Online Master Degree ( Math or Stat)

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5 minutes ago, pen2009 said:

Neither do I.  One thing I just discovered now is that education in U.S. is so much expensive. I have never thought about that. Cannot believe this!  How American can afford to study or to have a higher education given that most of educational institutions charge you huge of money. Sorry I am new to America Society. For International students, they can come here mostly because they get scholarship from their government and their parents are rich. Unfortunately, I am not one of those groups. 

Yes. I'm American and I'm disgusted by how expensive education is here. I agree that the reason international kids come here is because they were rich and could afford to. I used to go to a private school in south Florida and these international kids would come from China or Saudi Arabia. They were buying brand new Mercedes and I had no clue how they were doing that. That's not the norm for most people. Most American students finance their education through loans. That's why I am not sure if I want to go to a private school in New York. I have currently been waitlisted at Columbia but cost of attendance is $86,951! I don't want to spend the rest of my life paying back debts. My friend is 25 and he is already paying $300 a month for the next 20 years for his loan repayment. That's on top of his other expenses like rent, car payment, car insurance .

I think PhD programs are best because they fund you but I was too scared to apply to PhD with my lack of research experience. I also don't want to commit to 5 years of research at this point in my life. I really just wanted to use a master's to get a better job than I can with only BS in psych. But salary is important to me if I have to take so much debt just to get the degree! @pen2009

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2 minutes ago, pen2009 said:

You made me curious. I need to find this book to read.

You can order on Amazon! or check local library. I just downloaded it for my Kindle app. 

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3 minutes ago, rack_attack124 said:

Yes. I'm American and I'm disgusted by how expensive education is here. I agree that the reason international kids come here is because they were rich and could afford to. I used to go to a private school in south Florida and these international kids would come from China or Saudi Arabia. They were buying brand new Mercedes and I had no clue how they were doing that. That's not the norm for most people. Most American students finance their education through loans. That's why I am not sure if I want to go to a private school in New York. I have currently been waitlisted at Columbia but cost of attendance is $86,951! I don't want to spend the rest of my life paying back debts. My friend is 25 and he is already paying $300 a month for the next 20 years for his loan repayment. That's on top of his other expenses like rent, car payment, car insurance .

I think PhD programs are best because they fund you but I was too scared to apply to PhD with my lack of research experience. I also don't want to commit to 5 years of research at this point in my life. I really just wanted to use a master's to get a better job than I can with only BS in psych. But salary is important to me if I have to take so much debt just to get the degree! @pen2009

 I don't have any research experience but I may try. Start by one step at a time and see if there is any possibility.