Originally posted by: txrandom
Be like the guy in my CPSC class and be homeless. He saves a lot of money, and the only downside is smelling like you haven't showered in ages.
Originally posted by: Special K
Originally posted by: txrandom
Be like the guy in my CPSC class and be homeless. He saves a lot of money, and the only downside is smelling like you haven't showered in ages.
There was a grad student who lived in our engineering student lounge for quite awhile before the police escorted him off campus. There was a refrigerator and microwave in there, along with lots of sofas. There were also showers in certain bathrooms in the engineering building, so I suppose someone could conceivably live there.
He probably didn't draw any attention to himself at first because lots of students would take naps in that lounge after pulling all-nighters.
Originally posted by: Gibson486
Originally posted by: moshquerade
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It's too bad my gf's sister in FL was stupid and did not even try. She had a 3.9 GPA in high school and a 1400 SAT but she claimed it was not good enough for college because she "knew it wouldn't be". She did not even bother to apply to colleges and decided to get high and drunk instead. She ended up going to the army because they would pay for school, but she then got kicked out. She got married, then divorced in one year. She is a dumb smart ass that thinks she knows the world. She is now stuck in Birmingham, AL making $9/hr and working 60 hours a week. Why she is there? "Oh, they have a tuition reimburement program...I am gonna go to community college". At 21...she has not changed one bit....oh well...it is her life, not mine.
Originally posted by: princess ida
Work more and find higher paying jobs.
Originally posted by: Gibson486
Originally posted by: moshquerade
yeh, Florida college students can also thank the tourist dollars that are pumped into the state for that one.Originally posted by: Anubis
Originally posted by: mrSHEiK124
Originally posted by: Anubis
Originally posted by: DLeRium
Originally posted by: akubi
find roommates. $720/mo rent for a college student is utter stupidity. move into the student dorms if that's an option.
Uh do you KNOW what you're talking about? I lived in Berkeley and 2 BRs were going for 1900+ last year. My apartment was listed for 1990 /mo when I moved out. Guess what I moved in at? 1490. Split 2 way that's PRETTY DAMN GOOD in Berkeley. I tell anyone what I paid for rent and they were amazed. Yeah. I have friends at Davis paying sub $500 for their own room, but tough. People who go to Cal or UCLA pay top dollar for rent.
I paid $1010 / month in the dorms for a TRIPLE. Screw that. It's like 12k or something for a double per year, and divide that for 10 months and you're paying 1200+. I can get a studio for less than that.
this is why cali sucks
for 1500-2k a month you could buy a 3000+ sqft house where i went to college
Jesus, California sucks ASS. You pay as one person what me and 4 other guys were about to on a house, COMBINED. Course, that didn't work out, and now me and my roommate are paying $510/ea for a 1100 sq. ft. apt. 3 miles away from campus. And we're moving farther away from campus to newer, nicer apartments for cheaper, $400/ea and slightly larger. The drive is 10 miles vs. 3 miles, but I'm kind of sick of being everyone's party place and hangout. Now I'll only be seeing people at home when I actually want them there.
Oh, and in Florida, get a 3.5 weighted GPA in high school and a 1270 SAT/28 ACT and you get a 100% scholarship to any university in the state, plus some cash for books. 3.0 weighted and 970 SAT/20 ACT gets you 75% at a university, 100% at a community college. Hooray for lotto money.
wow thats a pretty kickass deal,
It's too bad my gf's sister in FL was stupid and did not even try. She had a 3.9 GPA in high school and a 1400 SAT but she claimed it was not good enough for college because she "knew it wouldn't be". She did not even bother to apply to colleges and decided to get high and drunk instead. She ended up going to the army because they would pay for school, but she then got kicked out. She got married, then divorced in one year. She is a dumb smart ass that thinks she knows the world. She is now stuck in Birmingham, AL making $9/hr and working 60 hours a week. Why she is there? "Oh, they have a tuition reimburement program...I am gonna go to community college". At 21...she has not changed one bit....oh well...it is her life, not mine.
Originally posted by: LongCoolMother
he's right. I'm at UC Berkeley and my first year I lived in the crappiest/cheapest/shittiest student housing. It was a 4 person dorm suite, with communal bathrooms, etc. $13,000+ for the year (9 months). The other, more typical dorms that most students live in are more... ~$13,000-$15,000 for a small double, and sometimes single You could go cheaper with triples, but those were horribly cramped to live in, and it wasn't even offered as an option to me.
I forgot to mention that I've since moved off campus to some apts. I'm splitting the rent at $1700/month, 2BR, not including utilities/internet with a roommate. Luckily for me, my parents are footing the bill for all things related to my education. I try to work to help with the cost, but if they didn't pitch in, I'd be in deep sh!t.
I wonder what the nutritional information is like. That can't be healthy to eat long term.Originally posted by: akubi
pasta and beans, good bang for the buck.
or if you have weak taste buds you can try http://www.costco.com/Browse/P...browse=<=en-US&s=1
Originally posted by: Kyteland
I wonder what the nutritional information is like. That can't be healthy to eat long term.Originally posted by: akubi
pasta and beans, good bang for the buck.
or if you have weak taste buds you can try http://www.costco.com/Browse/P...browse=<=en-US&s=1