We spent some time rubbing elbows with a new “associate” this week during a summer program outing:
Otherwise, I finally crossed a few projects off of my list and moved on to some new work. Summer Firm continues to be a great place. No complaints here.
I spent some time this week working on my budget for my final year of graduate school, which was–of course–a sobering task. Because I recently received notice that one of my student loans was purchased from my lender by the Department of Education, I’ve been re-reading my loan documents. It turns out that the loan I took out during my first year presumes that I graduated this past May and will begin making payments shortly (at the time that the loan was funded, I had not yet been formally admitted to the MBA program). So, I’ll need to be sure to talk to my lender to update my information. It sure would have been a surprise to get my first student loan bill while still in classes this fall!
I also did some projections and worked out a budget for the first couple years that I will be (hopefully!) working after graduation. I did this in order to help establish realistic expectations and some discipline with regards to how much money I will spend/save during the last year of school (I am still working part-time during the school year) and first few years of work. I’m looking forward to earning a paycheck and laying a solid financial foundation for the future.
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