Short Circuit's Journal: I've Graduated...Now I need advice.

Yay! I graduated with an Associates in Science.

I'm still taking classes here at GRCC for the semester that starts in a week, but will probably not be here for long after that; I'm still planning to move to the Puget Sound area over in Washington.

The only problem is I take a medication that costs my insurance about $500/mo, and the insurance I'm on will only cover me while I'm in school. So I either need a miraculous cure, a generic version to be released or a job that'll help me pay for my meds. Of course, I could continue to take classes over there, but I'd have to find a way to pay out-of-state tuition costs at a four-year institution. I haven't accrued any debt yet, and I was really hoping I wouldn't have to.

Unless people have other suggestions...

Transfer?

[nizo]

Could you transfer to a local school and get insurance through them? Heck it might be cheaper to get your meds that way, with a possible future degree as a bonus :-) (plus it is easier to get student loans than medication loans. Yeah I know the banks don't lend money for medication....). If you do end up having to pay out of pocket, shop around for the best price. When I had to buy some meds out of pocket, I discovered that the Walmart pharmacy charged me $26 for the same medication that cost $48 at a local

Forget Puget Sound

[Marxist Hacker 42]

Ain't going to be no research going on THERE anymore. I'd recommend Washington DC- work for a defense contractor or for NASA- or look at emigrating to a country that knows what R&D is about, like China or India or Israel...

Re:Forget Puget Sound

[Short Circuit]

If I expected to get a research position, I'd have waited until I had a Masters or better. Not a 2-year degree that I spent 3.5 years getting.

I'm actually interested in the area because I've got family there.

Re:Forget Puget Sound

[Marxist Hacker 42]

Just so you don't expect to actually get a job there- now that I read beyond your headline, I'd suggest UW if you want to live in that area- keep going to school. Ain't nothing that only requires an associates is going to have health coverage.

Re:Forget Puget Sound

[Marxist Hacker 42]

Erm... even Wal-Mart employees get health insurance.

Only after 6 years, and even then, only if they pay for it themselves.

It isn't the best work, and the insurance is fairly expensive for what little you get in return, but there is no reason to be defeatist in suggesting that someone with just an associates degree is screwed out of insurance. (Unless I misunderstand you.)

You do, but only slightly- I consider Wal*Mart employees to be largely screwed out of insurance as a true benefit of being employee

Definately transfer

[Ryan_Singer]

I'm a recruiter during the daytime, and most of the jobs I hire for are engineering positions. No employer in Silicon Valley respects Associates Degrees any more than a highschool diploma. For jobs that require a college education, they require a Bachelor's degree. It would be cheaper to transfer to an in-state public university, but student debt is not the end of the world, and it is definately better than working years at a subpar job before you can afford to go back to school.

Re:Definately transfer

[subgeek]

as the saying goes, "education is never as expensive as ignorance."

north?

[dude_wheres_my_car20]

I thought you were going up north