No STEM, No Life?

[ucbalumnus]

@juillet

Additionally, I think most college students overestimate what is necessary for a comfortable lifestyle that doesn’t involve struggling. I was a grad student in New York on $32,000, and while I didn’t live the most comfortable life, I wouldn’t say I was struggling. I have friends that live there on $45-75K and they live fine (the lower end has roommates; the higher end lives alone). And that’s in one of the most expensive cities in the country.

Agree. You see that type of thing among parents as well in threads where someone complains about not being able to afford kids’ college on a $200,000+ income.