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[SHC1984]

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yup! haha. the public schools in CA are UCSF and UCSD... just basically the toughest schools to get in plus they're located in cities with insane cost of living expenses. i'm living at home with the parents, took out the minimum i need to JUST get by, and i'm lucky if i can stay under 200k debt when i'm done in 2012. FML 👎 it's not like pharmacists in CA make more either.. usually ~120K.

most of my classmates are like "don't worry, just take out loans, live it up now, and you can pay it off later. you'll be making 6 figures anyways and you can pay it off in a few years" 🙄 freaking kids that've been in school all their lives, sheltered by their parents, and have no sense of the real world. it's not about how much you make, it's about your expenses and how much you'll owe. Yes we make a lot, but we'll also owe a lot (taxes AND loans) and you're left struggling. /endrant 😛

someone also mentioned here that they could buy at 3000-3500 sq ft house for 150K easily where they live. you lucky SOB! here in los angeles, you get a 1200 sq ft shack for 350-400K and that's for the ghetto/undesirable locations. don't say i should move either, because who the hell wants to move to the desert (Inland Empire) and commute 70 miles one way to work in so cal traffic 👎

looks like i'll either be renting or living with the parents forever.

3000 sq ft for 150k???? I don't think so! My family lives in Charlotte NC (a very plain average bore as hell city 🙄) And for 150K you can buy a very average looking VINYL house maybe only 1600 sq ft max. And I live in a crappy city that no one has ever heard of. I am scare to find out where this person lives with that housing price.

I know what you mean about student loans. Taking anything more than 100K to 120K is absurd. I was at dental school and would have had to take out 300K when I am done. THANK GOD I DROPPED OUT WHEN I DID.

 

[diastole]

The house behind me just sold for $180K. It is 3,500 sq. ft., has five bedrooms, 3.5 baths, with a pool. So depressing. I'm in a decent neighborhood just west of Phoenix. The area just went crazy building houses out of empty desert and now prices are crashing big time. I bet you can get 3000 sq. ft. for 150K for a bank owned home without a pool. There are some pretty good deals out there now but you'll pay for it when you get your power bill in August.

 

[ffpickle]

The house behind me just sold for $180K. It is 3,500 sq. ft., has five bedrooms, 3.5 baths, with a pool. So depressing. I'm in a decent neighborhood just west of Phoenix. The area just went crazy building houses out of empty desert and now prices are crashing big time. I bet you can get 3000 sq. ft. for 150K for a bank owned home without a pool. There are some pretty good deals out there now but you'll pay for it when you get your power bill in August.

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WOW. Are there lots of Pharmacy jobs out there?

 

[diastole]

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WOW. Are there lots of Pharmacy jobs out there?

I don't know. The pharmacist at the Air Force base where I volunteer was saying that it is a tough market out there, even for pharmacists. But I did read that WalMart is going to hire a bunch of people, including pharmacists so maybe there is hope.

 

[type b pharmD]

The house behind me just sold for $180K. It is 3,500 sq. ft., has five bedrooms, 3.5 baths, with a pool. So depressing. I'm in a decent neighborhood just west of Phoenix. The area just went crazy building houses out of empty desert and now prices are crashing big time. I bet you can get 3000 sq. ft. for 150K for a bank owned home without a pool. There are some pretty good deals out there now but you'll pay for it when you get your power bill in August.

Yeah, 200k, back at home where some of my family live in WI, would get you that same thing, on multiple acres! since the manufacturing bust has hit.

Knowing that, i expect to be able to live very well as a pharmacist once my loans are paid off.

 

[CopToEM]

3000 sq ft for 150k???? I don't think so! My family lives in Charlotte NC (a very plain average bore as hell city 🙄) And for 150K you can buy a very average looking VINYL house maybe only 1600 sq ft max. And I live in a crappy city that no one has ever heard of. I am scare to find out where this person lives with that housing price.

I know what you mean about student loans. Taking anything more than 100K to 120K is absurd. I was at dental school and would have had to take out 300K when I am done. THANK GOD I DROPPED OUT WHEN I DID.

My family owns a house in Charlotte - my local market is nowhere in comparison to the Charlotte market.

We're talking... 6,000 person population with a max of 11,000 when the University is in session.

3,000 sq. ft. for 150k is easily done here. EASILY. You can pick up about two acres of gorgeous land for about $15,000 as well.

 

[SHC1984]

My family owns a house in Charlotte - my local market is nowhere in comparison to the Charlotte market.

We're talking... 6,000 person population with a max of 11,000 when the University is in session.

3,000 sq. ft. for 150k is easily done here. EASILY. You can pick up about two acres of gorgeous land for about $15,000 as well.

YAY! Someone has heard of Charlotte! yeah my family has houses in Charlotte and Hickory NC. Hickory is a little bit cheaper than Charlotte, but its still hard to find a house thats 3,000 sq ft for under 200K. Unless is very old/damaged. I am assuming that we are talking about brand new houses here.

The only nice place to live at in North Carolina is on Lake Norman. Everywhere else is no fun. However, a pharmacist position on Lake Norman is very hard to come by.

 

[birdlady]

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http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/07/01/student.loans/

 

[SHC1984]

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"Congressional Democrats pushed the income-based plan, public service program and decrease in loan interest rates, all signed into law by former President George W. Bush under the College Cost Reduction and Access Act."

http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/07/01/student.loans/

LOL...Obama isn't anyone special. He is just like all the rest of them. He was caught staring at some woman's ass during a conference meeting. http://politicalhumor.about.com/od/barackobamavideos/youtube/obama-checking-out-girls-butt-video.htm
I will bet money that he will pull a Bill Clinton and cheat on his wife pretty soon too.

 

[bentyl]

LOL...Obama isn't anyone special. He is just like all the rest of them. He was caught staring at some woman's ass during a conference meeting. http://politicalhumor.about.com/od/barackobamavideos/youtube/obama-checking-out-girls-butt-video.htm
I will bet money that he will pull a Bill Clinton and cheat on his wife pretty soon too.

We are all professional and I encourage us to act as one. I saw the scene replayed so many things today and he was helping a young lady behind him come down a stair. Please stop peddling false info and next time verify your source. Thanks

Check ABC.com

 

[DrWrong]

We are all professional and I encourage us to act as one. I saw the scene replayed so many things today and he was helping a young lady behind him come down a stair. Please stop peddling false info and next time verify your source. Thanks

Check ABC.com

If he was ONLY helping that girl down the stairs then Pigs can fly. Every guy is the same, whether hen is the president or a homeless person.

 

[SHC1984]

If he was ONLY helping that girl down the stairs then Pigs can fly. Every guy is the same, whether hen is the president or a homeless person.

I am just wondering who is going to be the next Monica Lewinsky...just give it another 3 or 4 months.