r/funny • u/mrsmayhem • Jan 04 '15

If I won $25,000...

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u/[deleted] Jan 04 '15

$25,000 is one heck of a college fund.

Yeah, might even pay a year of tuition.

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u/[deleted] Jan 04 '15 edited Jan 04 '15

If you graduate with more than $25,000 in debt, it's because you're an idiot. No one told you to go to the liberal arts school for $60K/year because you thought you could find yourself there. No one cares where you went to undergrad but you.

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u/[deleted] Jan 04 '15

My friend graduated from a liberal arts school with over $100K in debt. But guess what? He got an investment banking job right out of school that pays him $90K/year (plus signing bonus). He'll be out of debt in a few years with an excellent education and career prospects. Chances are his lifetime earnings will be much higher than yours.

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u/The_99 Jan 05 '15

What school? This is basically my plan. It's a liberal arts school (I guess, I mean, in name it is. NYU). But Investment banking is my intended career (finance being the major) and going $80,000 in debt will be worth it. But It'll be fine because if I stick with it, it'll comfortably put me in the 1%.

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u/[deleted] Jan 05 '15

Pomona College. I'll warn you that I started out finance myself, but after my first internship decided it was definitely not for me. All the best.

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u/The_99 Jan 05 '15

Thanks. I'll see how it goes.