Cha-Ching! Add it up!

hmm..wonder how I missed this thread.

Let's see..

1. GMAT - 250$
2. All the books - around 250$ but I recover almost all of it via eBay ;) so actual spend is about 50-60$
3. Application - only INSEAD - ~300$
4. Interview was 10 minutes from home, and the 2nd interviewer bought the lunch :)
5. Some cheap-ass blazer (I've never worn suits in my life) 120$

That sums it up - 720$.

If INSEAD dings me - I'll spend some on IMD, and a remote chance for LBS Sloan Fellowship MSc.. not sure on that.[/img]

hey necromonger, can we get another cartoon from you? you can pick the topic...just need a break from waiting to hear, or should I say pants-pooping

Gmat exam $500
Gmat Books $300
Visiting schools $600
Application Fees ~ $1000
Time missed at work ~ $3000

Total $5400

sounds like a mastercard commercial

I think I have one of the cheapest costs also:

GMAT Books: Free (borrowed outdated books from other friends)
GMAT $250
Apps to 4 schools: ~$700
Transcripts & scores: ~$100
New suite: $199

Total for now: $1249

Huh? Benetton!

"Getting acceptance phone call - priceless"

GMAT: 500
Toefl: 600 (hic, I had problems with it)
Books: 200
trips: 3000 (I visited 10 schools. Such a deal)
App fee: 1000
Sickness medicine when study for GMAT and writing essays: 400
Sickness medicine when interviewed: 300

Total: 6000

alright, gmat,

here you go - as we wait for results.

bhahhaahah....

woohoo!!! we gotta make a gallery out of your brilliant cartoons!

And if you take out the sofa it is nearly a round grand.

I reckon I will be about $1000 at the end of it, probably nearer $700 (1 GMAT, 3 Apps, some books)

I am going to be screwed when it comes down to interviews if they are on-campus though.

I'm a cheapo as well. However, the show is not over - suit expenses are still quite possible

Rhyme,
Pardon my lack of knowledge about tax filing.

But can we file deductions based on application fees for all the unversities?
Thanks,

Hindustan -

Don't talk to Rhyme. I'm the tax goddess in these parts.

Unfortunately, application fees won't help you out on your tax returns.

Later - maybe tonight or tomorrow - I will start a new thread on finances and taxes (I am a financial counselor and run a tax clinic for low-income filers). Stay tuned for more exciting detail!

I'm in the market for one of those right now, but looking to spend upwards of $199,000. Add that to the total cost (GMAT+MBA) and I become the official GMATClub CHA-CHING debt KING.

New condo: $225,000
Forgone wages: $175,000
Tuition: $50,000
This month's visit to XYZ: $3000
Kaplan: $1200
Books, CDROMs, other online materials: ~$1000
GMAT (x4): $1000
Initial school visits in 2004 and 2005: $5000 (x2)
Lost wages during vists: $15,000
Insurance: $10,000
Wife's green card paperwork and embassy visits: $2000
Family visit to Asia: $5000
Anticipated birth of first child between B1 and B2: $6000
Living Expenses for 21 months: $31,000
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Sub Total: $535,000 (and that's riding a bicycle to school everyday!)

I don't know where XYZ is, but this:

Living Expenses for 21 months: $31,000

Seems way way low to me. Thats less than $1500 a month, and unless XYZ is in a really small town where things are cheap, thats low.