I want to live like the animals... careless and free!
Okay so i've been thinking about this on and off all day. I had another massive anxiety attack last night pondering what i'm going to do with my future... it sucked... really affects my sleep and junk. So i REALLY REALLY sat down with all my Australearn stuff last night and sort of made a financial plan so i can make a proposal to the parents when i go home for Thanksgiving next week. *deep breath* In terms of schooling i've been pretty spoiled. We're reasonably well off and so far my parents have paid for all my undergrad stuff, but i need to stop being such a huge financial burden since they still have to put my brother and sister through college. Why my brother didn't apply for any scholarships even though he's a genius i'll never know but there it is... AND also he went to a private high school. WTF... i should stop being the Responsible Oldest Child... >.<
So far my proposal involves getting student loans. Does anyone know where to get student loans at a reasonable rate? I think i might actually talk to Steve about it since he says he's paying off his student loans at about $300 a month... Basically i'm pretty bent on going to Australia for grad school. The tuition itself isn't going to be TOO bad. It's about $25,000 AUD a year which roughly translates to 22,000 and a little more in US dollars... that's less than what i'd pay to go to school out of state... It would be less than i was paying per year when i was living on campus at UCSD, too. However, therein lies the problem because boarding is kind of expensive... if i could find a one-bedroom flat, that's ~680 AUD a month, which isn't too bad. I'm looking at James Cook University Cairns as my top choice (45 MINUTES AWAY FROM THE GREAT BARRIER REEF AND TWO HOURS SOUTH OF MANGROVE/RAINFORESTS... GASDAWELKJASLDKJAS), and they have a student lodge that's really close to campus. Living there costs about 880 AUD a month, but that's a single room in a three bedroom apartment setting AND includes meals, cleaning services, internet, a land line, swimming pool, and other things... not too shabby, really.
Best case scenario is that i'd get my masters in 1.5 years doing coursework. That's the approximate time given in the brochures. It will most likely mean not going home for that long. I don't like to admit it, but sometimes i do get homesick... especially when i'm not feeling well. Whew... I have to continue thinking about this. I could hypothetically take a year off and work to save up some money to go, but i really want to just go right away and come back and to my aquarist thing. That would be ideal. Given the fact that for this application i don't need GREs OR teacher recs, i could be on my way to getting my masters by July of next year... or Feb. 2009... they have rolling acceptance dates. (Another plus!) But yeah... *Breathe* i'm kind of excited about it, but kind of scared about the money stuff...
We'll see... thanks for listening to my reasoning if you in fact did...
LOL. I'm like one of those nerds on "Big Bang Theory". That show is awesome to me because the things they talk about are things i UNDERSTAND. Makes me feel like a dork. xP
So far my proposal involves getting student loans. Does anyone know where to get student loans at a reasonable rate? I think i might actually talk to Steve about it since he says he's paying off his student loans at about $300 a month... Basically i'm pretty bent on going to Australia for grad school. The tuition itself isn't going to be TOO bad. It's about $25,000 AUD a year which roughly translates to 22,000 and a little more in US dollars... that's less than what i'd pay to go to school out of state... It would be less than i was paying per year when i was living on campus at UCSD, too. However, therein lies the problem because boarding is kind of expensive... if i could find a one-bedroom flat, that's ~680 AUD a month, which isn't too bad. I'm looking at James Cook University Cairns as my top choice (45 MINUTES AWAY FROM THE GREAT BARRIER REEF AND TWO HOURS SOUTH OF MANGROVE/RAINFORESTS... GASDAWELKJASLDKJAS), and they have a student lodge that's really close to campus. Living there costs about 880 AUD a month, but that's a single room in a three bedroom apartment setting AND includes meals, cleaning services, internet, a land line, swimming pool, and other things... not too shabby, really.
Best case scenario is that i'd get my masters in 1.5 years doing coursework. That's the approximate time given in the brochures. It will most likely mean not going home for that long. I don't like to admit it, but sometimes i do get homesick... especially when i'm not feeling well. Whew... I have to continue thinking about this. I could hypothetically take a year off and work to save up some money to go, but i really want to just go right away and come back and to my aquarist thing. That would be ideal. Given the fact that for this application i don't need GREs OR teacher recs, i could be on my way to getting my masters by July of next year... or Feb. 2009... they have rolling acceptance dates. (Another plus!) But yeah... *Breathe* i'm kind of excited about it, but kind of scared about the money stuff...
We'll see... thanks for listening to my reasoning if you in fact did...
LOL. I'm like one of those nerds on "Big Bang Theory". That show is awesome to me because the things they talk about are things i UNDERSTAND. Makes me feel like a dork. xP