 This summer I have had the privilege of interning in Prague. Like most who choose to spend a semester or summer abroad, I have had a fantastic experience so far. However, exploring Europe can be very expensive and, being a student, I have needed to try to stick to my budget as best I can. In doing so, I have picked up many tips and tricks for saving money that can help any student studying abroad.
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We’ve mentioned before how increasing your income can be a great way to get out of debt and regain your financial freedom. This means boosting your career and getting that promotion you have been after for some time. In various fields, getting an MBA is considered a sure-fire way of boosting your career, especially since the degree is valued by companies who are looking to fill mid- and top-level management positions.
If you’re trying to keep the MBA degree as affordable as it can be, pursuing your MBA online and enrolling in a program by top universities such as Ohio University is the way to go. It is not a secret that the online MBA is one of the most popular degrees you can get today. More importantly, taking the course online will help you save up to 40% on the degree.
Whether you’re pursuing your bachelor’s degree or you’re going back to school for a master’s, a university course can be quite expensive. The available programs cost anywhere from $10,000 to over $100,000 from start to finish. Worry not, because there are ways to save on your next degree. We are going to cover some of the simpler ones in this article.
Stick to Local Universities
The majority of your expenses as a student is actually not tuition fees; it is the cost of moving and living near the university for the duration of the course. You can easily save a lot of money by finding a suitable program near where you live. Eliminating moving costs alone can help you save thousands on the degree.
While most engineering students enter the field out of passion, most people who see the profession from a distance might see it as rigid and even boring in some cases. However, the field of engineering is infinitely vast and offers job prospects beyond the imagination. One just needs to think outside the box to see tons of non traditional applications to the job of engineer. In this article, we’re going to show you five fun and exciting careers you can pursue with an engineering degree.
Race Car Engineer
The job of a race car engineer is to tweak the performance of race cars by making physical and mechanical adjustments on the car. Their job will consist of everything from running real live simulations and analyzing data to supervising mechanical teams and serving as a right hand man to the pilot. The racing car engineer will also take recommendations from the pilot to make changes if necessary. This particular field demands good communication skills in addition to natural mathematical and imaging skills.
When the time comes to select the college that you want to go to, there are a lot of reasons why some of the more prestigious universities may seem like the better ones to apply to. As with so many things in life, sometimes we assume that just because a particular institution comes with a bigger price tag, then automatically, it must be better in value.
However, when publications like Business Insider features articles on some of the “upper echelon schools” like Oberlin College, Rutgers University and Northeastern University (just to name a few) that are proving to not be as good of a return on the financial investment that is made by going there, it’s completely understandable why more and more people would start to wonder if prestigious schools are actually worth the money. Well, in order to answer that question, there are a few factors to consider.