What would you do?

[EndreM]

Money wont buy you happiness. Unless you got tons of it.

Use the money to get more money, don't waste it on stuff you don't need or stuff that only last a little while.

Use them for something that will get you more, for example school, investing, learning something useful (like welding, reupholstering, etc).

I had some money, and I bought a shit ton of E30's. I was happy, but now I'm broke. I don't regret any of it, 'cause I had a good time, but if I spent it in a smarter way, I would have a lot more of it.

[B Randon]

i was 18 had around 60k, was going to a school. took my cash and helped out my mom, bought some things and saved the rest till i bought my home when i was 20

[cale]

$40,000 isn't enough to buy much long term happiness so forget buying shit, maybe travel a bit on the cheap and then use that to help you get a job you actually like. It doesn't have to be school, but those kind of funds are enough to help you possibly move or help you get through a period where you're useless to an employer. In short, keep that in reserve if possible.

[slammin.e28]

Open a car wash. SRSLY. Make more $$, open another. SRSLY.

I am Jewish....therefore, listen to me on matters of finance. Fuck school. Make $$.

[e30slidewayz]

Are the prereqs for pharmacy school similar or identical to dental school?
Major in Bio?

I assume they're pretty similiar. It's all the general bs plus a lot of bio and some chem. I got a BS in bio with a chem minor and knocked out the prereqs simultaneously. Currently im in a year long pullout program working on my Masters in clinical research. I'm wanting to design and implement clinical trials for new and investigational drugs, plus I'll always have retail to fall back on. It's not difficult to earn 150k as a retail pharmacist... but ill need every bit of that to pay back the loans for what will end up being an 11 year college career.

[Cronopoulos]

Invest it so you can't touch it for 20 years.

[LBJefferies]

The economy is so fucked right now that college is actually a bad idea if you ask me. Granted, it's great to go to college for personal growth reasons but don't go to college expecting to get a job right away or in the field that you study. There are so few jobs to go around that even traditionally high paying fields aren't paying well. To top it all off, tuition is increasing rapidly and in order to pay for school you will have to sign your life away for a 40-100k student loan. It's really just a fucked up situation all around. Personally, I am happy with my (relatively) cheap state school BA. Now I can focus on my career and doing what I want with my life as opposed to being a slave to a student loan.

[Mercury[BKM]]

engineering is HARD and most people don't have the knack for it.. and fail, and become nothing, and my tips that i make at work would make some people go "wait what"


friend of mine had a 2 person table that tipped him 1500 in 1 night (they bought a 3500.00 bottle of wine and ha dinner) and THAT isn't even all that rare to spend for wine (tip should have been 900 bucks but they paid extra)


I work 4 days a week, and make 200-400 a day working 5 hours a day, and i have plenty of time to do whatever i want (which is get through this break up because its costing me everything i have because bitches are expensive)

[evandael]

Man I am so depressed now. College is becoming a VERY depressing thought for me

don't let it be. pick a real program (engineering cough) and suffer through it. study hard, socialize, do it right.



don't fuck up like me and end up with a B. Arts in nothing and have $25K in student loans

[craiggroves91]

Yup! My best friend and my GF are both doing this. My buddy just got accepted to pharmacy school and the GF is in school and is currently and intern working ~20 hours a week at $13/hr. As long as they both do fairly well in school they are pretty much guaranteed $100k will full benefits and JOB SECURITY when they graduate. Not a bad gig at all, too bad I hate/suck at science.

Are the prereqs for pharmacy school similar or identical to dental school?
Major in Bio?

[5Toes]

my graduating class of 152(typo 152, smaller school), we have 1 doc, 1 lawyer, and 2 dentists.

no one else is really doing anything, standard wage slaves, a LOT of them are still trying to pay off their debt from going to school and finishing (whether or not they actually finished doesnt change the fact they still owe money)

ive got 11 really good freinds who we all kept up with each other through the years.
9 went to college me and the other guy didnt

other guy - makes 80k a years writing software for the judicial system (no degree)

Me - i work at III forks (one of the best steak houses in America)im just a server no college or anything, I am not allowed to divulge what we make but i do ok.

5 friends are going back to school to try and get a master degree because their bachelors in everything from comp sci, history, to business isn't good enough these days since there are people with Ph D and masters degrees who cant get a job

1 friend is a internal medicine doctor, sacrified 10 years of his life to go to school, and now works 120 hours a week at a hospital and in his own words, he is a slave to the people, but is making more then 1k per day. (he still has 450,000 in medical school debts)


the other are joining the military to try and pay off their school and learn a trade


its sad when a bachelors degree is the new highschool

Man I am so depressed now. College is becoming a VERY depressing thought for me

[trackjunkie21]

From someone that is going to college, don't go to college. Do you know how much more money I would be making if I stayed in the Fleet services internship and became a Fleet serviceman for the NYPD?

[TurboJake]

Well, the 5000 is 10x better than the 500. So, Stanley i bet there aren't more than 2 people on this forum with the same qualifications as us.

:rofl:

In all reality. It's like, 10x worse.
Also. I doubt anyone on here has ever worked with KRL.

[Joe G]

I promise you, Stanley. Not a single person on this forum has the same qualifications as me.
I doubt there's a person on here that knows a couple of the differences between RSlogix 500 and RSlogix 5000.

Well, the 5000 is 10x better than the 500. So, Stanley i bet there aren't more than 2 people on this forum with the same qualifications as us.

[Joe G]

Pharmacy school... if you can get in (of course that's after 2 years of pre-pharm in undergrad and maintaining awesome grades, or after a getting a bachelor's in my case). 40K would cover most of the tuition, minimal loans, and you'd be making 6 figures once you graduate. Working part time as a pharmacy intern, you do alright financially during school.

Yup! My best friend and my GF are both doing this. My buddy just got accepted to pharmacy school and the GF is in school and is currently and intern working ~20 hours a week at $13/hr. As long as they both do fairly well in school they are pretty much guaranteed $100k will full benefits and JOB SECURITY when they graduate. Not a bad gig at all, too bad I hate/suck at science.