Guys, a year at Purdue costs around one Toyobaru

"Bandit" (2bandit)
06/02/2014 at 21:40 • Filed to: None

My parents got angry at me when I started comparing college costs to cars around the $20,000 - $25,000 point.

DISCUSSION (33)

Louros > Bandit
06/02/2014 at 21:42

College = investment

Toyobaru = depreciating asset

I know which one I'd pick.

PatBateman > Louros
06/02/2014 at 21:43

You'd pick the car, wouldn't you?

Brian Silvestro > Bandit
06/02/2014 at 21:44

My dad also gets angry/depressed when I tell him all of the nice sports cars his kids cost.

CPT Speedbump > PatBateman
06/02/2014 at 21:46

Pick the car, race the car, become sponsored with the car, go pro, pay for your own college. BOOM

PatBateman > Brian Silvestro
06/02/2014 at 21:46

Your logic is undeniable.

Vince-The Roadside Mechanic > Bandit
06/02/2014 at 21:48

I will just buy 10 crappy cars and continue on my home run business ventures.

Jordaneer, The Mountaineer Man > PatBateman
06/02/2014 at 21:51

I probably would pick the car, but I unfortunately have to go to college for electrical engineering, so there is almost 50,000 in tuition over all four years at an in-state univrsity

PatBateman > Jordaneer, The Mountaineer Man
06/02/2014 at 21:52

The true correct answer is college. But there will always be that guy...

Jordaneer, The Mountaineer Man > Brian Silvestro
06/02/2014 at 21:53

I read that each kid costs around 130,000 over their lifetime, 2 kids could cost me a brand new Lambo.

Nighthawkwill7, Hoon Depot Manager > Louros
06/02/2014 at 21:53

A degree in liberal arts would hardly count as an investment, lol.

Brian Silvestro > Jordaneer, The Mountaineer Man
06/02/2014 at 21:54

You just make my eyes bleed by reading that.

Jordaneer, The Mountaineer Man > Brian Silvestro
06/02/2014 at 21:56

your welcome :)

CPT Speedbump > CPT Speedbump
06/02/2014 at 21:59

To show its possible -Tanner Foust went rallying in Scotland at first, then came to Colorado, got a degree in Biology, and now is still racing and rallying..rather then doing biology, lol

Jordaneer, The Mountaineer Man > PatBateman
06/02/2014 at 22:00

I'm literally almost done with my junior year of high school..., I have one final left. And I actually do plan on going to college so I don't work in fast food or retail the rest of my life.

PatBateman > Jordaneer, The Mountaineer Man
06/02/2014 at 22:04

Good. Do well on the SAT/ACT, bust your hump in college, get some connections during your junior year at university, then go make decent money.

Just remember: You will NOT like your first job, but do it and be the best at it. That is how you climb the ranks.

Jordaneer, The Mountaineer Man > PatBateman
06/02/2014 at 22:11

I took the SAT, and scored in the top 20%, (I think i got an 1810 or something like that), I have never heard the phrase "bust your hump" I hear "bust your butt" all the time, I assume their more or less the same thing. and I already know a few EE's, my next door neighbor just graduated from college like 3 weeks ago. and there are a couple more that I just happen to know, the (former) dean of engineering used to go to my church, but know he is the president at Montana Tech (I think, I know he's in Montana).

tromoly > Bandit
06/02/2014 at 22:13

Is that in-state or out-of-state?

Still kind of funny how their out-of-state tuition was only $15k about 8 years ago when I was debating going to them.....

YSI-what can brown do for you > Nighthawkwill7, Hoon Depot Manager
06/02/2014 at 22:44

OH SHIT!! Shots fired!

YSI-what can brown do for you > Bandit
06/02/2014 at 22:47

6 years at Purdue cost the same as a used Lamborghini Murcielago 6.2

Ferrero1911 > Bandit
06/02/2014 at 23:52

They'll get angrier if you start listing the cars you could buy with 4 years tuition. If I hadn't gotten financial aid I would have spent close to 200,000 on college.

D > Bandit
06/03/2014 at 03:10

is that where you're going?

TheRealBicycleBuck > Jordaneer, The Mountaineer Man
06/03/2014 at 08:32

Take a course on how to take the SAT and take it again. Then get a couple of the study manuals, read them several times, then take it again. Having taken it three times, you should finally be ready to do it one more time just to be sure.

My buddy's brother did this with the ACT. His first two attempts were worse than mine, his last two were higher. He ended up with a 30 (max is 36), good enough for a free ride to the college of his choice. Every time I make a student loan payment, I think about this....

trmoore09 > Louros
06/03/2014 at 08:44

But 4 Toyobarus! He could have a fleet of them.

BTW I know how he feels. We're paying around $18k a semester for Duke undergrad.

MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner > Brian Silvestro
06/03/2014 at 09:45

My dad has referred to my sister and I for almost 30 years now as "Money Sucking Fun Stoppers".

This is why lol

That being said, say money sucking fun stoppers too fast and you reallllllyyyyy screw it up hahaha.

MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner > Bandit
06/03/2014 at 09:46

yeah, I was out of state tuition paying room and board at Michigan State for 4 years when I went to school. Mine was roughly 33k a year.

It's paid for itself already though.

Bandit > tromoly
06/03/2014 at 18:04

Instate. I get half off tuition so my bill is only 20k.

Bandit > D
06/03/2014 at 18:05

yeah

Bandit > MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner
06/03/2014 at 18:06

The sad thing is $25k is in state

D > Bandit
06/03/2014 at 18:25

cool, 'grats!

don't screw my cousin

Bandit > D
06/03/2014 at 21:24

Thanks! I'm not too sure how to respond to that.

MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner > Bandit
06/04/2014 at 09:15

yeah my wife got off cheaper because she commuted, so she didn't have to pay room and board.

I'm sick of all the things I see online about "I graduated and can't get a job" sounds like you shouldn't have majored in basket weaving lol. I was in my career field in 3 months.

Bandit > MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner
06/04/2014 at 17:05

That's my thought. I have a friend who for some reason is proud of the tough (aka non existent) market for people with a theater major. I have another friend who is regretting signing up for a French major. My parents told me from a young age I wasn't allowed to do liberal arts.

MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner > Bandit
06/05/2014 at 09:31

My theory is you can do what you want but set your expectations accordingly. I've got a friend who graduated with a theater major, he's waits tables.

I have a B.A. in Advertising and I'm working at my 3rd major ad agency in my 6th position. Not only am I in Advertising, I'm in the automotive sector which is exactly what I wanted to do. If you put the effort in you'll make it in the field you want. I tell all recent grads you have to treat finding a job as a full time job. 8 hours of work a day towards finding a job.