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Glad you found a good fit!

You’ve been with me for almost this whole process! I’m so excited for you! I used my 2017 MacBook Pro for school, and edited all my videos. I did also have the most basic iPad and Apple Pencil, it was helpful for notes, but not necessary. Don’t buy textbooks- unless you’re a few weeks into a semester and find you actually need them, even then, I rented. Textbooks are too dense, and become outdated quickly. I never used mine as a resource. Huge money saver!

I was fortunate to have parents that were very proactive about their personal finances, and taught us to save more than we spent from a young age. As I got older I learned about more niche topics like financial freedom/ retiring early and traveling using miles and points from social media, and that was kind of the trigger for me to learn more about how to leverage my money, debt, spending, and investing. I honestly consider personal finance to be one of my hobbies. I've spent a lot of time in the space from books, podcasts, and reddit forums learning a lot, I just find it reaalllly interesting. Hoping to share a lot of that culminated knowledge on this channel, and put it to the test by sharing my personal finance journey!

Might be my new slogan…

We can barf about it together ❤️

I usually trail run 15-30 miles so boots aren’t practical. This was a short day out, and nothing an extra pair of socks can’t handle

You’ll do great! Enjoy the rest of capstone!

So glad it was helpful! Good luck!

my least favorite thing about mountain lions is you don't know they're there unless they want you to know... guess I wasn't a good enough snack this time!

@@sandradoingstuff Nature is pretty “wild” 😂 I enjoyed your post!

Most OT school applications provide the opportunity to explain your GPA if you need to- but a 3.3 or 3.4 arent going to get your application immediately thrown in the trash. Recognizing that you didn't have the emotional maturity to handle college level courses as a high school student shows really good maturity now. I would use the opportunity on your application to explain what you learned, and how that learning will help you succeed in the rigor of an OT program. It's important to address both what went wrong and how you fixed it to be able to handle challenges in the future. I would cast your net a little wider than just one or two schools, and let your passion show in your application!

Thank you! I don’t think I’ve talked about it fully- and I think PSLF is an awesome option for most people, but it doesn’t align with my career or financial goals so I’m going to be choosing to aggressively pay my loans so that I pay them off in 5 years or less. This is a very privileged option because I am in a position where I can afford to make huge payments towards my loans, but being debt free and having flexibility in work are my priorities. I’ll explain as best as I can in a video where I break down my plan- but that will be my route (and it’s been the plan since before I took my first loan)!

That was me 🙋🏽‍♀️We were fortunate enough to be still wearing masks during our cadaver semester which helped A LOT. I would put a little vaporub under my nose which helped with the smell. I also let more eager members of my group handle the cutting (I found that after the skin was open I was able to get a little more involved). I also made an effort to only focus on the area we were working on- if I thought of it as a body I was done for, but if it was just the extensors of the hand I could learn more. And lastly- it was helpful for me to remember that the people that donated their bodies wanted us to learn from them!

@@sandradoingstuff thank you! That is so helpful

a.) thank you this is the confidence boost i needed (I still feel like I'm gonna fail but WHATEVER) b.) ugh. loans. ugh. thanks for being here <3

Yay! Good luck wrapping up. You bet your bottom dollar there will be a video on all things boards!

For me it was less! (still makes me want to throw up) But going into grad school I had decided to only take loans for tuition, and work to live- so my costs were easier to anticipate because my cost of tuition was mostly predictable (I have a piece or two to say about how schools charge tuition but that's a story for another time). I ended up paying more out of pocket for tuition because I have lived frugally, and got a small amount of additional scholarships- I was anticipating over 130,000 in principle, and came in at 122,000 give or take. I do plan to explain how I budgeted for school, decided what to take loans for, and share my whole process as the start of my journey of paying off my loans too- so there will be a full video about all of that!

@@sandradoingstuff Thank you for the info and congratulations! I’m looking forward to those videos, I’m starting my OTD in two weeks :)

@Shytheshoreline1005 yay good luck!

this is possibly the nicest thing anyone has ever said to me- glad I can be of help. Congrats on your next adventure- I'm excited to be colleagues one day!

Thanks for your support 🤍

Yay! Thanks!

Generally speaking a capstone project is a culminating project where you demonstrate your mastery in an area. For OT schools, it’s a 14 week experience where you dive into a niche and work in professional development, program development, improving an area of OT, or research. You write your own learning objectives (with approval from an academic advisor) and work to meet them over the 14 weeks! This is currently only for doctorates in OT.

@@sandradoingstuff thank you for this info!

It’s on my plans! I want to have my final total first (but I graduate in 2 weeks so that’ll be soon)! And I’ll definitely be posting monthly budget and debt payoff updates once I’m employed!

I would also love this! I’m a first year MOT student currently stressing about student loan debt

We’re in it together lol ❤️ really happy to be a resource when I can!

lol I still haven't processed it. thanks for being here!

your computer was there again today. Gonna have to start charging it rent

just you it seems?

What

@emilyau8023 Scientology OT progression. (Operating Thetans). Moving up OT levels takes study and practice. And a lot of money. I'm not suggesting the title needs changing; I'm just amused at my silliness.

If I can be anything in this world I hope it’s realistic 👀👀 thanks for watching!

@@sandradoingstuffomg you replied!! ❤❤

@@sandradoingstuffalso, you are so close to 1k!! ❤❤

@@celinebronk2239 and I love all 962 of you ;) of course I replied!

I'm feeling a lot better this week! Take care of yourself and recognize when you need a break and take it. You're gonna crush it.

This branched out from my normal content so you have no idea how much it means that you needed it <3 excited to throw out all the budget tips over the next couple months

One of my favorite hobbies- id love to! Do you have any questions/ curiosities I can address specifically?

Good work being in top of this! I think being a rehab aide is a great way to get really good experience, I would look for something in an inpatient rehab or a hospital, since it sounds like you’re already logging pediatric outpatient hours. You’ll need your BLS while in school anyways, so it’s worth it to get (and you never know when CPR could save a life) A lot of my peers continued to work as rehab aides PRN (as needed) during OT school too!

@@sandradoingstuffThank you so much ! Many of my local hospitals are hiring for a rehab aide and i would love to get some experience in this environment. so that’s what truly sparked my interest in the hospital environment! Thank you so much for the advice ! 🩷

The craziest part is it all melted in about 1 week!

I know and we have a lot of warer

@OTABABE is sharing her journey! I bet you could requests some tips if you ask nicely enough 😉

@@sandradoingstuff you are the best! Thank you so much🥰

Happy to help! Plus we might be colleagues one day!

It traps them alive! I think the brand is mouse hotel. In the fall we catch so many, it made me sad (and honestly it was super messy sometimes). We just put them in a bucket and drive them down the road 4-5 miles so they don’t come back

@@sandradoingstuff I 🩷 this!!🥹

You have to sun so much up in such little space- not an easy feat at all!

Samesies- ideally inpatient rehab for me. We’ll see what happens though- I don’t currently have anything lined up