Chapter 93: A New Life
The dormitory conditions of American universities are much better than those in China!
Of course, the price of accommodation is also much higher!
The tuition fee of Chinese universities is generally about 5,000 yuan, which is converted into US dollars, which is about 800 US dollars, while the tuition fee of American universities for one year is more than 10,000 US dollars, which is 10 times that of China!
Private universities like the University of Chicago have annual tuition fees of more than $40,000 and are increasing year by year.
The accommodation fee for Chinese universities is generally about 1,200 yuan, and the high price is only 1,600 yuan or 1,800 yuan, and more than 2,000 yuan is rare, converted into US dollars, and there are about two or three hundred yuan.
And the accommodation fee for a year at the University of Chicago is as high as $10,000!
One year of accommodation at the University of Chicago alone is enough to complete four years of college in China!
It can be seen from this that the burden of American college students, except for those like Lip who get full scholarships, or those whose families are really rich and their parents can bear all the college expenses, ordinary college students have applied for student loans, and it is normal for them to have debts of more than 100,000 or 200,000 US dollars after four years of college.
This may also be one of the reasons why American college students, especially those from prestigious schools, study hard, and find a good job in the future, how can they have the money to repay so many student loans!
Lip now has almost $80,000 in disposable funds in his hand, plus the $50,000 given to him by Grandma Peggy, and there are more than 30,000 bitcoins in his bitcoin account, which are worth more than $300,000 according to the current price of a single bitcoin.
With such a net worth, in a country like the United States, where all the people are in debt, it is definitely a solid family.
However, Lip has no intention of throwing the money in his hand into college, and if he does not get a full scholarship, Lip does not plan to go to college.
Even if you do, you will definitely not choose a private university with such a high tuition fee, but a public university with a fairly low tuition fee.
Lip went to college, not to learn bullshit knowledge that he would forget later, nor to take an academic degree that could only be used as a stepping stone, but to experience a different life from before!
Once reborn, I still arrived in the rotten capitalist stronghold of the United States, Lip, who has no lofty ambitions, does not want to do anything big, just wants to experience as much as possible, a life that has never been experienced before!
When he was first reborn, Lip wanted to get out of the poor status of the South District as soon as possible, not to mention the leap to the wealthy class, at least to the middle class first.
However, after a few months, Lip is now accustomed to the life of the poor in the southern district, and he is a little unable to give up.
When he was in China, Lip had been listening to the media to publicize the dire life of the people at the bottom of the United States, but when he actually came here, Lip found that the so-called dire situation only referred to a very small number of people.
It is for those illegal immigrants that as long as they are willing to endure hardships, bow their heads, and find a job, they can at least live a well-off life.
And white people like Lip, who are of Irish descent, are the best in the American race, and people like this, with a little effort, can get many more opportunities in the United States than blacks and other people of color!
The Irish are a sizable ethnic group in the United States, accounting for one-tenth of the total population of the United States, and one-third of the presidents of the United States have Irish ancestry.
Of course, in the early days of immigration, the Irish who had crossed the ocean from Ireland to the United States were not in a very good position compared to the British immigrants who were the ruling class, the German immigrants who occupied the backbone of agriculture and industry, and the Italian immigrants who controlled the commerce of the cities.
However, the hard-working Irish descendants still changed their fate with their own hands.
It's just that among anyone, there are scum like Frank!
The Lip siblings are unfortunate that they were born into the Gallagher family, but compared to African-Americans and Latinos who are even worse at reincarnation, Lip and them are more than enough.
Because of this white skin, although he lives in the South Side, he has never had the experience of African Americans and Hispanics often being uninvited by the police and breaking into the door, and he has lived comfortably enough.
Lip really has nothing to complain about.
Background does not determine a person's life, how to live, more, or rely on their own efforts!
As a reborn person, Lip relies on his advanced consciousness and can earn back a lot of money without much effort, and there is no other pursuit, only to enjoy the beauty of life.
The best university life is about to begin.
The dormitory is now empty, you can see the bottom at a glance, there is nothing to see, Monica and Fiona, as parents, do not have the consciousness of Chinese parents, thinking of helping Lipp tidy up his new territory, walked around the dormitory, and came out.
On the first day of the report, most of the dormitory building where Lip lived was freshmen, everyone had just arrived, and they were adjusting to the new identity of college students, and the wild factors in their bodies were dormant and did not break out.
Walking through the corridors, I didn't even encounter daytime prostitution, let alone other legendary deeds.
This disappointed Carl, who wanted to open his eyes, and asked, "Is college life like this?"
"Of course not!" Lip rubbed his head, "The real college life hasn't officially started yet, I'll take you to experience it when I have the opportunity later." ”
"It's a deal!" said Karl.
Coming out of the dormitory building, a few people did not stay on campus for more, but went out and found a restaurant in the nearby neighborhood to have a dinner party to celebrate the start of Lipu's new life.
Although the Hyde Park District, where the University of Chicago is located, is not as wealthy as the northern part of Chicago, most of the faculty and staff of the University of Chicago will choose to live here, so the community environment is much better than the South Side, where the Gallagher House is located.
Lip and his party seemed a little out of place here, especially Fiona and Monica, who felt a little uncomfortable from the moment they walked into the University of Chicago.
Therefore, the supper was not very pleasant, and when it was hastily finished, Fiona and the others stopped bothering Lip and said goodbye and left.
Before leaving, Monica, Fiona, Debbie, and Carl hugged Lip goodbye in turn, and Monica held Lip's face and said to him affectionately, "Lip, I'm really, really proud of you!"
Fiona didn't say anything to Lipdo, and the experience of the past few months made her realize that Lip was no longer the child who needed her discipline before, and was already an adult who could make major decisions about her life!