Chemical Engineering Substitution

RacinReaver
Fri, 21 Jun 2013 10:26:23 +0000

If you do decide to do the gap year route (seriously, don’t worry about it, there are tons of non-traditional students that do fantastic), you might want to get a job and see about moving out to live with a roommate. You won’t be able to save as much money up, but the experience of living out of your parents’ roof might be the confidence builder you need as a kick in the butt.

Also, how much debt are we actually talking about with this transfer scholarship? $10k a year for three years isn’t an unreasonable number, especially if those loans will be from the government (and at a pretty low rate). $30k with a 3.4% interest rate is only a payment of ~$300, which is certainly doable as a chemical engineer.

Edit: I also want to say that just because you have some sort of depression doesn’t mean you’re going to be a failure at school. I’ve dealt with it since before going to college, and I was still able to excel in all of my schooling. You know how much of a problem it presents to your school work more than any of us do.