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I'm 24 years old, just finished my B.Sc. in Biology and Chemistry and am in my first year of my M.Sc. in biochemistry.
I was fortunate enough to have a really good job in the forest industry for the first two years of my undergrad, so they were all paid for by working summers. Then there was a recession that caused the collapse of the forest industry in my hometown (due to the U.S. softwood lumber tariffs imposed on Canadian imports, but that could be a whole other thread) so I unfortunately was unable to pay for school anymore. I still worked every summer, and then had to 'top up' my account with student loans in order to be able to afford to go to school. What sucks is that this 'topping up' has now come to grand total of $19,000 canadian. Now that I'm in my M.Sc., I am thankfully employed by the university to be a teachin assistant, which lands me $4200/semester, so I can pay for most of my schooling with that and whatever small amount I get from work in the summers. Hopefully I get a good job after this degree so I can start whittling away that debt!
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