| User | Flynn | | Topic | College | | Message | Well, a little while ago I realized - OMG, I’m going to be senior next year. So naturally, my mind is on getting my GPA up much higher, scoring well on tests, and so on - and getting to college. Saving as much money as I can for resources, books, gadgets, notepads, etc. Then I realized something. Why am I going, for what purpose? If I apply for jounralism, will it pay high enough to repay the monstrous dept incited by a *shiver* student loan? Will I be able to pay for all the various expenses of life, working fulltime and school part time, or vice versa, and still be a happy person?
My major itch though, what should I apply to?Writing is my little passion, my secret drug that takes pain away from life. In this case though, it may cause pain. Surely a measely journalist can’t pa his loans in a timely manner. Especially one who is starting off. A job paid per submission, and nobody wants and inexperienced journalist writing for them, and publishing a nobody’s novel is laughable. Ought I go in to business? I’d hate that soul-sucking field but it’d pay the bills. Be an economist? I can think ofa few business owners who could use one.
But an average student shows little promise. Why choose me?
I admit, this is stressing me. People who know me understand that I am rarely stressed. Well I am. Frightened and feeling VERY small.
Please, any advice would be so appreciated. My income is minimal, my parents will offer no financial boost, and, well, I live in Michigan (In the top three in unemplyment due to lack of jobs) |
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| User | Rokhal | 2006-08-10 | | | Subject | untitled | | Message | Move out of Michigan if there are no jobs there.
Apply for financial aid at college. If your resources are slim, you’ll get help, and it could be really significant. Get a part-time job during school to help cover your expenses.
I don’t really know what "business" is, but apparently half of America works at something dry and soul-sucking. They must be stupid, right? There’s thousands of types of businesses out there, heck, journalism is a business. Not all of them are so scary, so keep looking around at the careers out there. |
| User | eowyn | 2006-08-07 | | | Subject | untitled | | Message | journalism wll take care of student loans. they do actually get paid well after a few years. the only prob is getting into it. in australia, journalsim is higher than medicine and law now, the ter score you need.
we actually have a very structured journalism section, and once you have that i think its a bacholor, you are real high in the list to get a job. if your worried about expereice, join a newsletter, and get yourself some.
once your through with ur education, try finding somewhere else to get a job. where i live is pretty high for unemployment too. but thats just lack of incentive.
im pretty lucky. we have a creative writting course, and it doesnt need a ter score. i ust need to give them a sample of my writting and cross my fingers. oh, and get past year 12 alright first.
as for money, i dont know what things are like elsewhere, but we get real financial help from the government to continue learning in schools and unis. then the uni helps us to get small jobs to pay the bills.
actually pretty lucky to be an ausie.
keep thining and trying. dont let money get you down. it is the root to ALL evil. unfortunatly its a nesecity too.
who else agrees we should go back to trading butter and bread for fruit and jams?
(feel free to ignore that. i just emant go back to the old ways, before it all became about $$$) |
| User | WolfStar | 2006-08-01 | | | Subject | untitled | | Message | My advice:
Go to college. Don’t let expenses scare you away from that. Even some college is better than none at all. Apply for financial aid, pray for some serious scholarships, and that’s all you can do.
I too would love to write for a living and let that be the only thing I do, but personally I have realized that it is a bit impractical. So what I am going to do is I am going to do something that pays the bills, but is still interesting to me (I’m going for psych). Don’t do something you hate just for the money, but don’t do anything too unstable if you feel that being tight on money is going to be a major problem for you. Having a different job does not mean you have to stop developing your craft. Do what you have to do, but enrich yourself as well. And who knows? Maybe someday you’ll be in the position to drop your job and do what you really want to do and only that.
But until then, don’t shoot yourself in the foot. Do something that will keep you afloat and do what you want to as well. But don’t skip out on college. If you have even a chance, don’t pass it up. |
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