12-14-2006, 12:00 AM
Not to toot my own horn or anything......
I did 4 years of intense art school with deadlines that were not for the weak approximately 150 dollars every week and a half for supplies. Paper and markers, printer cartrages and paper ain't cheap! (that's for sure)
The first year of school I lived in an apartment with 4 other guys and rent was cheap.
Never took out OSAP, did it without a credit card until the last year, paid my folks 350 in rent a month and still managed to take Jen out for the odd nice dinner. (It pays having chefs as friends)
I had 3 jobs, I waited tables at Jack Astor's in Brampton and then worked in the kitchen and bouncer duties at Dick's in Mississagua. Creative scheduling was a must! I've obviously lost that skill over the years. :(
I mostly ate at the bar I was working at for free. Packed my own lunches for the most part and drove dad's 85 buick skylark to and from school.
finished with an 80% average in a course that had a 70% drop out rate.
Total debt upon graduation?
something like $56.93 I kept the VISA statement so I can show my kids that it can be done.
I did 4 years of intense art school with deadlines that were not for the weak approximately 150 dollars every week and a half for supplies. Paper and markers, printer cartrages and paper ain't cheap! (that's for sure)
The first year of school I lived in an apartment with 4 other guys and rent was cheap.
Never took out OSAP, did it without a credit card until the last year, paid my folks 350 in rent a month and still managed to take Jen out for the odd nice dinner. (It pays having chefs as friends)
I had 3 jobs, I waited tables at Jack Astor's in Brampton and then worked in the kitchen and bouncer duties at Dick's in Mississagua. Creative scheduling was a must! I've obviously lost that skill over the years. :(
I mostly ate at the bar I was working at for free. Packed my own lunches for the most part and drove dad's 85 buick skylark to and from school.
finished with an 80% average in a course that had a 70% drop out rate.
Total debt upon graduation?
something like $56.93 I kept the VISA statement so I can show my kids that it can be done.