SYDNEY

Monica Cook - United States

Monica has been studying Diploma of Leaderships and Management in Sydney CBD for about 7 months now, she is quite happy with her current lifestyle and the fact that being able to choose the right course to further her career is just an icing on top.

Her initial costs were:

  • Application fee: $200
  • Course fee: $1,350/ 3 months
  • Material fee: $50
  • Visa fee: $550 + $8 credit card surcharge
  • OSHC: $500+ per year (Medical Insurance - Compulsory)

 

She is currently working in a Bar on Kent St. Sydney CBD as a waitress and being paid $22 an hour (minimum wages for casual staff). She works around her schedule with the school and working about 20 hours per week (thats about $440 per week) And during her school holidays, she is working about 40 - 45 hours per week to save up for her holidays and her shiny new MacBook Pro. Her College has 5 months worth of holidays per year which is divided into 5 weeks of holidays every 3 months. The schedule for the school is also quite flexible, she could attend 1-1.5 Days/ Nights per week plus an Online course/ assignment.

Her weekly costs are:

Rent: $180/ week
Food: $80/ week (occasional cooking)
Miscellaneous: $100

Monica has been working very hard and her employers has offered her for sponsorships towards the end of her Study as a Customer Service Manager for a new Bar that they are going to open in early 2017. She also manage to save herself a bit of money to have a bit of fun by going to Gold Coast with all the theme parks during summer vacation, Melbourne for sight seeing and shopping, Snorkling in Great Barrier Reef, Sydney Beaches (Bondi, Manly, Coogee, etc) thats just few bus stops away and much much more.