What is your financial status? (1 Viewer)

[Researcher88]

Just to compare how we are doing financially with people similar to us please put:

your age, money in bank and assets, your area of study, loans and any jobs you are doing.

I'll start off.

Age: 21
Money in bank: ~$3000
Assets: ~ $1000 computer and various small items
Area of study: Science (chem and biochem)
Loans: HECS uni loan ~30k by the time i finnish
Job: nil.

PS. i need to quit ing around...

 

[Omnipotence]

Age: 18
Money in bank: ~35k
Asset: ~2.5k (new laptop, old pc and miscellaneous items)
A.O.S: Comm/Law
Loans: HECS ~45k I believe
Job: Tutor

 

[Jaymay]

Age. 18
Money in bank: 4.80... Omnipotence... 35k, i fucking hate you
Asset: ~4k, Car, Imac, Tosh Laptop.
Aos: B.Architecture
Loans: HECS (1st year, not sure yet)
Job: Part-time Maths/ Drum tutor. Pamphlet Handouts. Meat Delivery... All of which rely on school being back, hence the 4.80$ bank account.
FML!

 

[Omnipotence]

LOL I started saving birthday money and new year since birth, scholarship, work and etc. That's why.

 

[Aerath]

Age: 20
Money in bank: Money I have access to directly is around $500. I have money saved up somewhere else in a high interest account, but I don't know how much is there.
Assets: Er.....I think most things are owned by my parents, technically. I have my BlackBerry, a pretty expensive watch that was a gift, but not much else.
Area of Study: Arts/Law
Loans: Nil - I pay upfront.
Job: Paralegal

 

[Drongoski]

Aerath - lucky: you have chosen your parents wisely [no HECS!].

 

[RobinKumar]

Age: 17
Money in bank: at the moment nothing
Assets: Paying of my laptop and its accessories worth around 2.2k
Area of study: Actuarial studies/applied finance
Loans: 1st year for the course so not too sure
Jobs: Mcdonalds

 

[krnofdrg]

Age: 17, turning 18 this year.
Money in bank: $0.00 (Recently spent $5000 -.- sigh in my hsc holiday trip to Korea.)
Assets: ~ $1000 labtop, $1500 computer, few textbooks and my clothing wardrobe.
Area of study: International Studies (International Business)
Loans: HECS loan around 30-40 grand.
Job: I am a voluntary tutor for about 3-4 students at my church.

 

[Aerath]

Aerath - lucky: you have chosen your parents wisely [no HECS!].

Yes, I am lucky and incredibly thankful in that regard.

 

[bladeys]

Age: 18
Money in bank: $8000
Assets: $1000 computer, $17,000 2nd hand Car
Area of study: B Commerce
Loans: Not sure (First Year)
Job: None

 

[krnofdrg]

Sadly my source of money is from my parents. I wish I could find a part time job atleast but it's too hard sigh -.-...

 

[mnmaa]

Age:16
money in bank:$0
Assets:$800 laptop and $200 graphics calculator
Area of Study: B Engineering(Research and Development)
Loans: My parents pay, No HECS
Job:I need to maintain a HD average to stay in my degree so no time for a job.

 

[MrBrightside]

Age:16
money in bank:$0
Assets:$800 laptop and $200 graphics calculator
Area of Study: B Engineering(Research and Development)
Loans: My parents pay, No HECS
Job:I need to maintain a HD average to stay in my degree so no time for a job.

16? you're young for uni.

 

[Omnipotence]

Nope. He omega smart.

 

[OzKo]

Age: 20
Money in bank: ~$2k
Assets: Just your standard uni student belongings
Area of Study: Resource Economics / Geography
Loans: HECS ~$30k
Job: Paralegal, Student Ambassador

 

[ClockworkSoldier]

Age: 21.
Money in bank: Minus ~$350 (In overdraft).
Assets: Car (worth ~$3,500, which I paid $700 for including rego - win), 2009 MacBook Pro, various recording gear (microphones, mixer, keyboards, guitars, monitors), 1922 Weber Pianola/'Player' piano.
Area of study: None at the moment, but completed; Entertainment and live theatre & events.
Loans: No idea where I stand with FeeHelp, $500 to each of my parents - Centrelink claim I owe them ~5k - in process of disproving this now.
Job: Telemarketer.

Below the poverty line ftw... Don't end up like me.

 

[Wight]

Age: 18
In Bank: ~$1000
Assets: ~$2500 ($1600 car, new HD clutch...computer I built a few years ago...and various other crap)
Loans: HECS trololol. And ~$2000 to my dad for paying for a years of insurance (fucking insurance)
Job: none...sigh.

 

[plasticities]

Age: 17
Money in Bank: $8,000
Assets: pretty much nothing.
Area of study: Science
Loans: HECS $18,000 (?)
Jobs: since recently - none

 

[kcqn93]

Age: 18
Money in Bank: ~ $500
Assets: ~$25k (desktop, macbook, laptop, car, guitars and drum kit)
Area of study: Engineering and Science
Loans: HECS. Has yet to check.
Jobs: Software Developer

 

[LightXT]

Age: 17
Money in Bank: $230
Assets: Negligible
Area of Study: Engineering
Loans: 0, atm. Probably going to be upfront.
Jobs: Tutor