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>not poor enough to qualify for substantial (any) financial aid
>nowhere near rich enough to have parents pay out of pocket
>applied to various scholarships; got about $5,000 out of it
>loans and grants could maybe net me another $10,000, $20,000 in the short run
>school still $20,000, with at least $40,000 debt after 4 years
>that's over a third of my parent's combined income (after taxes), plus I'll have to deal with that 40k
>can't afford it

>basically I worked myself like a dog in high school just to go to some shitty state school, and I don't live in Georgia or Illinois or California etc., so I'm not lying when I say it's trash
>know that when I apply to grad school or a job, people will say that my GPA is higher only because I went to an easier school than JHU or Duke or Cornell (schools I was admitted to last year)
>really, really wanted to do JHU BME (and not because I'm a fucking premed)
>instead I'm doing chemE (which is fine) because my school doesn't even offer a similar major to BME

>thought about this in my orgo II class today
>no research opportunities on campus, advisor told me that because of location, my school doesn't have many people who win internships at local labs
>can't afford to go outside my state
>contemplating suicide

blahblahblah sage not science bawww more faggot this is not your blog, I just needed to write this out somewhere

>> No.4418271

Your post is pure spam. If you need someone to tell your life story, search for a psychotherapist.

>> No.4418278

Fuck yes Amerikkka!

>> No.4418284
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4418284

oh threads like these remind me of how I love living in germany

>mfw I have to pay about 500 dollars a year to get a top tier education, while receiving about 400 dollars a month for tutoring students once a week

>> No.4418286

>>4418271

I know your trolling but sometimes I think I need a shrink.

>> No.4418288

>>4418286
My mental illness is none of your business. I do not troll. This thread is in fact a spam thread. OP already admitted it himself.

>> No.4418292

ITT socialism apologists

>> No.4418301

you're* fuck my spelling, guess I deserve shit tier state college

>>4418286

Yes, that's why I'm saging it.

>> No.4418307

>>4418284
>400 dollars a month
wow its fucking nothing.jpg

>> No.4418310

>>4418284
Wo und was studierst du?

>> No.4418312

>>4418307

for a total workload of 10 hours a month? 40 dollars an hour, I'd say that's pretty decent for a student. plus, it is graded and counted as an internship

>> No.4418316

>worked your self like a dog in highschool
Feel good in the knowledge that that would have been a waste of time regardless of which university you went to. Highschool is meaningless garbage

>> No.4418321

>>4418310

Gebe auf 4chan keine persönlichen Infos raus, zumindest keine zu spezifischen.
Mathematik in einem Bundesland, in dem es keine Studiengebühren gibt :)

>> No.4418359

>Berkeley is $12,000 a year for instate
>I live in norcal

>deal with it nerds

>> No.4418478

>>4418307
+$400 is a lot compared to -$40000

>> No.4420584

>>4418268
>not poor enough to qualify for substantial (any) financial aid

Sorry OP but what you should have said was ...

>not female enough to qualify for substantial (any) financial aid

Sad thing is that if you were a woman you'd have absolutely no problem getting all sorts of grants/scholarships/etc ...

>> No.4420591

>family poor as shit
>underrepresented minority STEM major
>state resident going to number one public university in the nation

whycan'tIholdallthesechecks.png

>> No.4420616

>>4420584
This is annoyingly true.

This chick I knew in highschool, got 3/4 of her tution payed to some private 40k year school in nebraska.

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4420648

>>4420591
>>4420591

>> No.4420663

BME but majored in chem e?

are you fucking tsupid? why didnt you just major in EE

>> No.4420674

>>4420648
>number one public school in the nation
>1.3 gpa

Well something's just not quite right here...

>> No.4420781

OP I am a White-Latino. I got a full ride Latino/Hispanic scholarship. Just bite the bullet and take out loans, many others do the same.

>> No.4420793

>take shitload of loans

>finish course, stay in the USA to tie up loose ends

>GTFO to UE for a few years

>either stay in UE master-race, or
>after a few years (anywhere from 4 to 12, depending on state) your debt is lawfully forgiven - go back to USA

I don't see the problem.

>> No.4420795

>>4420793

doubt they forgive when you default on student loans, as they are backed by the government. there are accounts online of people that burned through 200k+ on student loans (law, med school dropouts) that ran off to europe because there was no way they could escape that debt.

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4420802

This is why it feels good to be French.

>mfw I'm actually getting PAID for studying

>> No.4420811

>You will never live in Europe

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>>4420811

>> No.4420823

Pretty sure the Free Market will fix everything.

>> No.4420831

>that feel when native american in studying physics
>this is where I keep all my debt
>emptyroom.jpg

>> No.4420834

>>4420795
http://debtprison.net/wordpress/247/will-debt-follow-you-abroad/

>> No.4420998

>>4420802
ENS?

>> No.4421000

>>4420802
>that feel when ENS or X

>> No.4421181

>>4418268
Op, why not just get a job? then you can make 15k a year and not have to worry about debt.

>> No.4421413

Alternance peut-être.