do you have your college diploma proudly displayed??? And how much did the piece of paper cost you?

[ZobelDeAyala]

I'm still currently working on mine and yes i will display it for all to see. 

[WhiteFlag]

in the process of getting it, it's still undergoing verification and stuff so I won't get it for another several months. 

 

When I do get it, I'll probably keep the original framed and displayed at home, maybe a copy at my office if I ever get one nice enough. 

 

Cost me about $40k, but I managed to get through without student loans or anything 

[sakurahanabira]

my diploma hasn't come yet

[GodBot]

I burned it.

[Almondandlime]

in the process of getting it, it's still undergoing verification and stuff so I won't get it for another several months.

 

When I do get it, I'll probably keep the original framed and displayed at home, maybe a copy at my office if I ever get one nice enough.

 

Cost me about $40k, but I managed to get through without student loans or anything

Where do you live? Did you get a lot of scholarships?

[WhiteFlag]

Where do you live?

 

Went abroad for college and dipped into a fund my grandpa, bless his soul, left for me Used pretty much all of it, but it was for a good cause. Managed to finish med school within 5 years, and now I have no debt and I'm currently just taking the year off before I apply for residency. 

[Almondandlime]

Went abroad for college and dipped into a fund my grandpa, bless his soul, left for me Used pretty much all of it, but it was for a good cause. Managed to finish med school within 5 years, and now I have no debt and I'm currently just taking the year off before I apply for residency.

 

You finished med school with no loans? Damn I'm jealous...

[night vale.]

my diploma hasn't come yet

[WhiteFlag]

You finished med school with no loans? Damn I'm jealous...

 

the blessings of going abroad lol. I had to pay upfront for it though, which made it super scary, but the cost of living was minimal so it wasn't bad at all. I was told that I could still apply for loans if I wanted to, because I was entitled to it as an american citizen/a resident in the US, but I didn't really look into the process since I lucked out in being able to pay the amount beforehand. I'm glad I don't have to deal with student loans, tbh, but I had to work like crazy to get through the entire process. It was insane, I don't know if I'd recommend it to anyone else anymore. 

[gummybear_dragon]

You finished med school with no loans? Damn I'm jealous...

my thoughts exactly tbh, and that quickly. It's a feat.

 

 

Went abroad for college and dipped into a fund my grandpa, bless his soul, left for me Used pretty much all of it, but it was for a good cause. Managed to finish med school within 5 years, and now I have no debt and I'm currently just taking the year off before I apply for residency. 

What occupation are you going towards? Med school in 5 years has me curious.

[chaedy10]

About $25K now cos I decided to study again. =.=

Will probs be paying it off for a while cos I also quit my job.

[Sully]

Nah it's put up in a drawer. It cost me to much damn money (will be paying it off till I'm 50 probably).

[xharuharux]

in the process of getting it, it's still undergoing verification and stuff so I won't get it for another several months. 

 

When I do get it, I'll probably keep the original framed and displayed at home, maybe a copy at my office if I ever get one nice enough. 

 

Cost me about $40k, but I managed to get through without student loans or anything 

yaaas boo slaaay <3 

 

 

 

and my uni degree is 40k and I'm still in the process of finishing it up x( 

 

the off to do my masters which will be even more $$ 

[WhiteFlag]

my thoughts exactly tbh, and that quickly. It's a feat.

 

 

What occupation are you going towards? Med school in 5 years has me curious.

 

I'm looking into getting into internal medicine, followed by a fellowship in pulmonary medicine/critical care. I want to work in either of the fields. 

 

 

Lol, so the reason why I went with going abroad was exactly bc of this though. In the US, you have to apply for undergrad school, finish that, apply and hope for the best for med school, and then hopefully get into a residency. Then there's the amount of loans you'd have to take out for every single semester, so when I was talking to some of my friends, I found out that I knew some people who had gone abroad. 

 

I had a cousin who'd gone to Hungary, a couple of family friends who went to the Caribbean, some who went to Prague and then several had gone to India. I made a HUGE list of pros and cons about staying in the US vs going abroad, and while it's still going to be difficult for me to match into the US as a foreign medical graduate, I don't regret it. 

 

Would I encourage others to do the same? Depends on where they go. 

yaaas boo slaaay <3 

 

 

 

and my uni degree is 40k and I'm still in the process of finishing it up x( 

 

the off to do my masters which will be even more $$ 

 

ty love

 

awww what are you getting your degree in?

[Almondandlime]

my thoughts exactly tbh, and that quickly. It's a feat.

 

 

 

What occupation are you going towards? Med school in 5 years has me curious.

In the US med school is 4 years, but that's after you get an undergrad degree.

[Vanilla Cupcake]

You betcha. Proudly framed and displayed. Undergrad was about $240K, Masters was about $61K. Thank god for scholarships and grants, I paid everything off last year.

