girlfriend not supportive?
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Forget your dream, show her the money! If your education doesn't bring in at least the cost of the education the first year in salary, forget it.
She's being practical, she has 2 kids that are there forever. Most likely, you will be making less and not available to take care of her and her children.
I'd guess she looks at it like this: her life is REAL. She has real responsibilities, today, tomorrow, forever.
Your life is in TRANSITION. You could stick around or not.
So it comes back to money. Kids are more important than your "dream" (sorry, but that's reality). Kids cost money, so does an education (in time and money). If your education doesn't net you a very, very nice increase in salary then it is only for your own ego (again, with kids, that's trivial, at least for the foreseeable future).
Lastly, why NY? You picked the most expensive, most impractical place in the US to go! I'd scratch that off, unless you are getting a MBA from Columbia (and have the $125k for the tuition).
- HijoDMaite0
from school page:
Estimated Part-Time M.S. Tuition and Fees 2011-12,
6 credits per term (3 terms per 12-month calendar year)Tuition for the part-time program is on a per credit basis. The estimated cost of a credit in the 2011-201 academic year is $1,430. Typically, the credit fee will increase by no less than 5 percent each year. (Beginning this summer, the estimated cost per credit will be $1,502.) Students enrolled in the part-time program typically take 6 credits each term, though the student has the option of taking more.
Tuition 18-points $27,027
University Fees $522
Transcript Fee (one-time fee) $95
Technology Fee (one-time fee) $1,000
Enrollment Fee (nonrefundable) $1,000
TOTAL $30,463
Including living expenses (rent utilities, food, travel, personal) of $30,060, the full-time, student budget is estimated at $60,523.I don't have much debt right now. loans, grants and part time work is my plan. I know nothing about New York so this could all be shattered when I find out it doesn't jive financially, you are right.
- 1 word: Brooklyn.QBNdesignr
- 1 word: Newark, NJutopian
- chooses neither brooklyn nor nj for this, both are far from columbia..e-pill
- Harlem...tgqt