Cost of Uni

[Monk]

I'm a Business Analyst for an Investment Bank in London. Done it for 2 1/2 years.

[Steven]

I'm a Business Analyst for an Investment Bank in London. Done it for 2 1/2 years.

So am I (well for a Bank anywy).

[Monk]

Which bank are you at? I'm at RBS.

[Tabou]

I'm a Financial Advisor for a well known multi-national company in the home counties. Im 20. Didn't go to university for the reasons TommyG mentioned. I don't regret not going. I have no debt, I have had the best 3 years of my life so far, AND I have done it with my OWN money. I have a professional qualification (which entitles me to letters after my name for those who want to be picky...) that nobody can take away from me...

University may be a fantastic experience, but unless you are getting a PROPER degree from a PROPER university, then it is really not the be all and end all....

[James.]

I think JTB would concur with me that uni was worth it. If I didnt I would be training as an accountant or financial advisor in Leicestershire, which is not bad, and I would be on OK money, but less than half what I'm on now, definitely.

Yeah Uni was definitely worth it but it all depends on what you want to go in to.

For me Uni gave the opportunity to be challenged in a field that I was interested in and good at. Money does not motivate me, challenges do. Ironic really that since working on a trading floor I have come to realise that money is probably the least important factor both in my career and life in general.

People should do whatever makes them happy. Uni is a time I will never forget because of the friends I made and the times I had. It suits some people, both professionally and personally, others it doesn't.

[Fez of Mahrez]

I wouldn't have swapped those three years for anything, regardless of how much I'm earning now. Met some amazing people, had some amazing times. It's more expensive now, just five years on from when I went. I am still toying with the idea of a postgrad though.

[Manwell Pablo]

Uni is a bit special.

[Alexikokopops]

I don't agree with the majority of that post. I've got a decent job and I didnt go to uni. When my mates finish Uni I will have a better Job which is better paid than most of them. Plus 3/4 years ahead of them in earning terms, and also 3 years working experience of a full time Job. On top of two years part time Job whilst studying for my A levels.

Uni is by no means for everyone, but don't let people Bullshit you into thinking ''You can only get a good job if you go to Uni bla bla bla''

There are plenty of Junior Dr's coming out of uni and cant get a job, along with countless physiotherapists etc. School during 6th form will try and pull the cotton wool of your eyes and insist you go to Uni, thankfully I didnt fall for that.

People who do degree's for the sake of it because they can't think of what to do with their life for the next three years annoy me, or the fact they couldn't face full time work. Hmmm lets do a degree in Media studies/golf/film management/mickey mouse studies. Complete waste of time and money.

Back to affording uni, I'm sure you dont have to pay off any of your debt until you earn over 17K? thats if you manage to earn that much..

At the end of the day though it's not just about the job you get at the end.

I think Fez sums it up in the post I've put at the end of this post.

While there are people who struggle to get jobs afterwards there are people who do very well out of it.

I couldn't do the job I want to do without a degree.

Uni isn't for everyone, fair play if you fancied going into the working world.

I agree with the bit in bold though, unless you've managed to wrangle a fair bit of funding

You're doing accountancy right?

What are you looking to be on after you've been working five years?

I'm wondering how it compares to someone who went to Uni for three years and has been working as an accountant for two (and has passed all their exams).

That's what stage my sister's at, and I was just curious.

Also because my housemate of the past three years totally fooked up his degree and has started training as an accountant, but has entered at the same level as people that have just left school.

That was a fruitful three years of accumulating debt, the silly bastard.

I wouldn't have swapped those three years for anything, regardless of how much I'm earning now. Met some amazing people, had some amazing times. It's more expensive now, just five years on from when I went. I am still toying with the idea of a postgrad though.

That is awesome.

If you can tell me what I'm doing there then please, let me know.

It's on the floor of a bar on a ferry, I appear to wearing the trousers of a girl I'd met a few hours earlier, and I have drank copious amounts of whiskey, vodka, toffee vodka and mysterious cocktail.

[Monk]

I'm going back to uni to do a masters in 2008. Environment, Politics & Globalisation at Kings.... nicely related to my current job right....

[Tommy G]

At the end of the day though it's not just about the job you get at the end.

I think Fez sums it up in the post I've put at the end of this post.

While there are people who struggle to get jobs afterwards there are people who do very well out of it.

I couldn't do the job I want to do without a degree.

Uni isn't for everyone, fair play if you fancied going into the working world.

I agree with the bit in bold though, unless you've managed to wrangle a fair bit of funding

You're doing accountancy right?

What are you looking to be on after you've been working five years?

I'm wondering how it compares to someone who went to Uni for three years and has been working as an accountant for two (and has passed all their exams).

That's what stage my sister's at, and I was just curious.Also because my housemate of the past three years totally fooked up his degree and has started training as an accountant, but has entered at the same level as people that have just left school.

That was a fruitful three years of accumulating debt, the silly bastard.

