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I am a sophomore in college and I was really struggling with the ability to pay for school and living. I put in for a pretty big scholarship and I actually got it which means I can stay and not have to worry about getting more jobs.
RegularForcesMedic
Get a job anyway and put the stipend into a CD. Let that free money work for you.
FescueTheBarbarian
Good for you. Hope you take advantage of the opportunity
WeatherWiz
Congrats on not having to pay loans and shit!!!
ImHereToPissPeopleOff
Nice @op! What major?
ShiraZen
WHY DID I SLACK MY FRESHMAN YEAR OF HIGH SCHOOL. NOONE TOLD ME IT WOULD COST 100,000 DOLLARS DAMNIT.
peelingbanana4
Imagine living in a country where you have to win the fucking lottery to get an education!
BigTex1
@op, military scholarship?
BennettUSA1998
Community college... A life saver, fuck universities
Froglip
What is this in the US, education lottery?
KittenNuggets
Aight so when you get a degree you can come work at my bar.
ShmoeJoeHoe
I couldn't afford to make the drive to school. I ended up flunking. Oh well, though. I'm working now and I'll just try again.
Kairamek
Congrats. Be better than me. Do something with your life.
greenplant
Good luck, and do well.
Rossovich
Boom. Upvote for being awesome. Scholarships / full rides are neato, as well as not having the crippling debt.
Letsbehappy7
Congrats!!!
MarkReid11
Make the best of your time in school, this is a gift not to be wasted.
MartialLol
I had a full ride from my school, and stipends from the state. The school took the stipends to reduce their contribution.
ramdomInk
Whoa! Great news, what precipitated this winning? Grades? Football? etc.?
earthquakelover
"Can't afford college". Funny and sad. Sympaties from Europe.
Comet260
We also have "can't afford healthcare" here in the US of A.
NapoleonTrousersnakeBonaparte
Janusha
"sigh" americans and their struggles... The rest of the world has free tuition. Please join the correct century. Its getting embarrassing.
tinyfootprints
Congratulations! I had to drop out bc I couldn't keep my grades up while working full time to pay to live. FML. I have never graduated.
IwilllikelyaskyouQuestions
I did that, went away, worked and went back... And I am SO careful with money now. Almost burnt out b4 Xmas as had to work and study :/
InvolentaryYoga
I got that too, was a pretty cool gig. GI bill
beatingoffinfrontofapegasus
i won a samsung galaxy note once.
anditgetseverywhere
Welcome to the military
MaintenanceGuyHere
Spend the money on books and bank the rest, work for hpusing and food. Use the rest of the stipend money to pay off a portion of a (1/2)
ProudFatherOfaBionicSushiRoll
Just finished my degree only bought one book. Often classmates share PDF's of the book needed for the class.
DarkZalgo
What degree? I've taken at least 4 classes so far where you submit homework through your copy of an online book.
ProudFatherOfaBionicSushiRoll
Computer engineering, some software had to be bought like matlab with simulink and certain math/science courses required online homework.
MaintenanceGuyHere
( Damn 140 limit) highet degree (2/2)
BHPaperstacks
Yo fuck this loser's "advice". Buy a shit ton of adderall and weed and sell if. Quadrouple ur money n'om sayin' homie.
HPCmonkey
Research your industry first before jumping straight into a Masters or PhD.
HPCmonkey
In some Industries, having a Masters or higher without any experience makes you basically unemployable.
ProbablyDrunkAgain
Better yet, let your employer pay for grad school.
screamingshits
oh god at first I read this as "monthly steroids"
gesthemene
football scholarship, then?
screamingshits
or wrestling
ParaBellum96
ROTC?
IgnorantReddit
Yeah, Naval ROTC
ParaBellum96
Fucking rah
camvani
after you graduate do you have to serve in the army?
ParaBellum96
Yes. I think Army ROTC requires 4 years active duty in exchange? I'm not sure, mine is 10 years.
camvani
you have to serve 10 years?!
ParaBellum96
Aviation, my dude.
DoughnutJimmy
Don't waste the money you will now save...
PataRican
Start paying off the student loans you've already taken. Seriously
WeirdEnigma
Oh I'll waste it... Waste it on my Roth IRA! Booyah!
ClamScam
Because your scholarship will be taxable next year!
grimmspoon722
This. So much this.
kutison
Seriously. Even having a 1000 dollar buffer in your account makes a huge difference in stress level.
00LimaRomeo
This. THIS. Plan ahead for the unexpected.
nigglemaster
Get yourself a nice hamburger sandwich with cheese.
BigBeeOhBee
The word your searching for is cheeseburger.
nigglemaster
Thanks large Bob.
TheBestRussian
We get big bank lines of credit for our schooling and several classmates immediately bought brand new fancy cars.
Bot17629A98001
Nice! At least they'll have a place to live
TheBestRussian
Hahaha
Dukeevendar
In Sweden its free . Congratz
legalimmigrant
Free? So no one has to pay in say, taxes?
Lischu
The taxes I'm going to pay in my lifetime could never cover how much my education will cost.
legalimmigrant
Granted, but everyone pitched in for "free" education. Thus it isn't.
Lischu
But most of the taxes are collected from companies. And paying for education is like putting money in the bank. I mean paying for everyones
BeyondShadow
Thanks for making the rest of us feel sad about life.
Lischu
Not me. Free in Finland too. We're actually being paid for studying.
vielleicht
It is free in a lot of countrys
demonic
Again thanks for making the rest of us feel sad about life.
MassivelyEffected
Ours isn't free in England if it makes you feel any better.....
MassivelyEffected
But we do get a guaranteed interest free loan from the gov, that you only have to pay off when you start making over £30K.. happy medium?
ChrisHemsworthsBulge
Well everyone has to pay for it through increased taxes, nothing is free in this world.
Lischu
Well, the taxes we collect from individual citizens is nothing compared to companies.
ChrisHemsworthsBulge
Well, just through google, it looks like it can be anywhere from 30% at the absolute lowest, to the upwards of ~60% income taxes alone.
GoldenRamoth
And in the US, the average middle class person pays roughly 30% after federal and state taxes. Then add in their own Healthcare 1/2
Lischu
Or 0-1% like I have now. Never had over 15%
ChrisHemsworthsBulge
18k kr a year you'll jump to ~31% which looks like the baseline for most people.
Lischu
Sorry. I just checked mine and it seems to have risen to 3.5%
ChrisHemsworthsBulge
Having ~0% I take it you are making less that 18k kr a year then which is ~2k for those in the US. But as soon as you make more than (1/2)
GoldenRamoth
And having to save money their whole working life to pay off college, plus paying for daycare, and even 50-60% doesn't sound so bad. 2/2
ChrisHemsworthsBulge
Much of that is very situational, rates can change drastically from state to state. Someone who doesn't plan on going to a four-year 1/?
ChrisHemsworthsBulge
but instead may plan to go to a trade school, the US tax system may have them better off in the long run.
Lischu
Especially 'cause so many things are free or as close to free as possible.