[adda]

yes, I have a diploma, it didn't cost me anything. We have 49 public universities and 8 private. (usually those who are not so good, didn't take the exam go to private university and have to pay an annual tax) You give an exam and if you qualify for state funded seats, if you rank in top 50, 100, 150, 300, 500 ( depends on faculty) you don't have to pay anything during your next 3-6 years. ( 6 years architecture, medicine, 5 years for engineering, 4 for technological science etc.)  The tax for those who attend a public university but got admited to unfunded seats depends on each university.

 

for example: medicine: 500 funded seats, 200 unfunded seats.  (the tax is about 1500- 1800 euros per year for unfunded seats) Those 500 don't have to pay their courses, and they also receive  a scholarship. (is not much, each month they receive the minimum income, but is enough to pay for their dorm if they are living in campus) 

[Almondandlime]

I'm looking into getting into internal medicine, followed by a fellowship in pulmonary medicine/critical care. I want to work in either of the fields. 

 

 

Lol, so the reason why I went with going abroad was exactly bc of this though. In the US, you have to apply for undergrad school, finish that, apply and hope for the best for med school, and then hopefully get into a residency. Then there's the amount of loans you'd have to take out for every single semester, so when I was talking to some of my friends, I found out that I knew some people who had gone abroad. 

 

I had a cousin who'd gone to Hungary, a couple of family friends who went to the Caribbean, some who went to Prague and then several had gone to India. I made a HUGE list of pros and cons about staying in the US vs going abroad, and while it's still going to be difficult for me to match into the US as a foreign medical graduate, I don't regret it. 

 

Would I encourage others to do the same? Depends on where they go. 

 

 

ty love

 

awww what are you getting your degree in?

What country did you get your med degree in?

[WhiteFlag]

You betcha. Proundly framed and displayed. Undergrad was about $240K, Masters was about $61K. Thank god for scholarships and grants, I paid everything off last year.

   

 

You're the real MVP oh my WORD, like you killed ALL of those loans. 

 

So proud of you, and I don't even know who you are, you obviously worked your ass off to get everything settled, oh my god. 

 

What country did you get your med degree in?

India lol. 

 

It's why I won't recommend most to go, it's got all sorts of hellish problems, I could write a novel on everything I had to deal with lol. 

[Jiraishin]

In the process. Cost me around 10k$, which I gathered in advance. But don't get confused with the low price, the quality of teaching is very high.

[Almondandlime]

You betcha. Proundly framed and displayed. Undergrad was about $240K, Masters was about $61K. Thank god for scholarships and grants, I paid everything off last year.

Is that sticker price, or how much you actually had to pay? Because, holy shit.

[e m ✩]

Waiting for mine to come in still, I'm a fresh graduate. I do wanna display it when I get it but it won't be my last college degree lol

 

Mine cost around 75k, but I don't have any student loans

[Vanilla Cupcake]

   

 

You're the real MVP oh my WORD, like you killed ALL of those loans. 

 

So proud of you, and I don't even know who you are, you obviously worked your ass off to get everything settled, oh my god. 

 

Nah, scholarships was a big part of it. I also got lucky, and landed a decent job when I left school. I lived at home with my parents for a year, had basically minimal expenses. Worked so hard that I was super sleepy and exhausted over the weekend (that way, I don't go out and spend money). I think literally 90% of my paycheck goes towards paying off my loans lol

 

It sucked so much though. Seeing 90% of your money gone instantly kills my heart. I was literally like this everyday when I log on to the loan payment portal:

 

[Vanilla Cupcake]

Is that sticker price, or how much you actually had to pay? Because, holy shit.

 

Man, I lost track. I had about $36K in loans when I left school. I paid about $15K per year while at school with my part-time job. So around $111K? The rest was all scholarships and grants. These scholarships are actually quite easy to get. There were so many available, and no one bothered to apply for them for some reason.

[WhiteFlag]

Nah, scholarships was a big part of it. I also got lucky, and landed a decent job when I left school. I lived at home with my parents for a year, had basically minimal expenses. Worked so hard that I was super sleepy and exhausted over the weekend (that way, I don't go out and spend money). I think literally 90% of my paycheck goes towards paying off my loans lol

 

It sucked so much though. Seeing 90% of your money gone instantly kills my heart. I was literally like this everyday when I log on to the loan payment portal:

 

 

Honestly, living at home with parents is super underrated lol. I like my parents, and I like living at home with them. I don't mind it, tbh, and it saves so much money, it makes you happy. 

 

At the same time, I can't wait until I can finally get a job and move out, just to be able to start everything on my own. I'm hoping to do it by this autumn, I'm just a little scared bc my parents will be living in a different country than me  but I guess it's what you sort of need to be able to grow up and function like a normal adult. 

 

edit: This was supposed to be a part of the top, but I'll add/bold it in the bottom

 

Damn, I do feel for you. I still think it's amazing that you managed to pay it all off and you've managed to accomplish it all before most people. I've met so many in their mid 40s who still have student loans they're paying off, and they just keep pushing it off. Even if it sucked to have to spend most of your paycheck on it, t's still amazing that you did it. 

 

Don't underplay your accomplishments