Options vary but some that would be a fit in include Teacher, Physical Therapist, Nurse, Sales Rep.
I am curious about the financial aid, setting aside scholarships how do you get school fully covered when you have such a high income?
Grantmeaname got it right: I haven't graduated yet; the figures I posted are my projected earning potential after graduation, to point out to arebelspy that the earning potential for her path would be a secondary concern. Right now I'm employed as a student worker for the business school, and get paid $20/hr to manage digital advertising campaigns on Google Adwords, Microsoft adCenter, and LinkedIn for various programs in the College. The work isn't full-time and student employees don't get paid holidays (a public university has a
lot of Federal holidays off, any non-student employee gets paid) so my take home pay is only ~$20,000/yr. And that position is only a recent development, so it'll be closer to $15,000 - $18,000 this year.
With a take-home income of $20,000/yr for a family of three, we qualify for most need-based financial aid. I receive about $18,000/yr in financial aid (~$10,000 need-based and $8,000 merit-based). That's enough to cover tuition (~$10,000/yr), fees (~$2,000), books (~$1,500), and leaves about $4,000 per year left for whatever is needed; required higher-end laptop, software, parking fees, etc. Her financial aid package is so far at $15,000, and is likely to increase as mine did last year (they add smaller, endowment-based aid later in the summer); we're engaged, not married, so for FAFSA purposes she's considered a single parent (they don't have an option for domestic partner), which also qualifies her for more aid. Hers is also a mix of merit- and need-based aid, but I haven't looked at the specific aid she's received, just the total amount of it. Since she's not pursuing a business degree, her cost of tuition, fees, and books will be lower, and so will be able to cover the cost of childcare as well as her schooling onn what she already has. Any extra will just be a little bonus.
At our company, the Translation Manager has the most flexible position (organising translation of technical documents and marketing material). I believe our current one is on paid holiday in europe for three months, while working.
Wow, that sounds like an awesome position!
I may have read it wrong because he said he had quite a bit of experience,
Quite a bit relative to my peers. My first job at 16 was at a Domino's Pizza, and I became an Assistant Manager within a few months. I worked as an interim GM at another store from 17-18, and was offered the store when I turned 18 (turned it down to go to college). While at university I've worked for various departments doing everything from desktop support, IT resource management, web programming, technical writing, Teacher's Asssistant for a professor, front office administration, to my current gig managing $10,000+/month in online advertising expenditures and running experiments for website optimization. The current position I have should last until I graduate, and on top of advertising management, involves managing the website and assisting with the coordination of an annual conference and biannual corporate partner forum. Most 21-year-old college students I know have barely held a summer job at McDonalds, let alone multi-year stints involving the management of a $1m/year store, resources and people, and spending $100,000+/yr of someone else's money.
The breadth of my experience means that I can tailor a resume to virtually any position I fancy, and be able to list applicable skills and show responsibility rather than just a list of clubs and classes I was in during college (I also help graduate students with resume preparation, and it amazes me that they use this stuff as resume-filler). Although not enough to compete with people already in industry, that gives me a distinct advantage when firms are poaching a new batch of college recruits.
while available even if it is something general like liberal arts or business (although I would recommend accounting). Better to have it than not and she can always add on.
My thoughts exactly. Although she's good at numbers regarding anything scientific (such as chemistry), she'd make a terrible accountant.
She also shouldn't chose a degree based on perceived flexibility as that can always change, it should be something that she is interested in.
She's interested in degrees across the spectrum, that's the problem. She can't decide, and keeps asking me for advice. The potential flexibility is something I'm looking for before giving her a recommendation, as I know that flexibility will be important to her (even if she doesn't realize it herself).
