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  • #11
    Originally posted by ckBejug
    I didn't say no one from a cheaper school gets a salary. I was rationalizing MY going to USC, not anything anyone else did. Also, if I had gone to community college and then transferred then I wouldn't have gotten out as soon as I did.
    Well, to begin with, that isn't true. In fact, you could have even completed college courses at a CC while you were still in high school. But even if it were true, a community college is not the only option cheaper than USC.

    As for my salary, I never said I make only 40K a year.
    Yeah, but that was your entry-level salary, wasn't it?

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    • #12
      Originally posted by loseyourname
      Well, to begin with, that isn't true. In fact, you could have even completed college courses at a CC while you were still in high school. But even if it were true, a community college is not the only option cheaper than USC.
      I'm sure there are plenty of schools cheaper than USC that I could have gone to. However, with my scholarships, the one's I got FROM USC I manage to have loans that amount to however much I would have paid if I went to a cheaper school. So it's not like I am paying outrageous amounts.


      Originally posted by loseyourname
      Yeah, but that was your entry-level salary, wasn't it?
      No it wasn't.
      The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposing ideas in mind at the same time and still retain the ability to function. -- F. Scott Fitzgerald

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      • #13
        By the way, the top three four-year degrees, in terms of average entry-level salary, are Pharmacy, Chemical Engineering, and Economics, at about 80K, 50K, and 40K, respectively. Public schools with very good programs in these subjects include UC Berkeley, UT Austin, the University of Michigan, the University of Virginia, and UCLA.

        Not that I'm criticizing your decision. I know plenty of people who pay far more in loans than you do and make far less.

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        • #14
          Originally posted by !EEK
          Man! I don't get it with you xxK..what is it? You gain money by going to highschool or what? Could someone explain me?

          Or are you talking about investements? Clear my mind
          I dont know if i understood your question.
          60k = $60,000
          I'm saying that my b/f made/makes that much without needing a college degree.
          When I am finished with my schooling I will have spent 3 yrs for BA, 3 yrs for MA (waste of a year grr), and 3 or 4 years for PhD, totalling 9 or 10 years total. When I am done and get a job as an assistant professor I will make about $45,000 a year (if I dont teach summer session).

          Better?
          [COLOR=#4b0082][B][SIZE=4][FONT=trebuchet ms]“If you think you can, or you can’t, you’re right.”
          -Henry Ford[/FONT][/SIZE][/B][/COLOR]

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          • #15
            Originally posted by loseyourname
            By the way, the top three four-year degrees, in terms of average entry-level salary, are Pharmacy, Chemical Engineering, and Economics, at about 80K, 50K, and 40K, respectively. Public schools with very good programs in these subjects include UC Berkeley, UT Austin, the University of Michigan, the University of Virginia, and UCLA.

            Not that I'm criticizing your decision. I know plenty of people who pay far more in loans than you do and make far less.
            Well I got a private school degree and experience on a public school price, AND I guess since I worked the four years of college I already had four years of experience, so I wan't an entry level.
            The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposing ideas in mind at the same time and still retain the ability to function. -- F. Scott Fitzgerald

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            • #16
              Originally posted by Siggie
              I dont know if i understood your question.
              60k = $60,000
              I'm saying that my b/f made/makes that much without needing a college degree.
              When I am finished with my schooling I will have spent 3 yrs for BA, 3 yrs for MA (waste of a year grr), and 3 or 4 years for PhD, totalling 9 or 10 years total. When I am done and get a job as an assistant professor I will make about $45,000 a year (if I dont teach summer session).

              Better?

              I knew about the 60k being 60000 $ but I thought you were given money for going to highschools (I know it's wierd)..it's okay I understand now

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              • #17
                Originally posted by !EEK
                I knew about the 60k being 60000 $ but I thought you were given money for going to highschools (I know it's wierd)..it's okay I understand now
                I wish I could paid for going to school. I'd be a profession student. That's be great.
                [COLOR=#4b0082][B][SIZE=4][FONT=trebuchet ms]“If you think you can, or you can’t, you’re right.”
                -Henry Ford[/FONT][/SIZE][/B][/COLOR]

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                • #18
                  Another option that isn't bad, especially with a science degree, is the military. A person with a four-year degree can enter as a lieutenant, which I believe pays about 45K the first year. You are eligible for as much as a 20K raise your first two years and the pay scale eventually caps out at about 165K for very high-ranking officers. With a science or engineering job, you can actually make a bit more with bonus money paid to officers that do certain work. You can also retire at 50% pension after only 20 years, which isn't bad if you make it into the 6-figure payscale within that time. Plus, seeing as how you're only likely to be in your mid-forties, you can always take a high-paying private sector job while collecting your pension as additional income.

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                  • #19
                    Originally posted by Siggie
                    I wish I could paid for going to school. I'd be a profession student. That's be great.
                    yay

                    What are you studying btw?

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                    • #20
                      Originally posted by ckBejug
                      Well I got a private school degree and experience on a public school price, AND I guess since I worked the four years of college I already had four years of experience, so I wan't an entry level.
                      Well, let us hope you live long enough to make that worthwhile.

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