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Monday, April 10, 2006
the worth of learning
CNN Money has an article on the most lucrative college degrees. To the side is the accompanying table.Two things came to mind. First: My dad really is an idiot. He's not earning even a tenth of the salary for electrical engineers. If both of my parents had the average pay listed there, not even taking into account experience, I wouldn't have any problems getting into Cornell. Whoo o.O.
Secondly, now I really really want to go to Cornell to do a double degree in Econs and Engineering ><. Econs shows great potential, and chemical engineering means good pay anyway.
I hope I get that Shell Scholarship, because even I have to work in Shell Malaysia for some time, I could always shift back once I'm done. Or, work for Shell in US.
See how life might take a good turn even here? If I miss this turning, then I suppose Economics isn't bad. Less workload, for one thing, hehe. And there'd be no bond, and 45k isn't bad I think.
Caveat: I'm not sure whether they're talking about bachelors or masters here. And, money isn't everything. So there =).
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lol, i think the salaries are for a year, not for a month. somehow, i doubt that your father would be earning less than $5200 per year (which is like RM 20,000 or less than RM 2000 per month) ...
also, the cost of living in us is twice as high.
and u might want to try to apply for the jpa loan, which is forgiveable under certain conditions..
also, there are a ton of pluses to brandeis. it's a nice small school for one, while cornell is really very big. very. very. incredibly. really. scarily. big.
imho, i think that you'll have better academic and social experiences in brandeis. plus they are actually giving you money!
also, the cost of living in us is twice as high.
and u might want to try to apply for the jpa loan, which is forgiveable under certain conditions..
also, there are a ton of pluses to brandeis. it's a nice small school for one, while cornell is really very big. very. very. incredibly. really. scarily. big.
imho, i think that you'll have better academic and social experiences in brandeis. plus they are actually giving you money!
Okay, okay, you got me =). He's earning more than that, but not much. And his salary for last year was definitely only about 1/10th for my mom's. As we speak he's in the Netherlands with my mom hunting for a place to study philosophy. Um.
Cost of living might be 2x, but that means your savings are also 2x in actual terms, so if I ever come to Malaysia, I'll have 2x the savings, hehe.
Brandeis would be mid size, i think. Swarthmore, now that's small. Total undergrads only about 1400 or so.
A Cornell degree would carry more weight, and I' d be able to do engineering there are its two draws.
But ah, I'll do fine =)
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Cost of living might be 2x, but that means your savings are also 2x in actual terms, so if I ever come to Malaysia, I'll have 2x the savings, hehe.
Brandeis would be mid size, i think. Swarthmore, now that's small. Total undergrads only about 1400 or so.
A Cornell degree would carry more weight, and I' d be able to do engineering there are its two draws.
But ah, I'll do fine =)
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