u/Pitiful-Ad-9080

Rent an apartment or a room while in college?

Upper 20s student, work a warehouse job 20hrs a week making $380 a week but if I bump it to 28hrs, $500 a week. I’m in computer science and it’s my jr year. My job gives some reimbursement for school every year so I can use some of that next year. Internship this summer and potentially next summer. Also have a large settlement(potentially millions) coming next year. Dunno if it’s worth it to just take out more federal if I get the apartment. Only have a year left of college. Tuition a semester is like 7k. After this fall I’ll no longer receive financial aid, but my spring and fall semesters will be light.

Expenses:

Car - $256

Insurance - $151

Food - covered

Have some loans but don’t have to pay those until 2029

As for the apartment, it’s all utilities included and it’s $1125. The room is $625(private bathroom). The apartment is smoke-free, owners work from home and they have kids, a dog and a cat. It’s in a nice neighborhood though just like the apartment. Private landlord, own parking, and plenty of storage for the apartment. Introvert, do value peace.

Upper 20s student, work a warehouse job 20hrs a week making $380 a week but if I bump it to 28hrs, $500 a week. I’m in computer science and it’s my jr year. My job gives some reimbursement for school every year so I can use some of that next year. Internship this summer and potentially next summer. Also have a large settlement(potentially millions) coming next year. Dunno if it’s worth it to just take out more federal if I get the apartment. Only have a year left of college. Tuition a semester is like 7k. After this fall I’ll no longer receive financial aid, but my spring and fall semesters will be light.

Expenses:

Car - $256

Insurance - $151

Food - covered

Have some loans but don’t have to pay those until 2029

As for the apartment, it’s all utilities included and it’s $1125. The room is $625. The room is smoke-free, owners work from home and they have kids, a dog and a cat. It’s in a nice neighborhood though just like the apartment. Private landlord, own parking, plenty of storage. Introvert, do value peace.

With the over saturation I keep seeing and AI being able to write code( I admit that I used it before).

I have an above 3.0 gpa, some projects, a capstone project using machine learning/ai/api’s and an internship this summer. Gonna look for one next year when August comes around, then I graduate fall 2027. I should definitely work on leetcode, doing good in technical interviews, and soft skills right? I’m not looking to be faang or nothing.