As I’ve mentioned in my first article I amassed around $35,000 of student debt to pay for my college education. Fortunately, I was able to start an engineering job with a $71,000 salary two months after I left the university in the same city, which has a lower-than-average cost of living. And within the first month of being employed Kubo Queen and I received a windfall of $10,000 (before taxes), which we put all to use towards my student debt. From there, I elected to pay my student loans, whenever possible, $3,000 per month.
I hope you had a great Thanksgiving, and I hope my previous article about it inspired you in being more aware of how you spend your time with family and friends. Today we return to my Kubo King’s Thoughts On College Education series with part 3 (see part 1 and part 2). This will be the second to last article in the series, meaning there will be one last part posted next. Anyway, this article focuses on main strategies for cutting the cost of college education down. So read on!
Two years ago, the year 2016, the percentage of high school graduates who headed off to college was around 70% [1]. Some of them may have had clear goals, plans, and expectations from higher education, and had thought out good strategies for tackling the financial burden it would place on them after graduation. However, I suspect that a large number of them did not have such things, and were only there because they were instructed to be there — to be successful in life. They get to universities with no real plans and no real goals, only armed with the hope that their lives will be better if they study some kind of field and receive some kind of degree. The fortunate ones, like me, end up figuring it out on their own, while the unfortunate ones do not. But, that is why this article exists. I want to help people like you who are unsure about college and do not have parental subsidies to fund a, sometimes hedonistic, college lifestyle.
This is the second part of Kubo King’s thoughts on college education (the first part is found here). He talks about one of the most important issues in higher education. So read on!
Today, if someone were to ask me if I thought a university education is worth pursuing, my answer would be — it depends. I believe that every situation is different. My experience as a college graduate might be different from another college graduate. In fact, my experience as someone who studied computer science and math might be different from someone who studied the same field. However, there is one important thing I wished high school teachers had warned kids about. I think it could have saved my peers from financial and emotional pain.
Hello villagers, as you might have found out in my previous post, Kubo Queen and I went to college. Maybe you were wondering why I went in the first place, or what I think about college education in general. Well, exciting news, today I share with you the first part of what I wrote on the topic. It tells you why I went to college, what I did to make college worth pursuing, why I think it was worth it for me in the end, and a glimpse of the next part. So what are you waiting for? Read on!
