How much debt is too much debt for MTs?

srw
Thu, 20 Mar 2008 20:26:13 +0000

I agree that choosing the school that offers the best financial package is a smart thing to do, very few graduates make enough money in this industry right away (some never) to support large loans, plus the cost of life. As far as working while in college, my S does, he has two jobs. One is work study, the best thing about that is many work study jobs are fairly low key (you have to choose the right one) and you can get studying done at work, most of the time they are very understanding about changing the schedule while he is in rehearsals. Also he along with MANY other students have church jobs where they sing in church choirs, it involves a minimum ammount of time, a two hour rehearsal on Wed night and church on Sunday morning. So many of the kids at his school do it that they work around it in rehearsals, they make between 50 and 100 dollars a week. Yes, he is very busy, but it is worth it to him to get his education.