I'm in a weird position.

Greybeard
Fri, 30 Jan 2009 01:50:45 +0000

Are you considering additinal education beyond a bachelor’s degree?

If so, I’d give very serious thought to Ohio Wesleyan. If you were to decide to go on to professional school, there’s a high chance you’ll need to take some serious debt there as well. There’s a big difference between graduating from law school (for example) with $100,000 in debt, and graduating from law school with $180,000 in debt.

Having just read OW’s Wikipedia entry, I have to say that it sounds like a delightful place. 12% of its students are internationals; if you’re interested in working oversees, those contacts could prove to be invaluable.

A couple of weeks after I graduated from college, I flew to Asia with a return plane ticket (with a return date twelve months later) and $600 in traveler’s checks and $6,000 in students loans. (Multiply these figures by 2.2 to adjust for inflation.) I didn’t have a job, but I had friends with oversees connections, and had learned from them what the job market was like for young Americans in the country where I was headed. I flew back a year later with $3,000 in travelers checks in my pocket, and some amazing memories, and started law school.

I suspect I would have taken a much more cautious path had I been loaded down with a lot more debt.