Yeah I'm doing accountancy. well just to bore you, I could have gone to uni and done accountancy or whatever degree i wanted to do, then leave and have to do accountancy exams with a firm. You can't do an accountancy degree and suddenly your qualified. You have to sit professional examiniations for two/three years once you've graduated. Thats if you find a firm of course.

I am startled that people go to uni to actually study accountancy, because yes you do learn the principles but you have a huge debt and its not in the real world in terms of doing proper accounts for proper clients. thats where you learn properly.

I'm 19, i've got 4 years until im fully qualified. With no debt whatsoever, 4 years earning potential and 30K easy when i'm qualified so i'm not too fussed. Also working for one of the top 15 firms in the country.

I would love to go to uni from the perspective of the social side, that would clearly be the best bit. I don't however enjoy the prospect of permanently being skint and having to pay back debt. in terms of my profession its pointless, others not.

I agree having a degree widens your perspectives as Monk pointed out, but only certain degree's. Micky mouse degree's at Mickey mouse uni's are pointless and will probably put prospective employers off if anything.

To be a Doctor you have to have a medicine degree FACT. Go to uni to get a degree to get you somewhere, not just for the hell of it.

Hopefully ive answered the bit in bold

[Steven]

Which bank are you at? I'm at RBS.

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[Alexikokopops]

Yeah I'm doing accountancy. well just to bore you, I could have gone to uni and done accountancy or whatever degree i wanted to do, then leave and have to do accountancy exams with a firm. You can't do an accountancy degree and suddenly your qualified. You have to sit professional examiniations for two/three years once you've graduated. Thats if you find a firm of course.

I am startled that people go to uni to actually study accountancy, because yes you do learn the principles but you have a huge debt and its not in the real world in terms of doing proper accounts for proper clients. thats where you learn properly.

I'm 19, i've got 4 years until im fully qualified. With no debt whatsoever, 4 years earning potential and 30K easy when i'm qualified so i'm not too fussed. Also working for one of the top 15 firms in the country.

I would love to go to uni from the perspective of the social side, that would clearly be the best bit. I don't however enjoy the prospect of permanently being skint and having to pay back debt. in terms of my profession its pointless, others not.

I agree having a degree widens your perspectives as Monk pointed out, but only certain degree's. Micky mouse degree's at Mickey mouse uni's are pointless and will probably put prospective employers off if anything.

To be a Doctor you have to have a medicine degree FACT. Go to uni to get a degree to get you somewhere, not just for the hell of it.

Hopefully ive answered the bit in bold

My sisters finished her exams earlier this year (she got a number of exemptions due to her course) and has one more year of working to complete her three years of experience.

She's on about £30k now, so pretty much what you'll be on when you get to the same stage, except she had £10k of debt when she came out of Uni two years ago (not sure what it is now).

I guess teh advantage was though that she could still choose a different career path after she finished Uni rather than accounting.

I went to Uni wanting do a lot of Maths and I'm currently doing a Masters in Operational Research, ha.

At the end of the day though it's personal preference and all that jazz.

I'm not really writing much new, I'm just trying to avoid spreadsheeting.

[Tommy G]

My sisters finished her exams earlier this year (she got a number of exemptions due to her course) and has one more year of working to complete her three years of experience.

She's on about £30k now, so pretty much what you'll be on when you get to the same stage, except she had £10k of debt when she came out of Uni two years ago (not sure what it is now).

I guess teh advantage was though that she could still choose a different career path after she finished Uni rather than accounting.

I went to Uni wanting do a lot of Maths and I'm currently doing a Masters in Operational Research, ha.

At the end of the day though it's personal preference and all that jazz.

I'm not really writing much new, I'm just trying to avoid spreadsheeting.

yeh with AAT I get exemptions from some of my ACA exams so it swing in roundabouts. plus if you work for a firm then they should pay for you, expenses, study leave etc.

If she has a student loan to pay off and earning 30k gross then I'd imagine she will be paying about £120 a month to pay off her debt, which isnt massive by all means. Unless she chooses to pay off more initially so she can get it paid off quicker.

So have you got a job or still studying doing a masters? and what do you hope to get out of that, something finiancial i guess.

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[Alexikokopops]

yeh with AAT I get exemptions from some of my ACA exams so it swing in roundabouts. plus if you work for a firm then they should pay for you, expenses, study leave etc.

If she has a student loan to pay off and earning 30k gross then I'd imagine she will be paying about £120 a month to pay off her debt, which isnt massive by all means. Unless she chooses to pay off more initially so she can get it paid off quicker.

So have you got a job or still studying doing a masters? and what do you hope to get out of that, something finiancial i guess.

I'm doing a Masters until next September.

I want to work in Operational Research and most companies require an OR masters to do that (even though my undergraduate degree was one of the few in the country with a lorra OR in it).

Fortunately I managed to get funding to pay for my tuition fees and to get some living expenses over the year (because you can't get a loan as a postgraduate), so that's saved me about £10k of debt.

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[Master Fox]

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[Lord Nibblington]

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