And the Results are In...

Graduate school tallies over the last 19 months:

• $14,021.30 paid in tuition and fees (through student loans… I’m not a millionaire)
• 50 roundtrips from my home to the Detroit campus at 210 miles each
• 14 roundtrips from my work to the Detroit campus at 170 miles each
• 12 roundtrips from my work to the Oakland campus at 150 miles each
• 9 roundtrips from my home to the MLC in Lansing at 150 miles each
• For a total of 16,030 miles driven to class and back
• That’s 259 hours on the road (almost 11 days of my life!)
• Approximately $2000 in gas (just for the class miles… not including any other driving)
• And $144 for parking on campus

Now I get my whopping raise of $1000 per year. Wow. But it was still worth it.