate to get that full ride - Lots of very smart people don't.
So don't f@#k up when you get there!
So don't f@#k up when you get there!