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If you were a multi-millionaire at 18

Posted on 6/14/18 at 9:24 am
Posted by AllbyMyRelf
Virginia
Member since Nov 2014
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Posted on 6/14/18 at 9:24 am
Would you still go to college? Would your major/ college choice change? If you wouldn’t go, what would you do instead?
Posted by rockiee
Sugar Land, TX
Member since Jan 2015
28540 posts
Posted on 6/14/18 at 9:35 am to
It depends on how I acquired this money
Posted by AllbyMyRelf
Virginia
Member since Nov 2014
3319 posts
Posted on 6/14/18 at 9:46 am to
Through very little work of your own. Let’s say you won the lottery or guessed right on cryptocurrency.
Posted by KSGamecock
The Woodlands, TX
Member since May 2012
22982 posts
Posted on 6/14/18 at 9:48 am to
I would still go to college for a bunch of reasons:

1. Education is an end all its own.

2. You can acquire skills or qualifications to have something to fall back on in case the fortune disappears.

3. Colleges are the best concentration of 18-22 year old women with a decent insane to only slightly insane ratio.
Posted by AllbyMyRelf
Virginia
Member since Nov 2014
3319 posts
Posted on 6/14/18 at 9:51 am to
What would you study? Knowing that I’m financially safe, i’d probably take my time and triple-major in subjects that interest me. Classics-math-econ. Maybe a language. I majored in Econ and german, so I guess I wouldn’t change a lot, i’d just take my time
Posted by KSGamecock
The Woodlands, TX
Member since May 2012
22982 posts
Posted on 6/14/18 at 9:55 am to
So this isn't a hypothetical then?

I don't know what I'd major in in that situation. Were I able to do college over again I would have majored in something STEM rather than a liberal art like I did but if you're already financially stable the equation changes a bit.
Posted by rockiee
Sugar Land, TX
Member since Jan 2015
28540 posts
Posted on 6/14/18 at 9:56 am to
quote:


Through very little work of your own. Let’s say you won the lottery or guessed right on cryptocurrency.




I would probably still try to go although I'll be honest and say it would be harder to do with that money there. Major in something inside of Business to help me properly invest or even start a business with that money.

Multi-million is a wide range but if its on the lower end then it could go fast sitting on your arse and potentially supporting a family with it.
Posted by The Spleen
Member since Dec 2010
38865 posts
Posted on 6/14/18 at 9:58 am to
I'd like to say I would have, but remembering how I was at 18 I probably would not have.
Posted by JohnnyRebel
Colorado
Member since Sep 2014
7181 posts
Posted on 6/14/18 at 10:02 am to
I’d still go to college, because I’ve always wanted the college experience. The college I went to might change, because I wouldn’t have to worry about cost of tuition as much. I’d probably go to CU Boulder, where I got in, but the out of state tuition was wayyy to much for me to actually go there. I wouldn’t change majors, I’d stick to business, and CU’s leads business school is a big step up from Ole Miss’ business school. Instead of Business marketing tho, I’d go with Business Entrepreneurship, which CU offers as a major, but I don’t recall Ole Miss having that.
Posted by AllbyMyRelf
Virginia
Member since Nov 2014
3319 posts
Posted on 6/14/18 at 10:04 am to
quote:

So this isn't a hypothetical then?

It’s hypothetical for me
Posted by DownSouthJukin
Coaching Changes Board
Member since Jan 2014
27184 posts
Posted on 6/14/18 at 10:06 am to
I am.
I did.
Economics.
Bang OT 10's in Europe.

Seriously-go to college, get a degree in finance and learn how to handle that money and make more money. Then bang OT 10's in Europe.
Posted by momentoftruth87
Member since Oct 2013
71198 posts
Posted on 6/14/18 at 10:45 am to
Wife is from Europe and I go to school
Posted by NYCAuburn
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Member since Feb 2011
57002 posts
Posted on 6/14/18 at 11:05 am to
A guy I know from high school got into hosting and creation of online porn sites in the 90s By graduation his parents lived with him in his 750k home, he had ducatis, 37' scarab, a Vector(car) an S600, plus other shite. He skipped college and still lives the life

Some people on here might have seen his shite, he took his murcielago and made it into a rally car. He was featured in some magazines and on jalponik(sp?)



Posted by BowlJackson
Birmingham, AL
Member since Sep 2013
52881 posts
Posted on 6/14/18 at 11:07 am to
If I was a multi-millionaire at 18 I would probably have been dead by 21 so no point in wasting time in class
Posted by PurpleandGeauld
Florence, TX
Member since Oct 2013
5171 posts
Posted on 6/14/18 at 11:08 am to
Definitely go to school. Get a Law Degree to protect yourself from people trying to take your millions.
Posted by TheHarahanian
Actually not Harahan as of 6/2023
Member since May 2017
19495 posts
Posted on 6/14/18 at 11:15 am to
Pretty good chance I'd have assumed room temp a long time ago if I were a millionaire at 18.
Posted by AllbyMyRelf
Virginia
Member since Nov 2014
3319 posts
Posted on 6/14/18 at 11:33 am to
I’m getting a law degree now. If I was a multi millionaire, I absolutely would not be doing this.
Posted by momentoftruth87
Member since Oct 2013
71198 posts
Posted on 6/14/18 at 11:54 am to
I feel the same about my lesser degree that I'm working on
Posted by DownSouthJukin
Coaching Changes Board
Member since Jan 2014
27184 posts
Posted on 6/14/18 at 11:59 am to
quote:

Pretty good chance I'd have assumed room temp a long time ago if I were a millionaire at 18.


"How much of this stuff can I get in my nose? Let's try all of it..."
This post was edited on 6/14/18 at 12:00 pm
Posted by PurpleandGeauld
Florence, TX
Member since Oct 2013
5171 posts
Posted on 6/14/18 at 12:50 pm to
quote:

I’m getting a law degree now. If I was a multi millionaire, I absolutely would not be doing this.
You will be glad you don't have to worry about what to do if someone ever files a friv lawsuit on you.
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