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as of now, mine are planning on paying rent +. Probably contribute 1k to 1.5k a month. some months it'll pay expenses too... some they'll probably only be able to do rent. when my mom sells our house on the coast and they are living in one place, they'll be able to help more. plus I'm asking for money only for holidays and such, and my grandparents are pretty good about coming off money.

i'll take the max I can next year, and hopefully much less after that.
 
Azadre said:
My friend has decided to go to Berkely for his PhD, and we were looking at the history of Berkely's chemistry program. You guys are awesome.
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If only Jgberken was half as cool as their chem program. But alas, shes not even cool enough to have a FB.
 
Bacchus said:
Thunderstorm? :wtf:
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:laugh:
it's that time of year!
you know it gets worse...to the point where I won't even go outside!!!!

OMBD...hollllllllllllllllllllld meeeeeeeeeeee...I'm scared!!!!! :laugh:

Edit: USC (repping the pac-10 thank you very much) is on TOP of the college football world
 
drizzt3117 said:
Ppl are too worried about debt. Embrace it. Medical education is one of the few investments that is a sure thing! (like oil at $30/bbl)
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Meh, I was raised that the number one personal finance rule is that debt is teh suck. It's served me pretty well so far...

jgberken said:
Hahah yeah...especially if you live in SF. There's really no point in having a car.
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I don't think I would make it minus a car.
 
DrYoda said:
Meh, I was raised that the number one personal finance rule is that debt is teh suck. It's served me pretty well so far...
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What he said. I understand the financial principles behind why this degree is a good investment...but that doesn't stop it from being relatively unknown territory for me.
 
O and Drizz...its easy to say debt wont matter when you wont be in any.
 
I'm the first person to go past high school so we had no idea about loans and handling debt... if I knew then what i knew now I could have saved myself a lot of headaches
 
Neither of my parents are contributing a dime to my education. I need a car (since I drive a piece of crap Mercury Cougar) and my computer is about 6 years old...ugh. My boyfriend will be at WVU while I'm in New York and its looking like saving money from "miscellaneous expenses" in my school budget isn't going to cover much in the way of gas. FML.
 
Funny stuff:

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pianola said:
Yeah, if I can just finagle a scholarship out of the last two schools I'm waiting on + savings I have + help from parents + help from bf + tiny contribution from teaching MCAT on Sundays...

I MIGHT end up with manageable debt. 🙂eek🙂
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sounds like he's going to propose soon 👍:luck:
 
ButImLETired said:
Blah, no financial aid stuff here yet. What could possibly be taking so long?
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you have too much savings in the bank? :laugh:

MCW doesn't release financial aid packet until June or July 🙁
 
SDN2013 said:
you have too much savings in the bank? :laugh:

MCW doesn't release financial aid packet until June or July 🙁
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Well, considering the fact that I currently have -1300 dollars to my name (oh yes, that's a negative sign) maybe they're just scratching their heads wondering how I survive on negative money.
 
Chubs,

I worked through undergrad for COL that was in excess of my scholarship. I should have just taken out loans, as I could have paid down my income for four years with less than a year of my full time work post grad (IB). While the situation won't be exactly the same with med school, with any specialty other than FP, your payback period is probably less than 5 years with the 140-150k debt you're estimating.

One other thing people don't realize is that they may also be able to deduct student loan interest payments as an expense from their taxes depending on how they structure their taxes.
 
ButImLETired said:
Well, considering the fact that I currently have -1300 dollars to my name (oh yes, that's a negative sign) maybe they're just scratching their heads wondering how I survive on negative money.
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BC Let is awesome?
 
drizzt3117 said:
Chubs,

I worked through undergrad for COL that was in excess of my scholarship. I should have just taken out loans, as I could have paid down my income for four years with less than a year of my full time work post grad (IB). While the situation won't be exactly the same with med school, with any specialty other than FP, your payback period is probably less than 5 years with the 140-150k debt you're estimating.
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True..but 0debt is better then 150 debt. I mean thats a little house or a down payment on a big ass house, lol
 
ChubbyChaser said:
BC Let is awesome?
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Sure, or LET survives on credit cards.

Bacchus said:
LET... why do you need financial aid. I thought you were ridin' dirty? (Full ride)

ALso, in other news... my beer goggles are really going to get me into trouble one of these days.
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1) Alas, cost of living isn't covered with the merit money, and I am theoretically still waiting on another financial aid package anyway.

2) Ain't they a treat? Sober, she's a 4. After a few beers, she's a stripper version of Addison Montgomery.
 
ChubbyChaser said:
True..but 0debt is better then 150 debt. I mean thats a little house or a down payment on a big ass house, lol
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That and 0 debt is infinity times better if you have the slightest thought of bailing.
 
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