I Challenge You to a Numeric Duel
I am currently crunching some numbers for dental school (approaching rapidly … 2 years and counting). Interesting thing I didn’t know before: there are mandatory summer terms for 2nd, 3rd, and 4th year students. Other captivating/gripping/fascinating trivia follows.
In my second year of school, I will be paying $425+ towards purchase of precious metals. We’re not talking wedding ring budget here, it’s the metal used in actual tooth work. How satisfying is that: here is your chunk of precious metal that you will slowly mold into tooth-shaped items until there is nothing left of it and you will forget you ever had it. Wonderful. Even then, I’m sure we don’t actually see it all in one chunk anyways … just, whoops there’s $425 gone. When you get ripped off at your bookstore for books, at least you get to hold them all at once in your hands. Yeek.
Summer term is $4700 just in tuition. Assume 12 weeks of summer: you, yes you, can learn dentistry for just $78.33 dollars a day! For comparison, I currently net maybe $60 a day. I think it’d be funny to have a cash register sound go off for my morning alarm clock.
I remember thinking how much $700 dollars for books was in my freshman undergraduate year. What worries me about dental school is not that books are more than 4 times that much for the first year, but the amount of paper that that will buy. Is it possible to read that much in two semesters?
The dental school is on the 15th floor of Moos tower. No elevators during power outtages: that’s going to suck.
Comments
Richard Roche
The nice thing about art classes (I'm a graphic design major now) is that they rarely require books. But I'm sure your paychecks will be slighty larger than mine in the future.
Alexander Micek
Richard,
I am very glad to hear you chose graphic design: I love the field, I really do. It's like ordered creativity: combines art with so many things; typography, digital artwork, human interface, information design … you'll learn a ton. Don't forget to showcase your work occasionally, the whole tumbledry crew would love to see it.
Oh, and paycheck size is completely moot: happiness comes when the money doesn't matter. Take care.
Justin Gehring
Moos Tower isn't that bad, and I don't remember the power ever going out there. Maybe the floors have different power schemes. So is Moos only in the summer?
Alexander Micek
Naw, we'll be in Moos all year 'round. I just meant, if the power ever did go out there, that would not be any fun at all … all those steps. :)