Your at Uni, and you had £33,000 saved up .. what would you do?
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Your at Uni, and you had £33,000 saved up .. what would you do?Hey!
I am an 'older' student (23) and have worked a few years, so I have managed to save up a bit of money.
I currently have around £33,000 saved up.
At the moment these are in a number of different saving accounts but I just feel I have all that money in my account but I'm not really 'enjoying life'. I am in a sucky situation with my friendship group at the moment and having girl trouble (haaa).
So I'm just wondering, if you were a student and had £33,000 in savings .. what would you do? ..... -
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Re: Your at Uni, and you had £33,000 saved up .. what would you do?Depends on what you already have, and what you enjoy.
I'd say, if you're happy with it, take £3000 out and splurge on something you'll enjoy. But limit yourself, don't take anymore than whatever you feel's right. -
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Re: Your at Uni, and you had £33,000 saved up .. what would you do?Personally, I wouldn't even consider it until I left Uni. But then I'd like to spend it on travelling
Lots and lots and lots and lots of travelling (on a budget).
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Re: Your at Uni, and you had £33,000 saved up .. what would you do?Travel at every opportunity.
Go backpacking round south east asia or something, you could live like a king.
I went to asia for a year and loved every second and I had no money at all, had to teach English and stuff.
I spent less than £2k for three months backpacking round south east asia.
You'll have a great experience, meet new people and hell you may never come back it'll be that good!
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Re: Your at Uni, and you had £33,000 saved up .. what would you do?I am a Member of the Nigerian Royal family. Congrats you have won the Nigerian national lottery. To claim your prize and release the funds please send your bank account details to me and allow me to take £33,000 to release your prize.
But seriously I would say keep on saving it and set yourself up some where after uni. Not many people have that kind of cash to help them out after uni for I would say think of the future. -
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Re: Your at Uni, and you had £33,000 saved up .. what would you do?I'd just travel a lot - particularly with societies that do lots of travelling, if you're in a difficult spot with your normal social group. I don't think there's much cause for a lot of expensive material items while you're at university, and splashing the cash around on everyday things like nights out would be distasteful. Of course I would absolutely want to hold on to as much of it as possible until I leave university as it'll be so beneficial then.
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Re: Your at Uni, and you had £33,000 saved up .. what would you do?This thread offers no purpose other than you telling everyone how much money you have saved. The logical thing to do would be to save it so that you can pay off tuition fee loans and in the future put deposits on apartments etc
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Re: Your at Uni, and you had £33,000 saved up .. what would you do?What year are you in? Or about to leave?!(Original post by StudyHard_LiveBetter)
Hey!
I am an 'older' student (23) and have worked a few years, so I have managed to save up a bit of money.
I currently have around £33,000 saved up.
At the moment these are in a number of different saving accounts but I just feel I have all that money in my account but I'm not really 'enjoying life'. I am in a sucky situation with my friendship group at the moment and having girl trouble (haaa).
So I'm just wondering, if you were a student and had £33,000 in savings .. what would you do? ..... -
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Re: Your at Uni, and you had £33,000 saved up .. what would you do?(Original post by Miracle Day)
Shopping spree!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Re: Your at Uni, and you had £33,000 saved up .. what would you do?New laptop... About £1,000.
I'd get some nice clothes for once rather than just t-shirts.
But mainly travelling. I want to go to Florida again, and I'd try to cross off a load of the places on my 'locations to visit before I die' list!
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Re: Your at Uni, and you had £33,000 saved up .. what would you do?Put it in a bond due to end whenever you finish uni, then use it as a deposit when you're ready to settle down.
Yea traveling is good, but don't spend 30 grand on it! -
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Re: Your at Uni, and you had £33,000 saved up .. what would you do?I'd continue saving untill i had enough for a deposit on a house. May sound boring compared to an awesome holiday or a shopping spree but if i had that kind of money, i wouldn't be living with my parents
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Re: Your at Uni, and you had £33,000 saved up .. what would you do?Its 33grand not 33mil, maybe u misread.(Original post by rockrunride)
Girl trouble, with thirty-three grand? She either doesn't know, or you're lying.
Lots and lots and lots and lots of travelling (on a budget).
