Who will probably go through 2 more years of schooling and very little finances who has a partner in the same situation. When is a good time to think of getting hitched. After grad school? During?
Particularly if the two will be living together, throughout the grad school experience.
@Rowdy: I'll probably (hopefully at this point) be getting into a grad school that would pay lower than you suspect (not fitting into the top tiers, sadly). My fellow is planning on getting a job, but to get a job that pays well too quickly is not the most likely thing, these days. So, I'm guessing he'll get a low paying job right away in the mean time. He'll have his bachelor's in physics and math, but he has racked up so much debt in doing so, that I think a lot will go into paying student loans.
@The casual fan: No, we'd be paying for everything. My mom might enjoy the idea of talking about marriage with me, but my father's still into thinking I'm his little girl and that I shall always be. He might not want to talk about such things...
@Rowdy Hmmmm... Well I don't want to get my hopes up too much on getting a fantastic stipend, but that is good to know.
I guess I didn't make it clear, but he is not planning on going to grad school next year. Maybe some day, but he has expressed that he feels he has been in school too long, he thinks and wishes to get a job instead. I mean, he is 26... I'd be a bit tired of school at his age, too.
@Spanx: Yeah, you obviously know squat about careers. Physicists make more than engineers and are very much in demand. Rowdy puts forth good examples of the types of careers that are available to people with a Bachelor's in physics. Go read up on this, seriously...
Particularly if the two will be living together, throughout the grad school experience.
@Rowdy: I'll probably (hopefully at this point) be getting into a grad school that would pay lower than you suspect (not fitting into the top tiers, sadly). My fellow is planning on getting a job, but to get a job that pays well too quickly is not the most likely thing, these days. So, I'm guessing he'll get a low paying job right away in the mean time. He'll have his bachelor's in physics and math, but he has racked up so much debt in doing so, that I think a lot will go into paying student loans.
@The casual fan: No, we'd be paying for everything. My mom might enjoy the idea of talking about marriage with me, but my father's still into thinking I'm his little girl and that I shall always be. He might not want to talk about such things...
@Rowdy Hmmmm... Well I don't want to get my hopes up too much on getting a fantastic stipend, but that is good to know.
I guess I didn't make it clear, but he is not planning on going to grad school next year. Maybe some day, but he has expressed that he feels he has been in school too long, he thinks and wishes to get a job instead. I mean, he is 26... I'd be a bit tired of school at his age, too.@Spanx: Yeah, you obviously know squat about careers. Physicists make more than engineers and are very much in demand. Rowdy puts forth good examples of the types of careers that are available to people with a Bachelor's in physics. Go read up on this, seriously...