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How I Graduated University Debt-Free as an Engineer

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Going to university or college can be such a rewarding experience, but it’s expensive! So here are some of my best tips and practices that I implemented to help me graduate from my University with an engineering degree and no debt. Timestamps are as follows:
00:00 Intro
00:36 How Much Did it Cost Me?
02:18 Tip 1: Do Internships
04:27 Tip 2: Finesse Scholarships
08:16 Tip 3: Top Tier Budgeting
09:30 Tip 4: Don’t Eat Out
11:18 Tip 5: Asking 2x Before Buying
11:45 Tip 6: Don’t Buy Textbooks
11:51 Tip 7: Live at Home
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Discord: / discord (let's chat there!)
ABOUT ME:
My name is Tamer Shaheen and I am a recent mechanical engineering graduate from the University of Waterloo, currently working as a Mechanical Design Engineer. I like to make videos about university/college, engineering, and personal development. Thank you so much for watching!!

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14 авг 2024

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@IamKudos Год назад

Bro even showed us how to cook during these difficult times. King 😭

@TamerShaheen Год назад

quick and simple haha

@alexsedgwick4546 Год назад

It sounds great in theory. If there’s an option to do 3 classes a semester for 3 semesters a year while working full time do it! It’s kind of what a cousin of mine did and he was instantly hired after his degree

@PoojaDutt Год назад

Awesome video, Tamer! It’s crazy how high student debts are nowadays ….. thanks for shedding light on this issue!

@mohammadmujahid199 Год назад

The sad truth is that you just can't financially supply yourself fully as an international student without a student debt or support from the parents.

@TamerShaheen Год назад

that's true...I was lucky to have the privilege of being local. I had many friends who were international, so I can empathize with that.

@maalikserebryakov Год назад

International students pay like 3 times the amount lol

@precociousdeathdealer202 Год назад

@@TamerShaheen bro I'm shocked how much it cost you per term. my entire 4 year MENG aerospace that is 3 year undergrad and masters only cost me 14000 pounds. I graduated in 2016

@JanM2 Год назад

@@precociousdeathdealer202tuition fees or all in all?

@precociousdeathdealer202 Год назад

@@JanM2 tamer is paying more money in 1st year than I did for all 4 years MENG tution fee. my pee year fee was £3400. plus I got roughly £6500 student grant in total for 4 years. But all students after 2012 will pay £9250 per year and student grant got scrapped I'm 2016

@Ali-pf9vl Год назад

I like your videos a lot bro :) It stands out from from classic or cliché engineering videos from other RU-vid channels where the content repeats itself. I can always relate to what you say. There is definitely other channels, but they are not as consistent or they do not put work in scripting , ideas and sharing information as much as you do mashallah❤🙌🙏

@TamerShaheen Год назад

Thank you, appreciate the kind words!

@beniem.1755 Год назад

I know everyone has a different experience with the University of Waterloo but I’m glad I chose UW for their coop program and scholarships. I’m debt free so far and I hope to graduate debt free. I’m applying the same methods (coop, scholarships, OSAP).

@TravelVeins 6 месяцев назад

Brother, you are really helping others.

@zaired Год назад

If you are canadian and planning to study engineering away from home, it might be worth looking at going to quebec, as rent is cheap and university is basically free. It costs you about 2000$ per semester, but you get a 2500$ grant per semester just by studying engineering, computer science or other elligible programs. (Québec Perspective Scholarship)

@leonardtran2282 Год назад

Nice videos. I like how you talk about the cost of college/university. It seems like these day it is an afterthought when it comes to the cost of college/university. You don't want to have a dream become a nightmare.

@KevinNaughtonJr Год назад

great tips Tamer! Definitely wish I did some of these sooner especially more strict budgeting

@joaquinmoeller4078 Год назад

Another solid video, Tamer!

@RTR_43 Год назад

Hey Tamer 💪🏾 Would really like a video comparing what you learnt in uni & how much of it you actually use

@rubenarmandofigueroafuentes Год назад

Great video, greetings from Mexico!

@stefanodecarli1443 Год назад

It always amazes me looking at how much university costs in North America, here in Europe (Italy in my case) public university is basically almost free, depending on your financial situation, and even some private universities got very low fees (compared to north american), and even them scale on your financial situation. I've completed my bachelor last year and I think I paid something like one thousand euros total for these 3 years in the best Italian engineering university, but received much more in scholarships so that was not a problem at all (same with master now but with no fees at all). And in other countries here in Europe university is just free (of course only if you profitably pass exams).

@maalikserebryakov Год назад

The UK takes 9k per year

@stefanodecarli1443 Год назад

@@maalikserebryakov Ok, let's say European Union then 🤣😅

@humanbeing5529 Год назад

@@maalikserebryakov 9k for uk students. For international students its 20k per year

@alexandrohdez3982 Год назад

Great video bro you are smart and realistic 👏👏👏

@TheExaltedHerobrine Год назад

Internships/CO OPs if they pay you, is a 100% worth it. If your doing 8 hours a day of unpaid internship over the summer, then you might have obtained a really bad offer

@sahriarshovon56 Год назад

Tamer i am From Bangladesh. I was always looking for this kinda videos. Appreciate it. Assalamualikum

@mariadelourdesaniessanchez1473 Год назад

all the people is in the room I feel freedom

@robertjr8205 Год назад

Awesome video! Very helpful and informative for people. The eating out part is probably what kills your wallet the fastest. For me at least lol… but I’m doing 2 years of community college and will transfer next semester for my last 2 years of college. I expect to at most pull out only 35,000 dollars in student loans(for my last 2 years). I been working since 17 and I’m 23 now and want to fully focus on school and attend full time and have time for clubs and internships. Is that a good choice?

@thrasher2344 Год назад

Even worse with door dash

@NightSide1349 Год назад

@@thrasher2344 Door Dash is super expensive

@TamerShaheen Год назад

Ya that sounds like a solid plan!

@Ro.T560 Год назад

Budget to not buy a car even after you graduate, put the money into your student loans instead. I'm treating my second degree loan as a car payment this way I don't feel so bad for taking out a loan :)

@satishsinghal101 Год назад

compare that to going to UC system. Even as in state student, it would cost you $41000 per semester. No one would pay you that much to intern for 4 months. Consider yourself blessed that for. Canadian citizens in Waterloo, tuition and boarding is so inexpensive.

@mofeoluwaosibanjo8497 Год назад

Thank you for teaching me cooking strategies

@precociousdeathdealer202 Год назад

tamer is paying more money in 1st year than I did for all 4 years for MENG tution fee. my per year fee was £3400. plus I got roughly £6500 student grant in total for 4 years. But all students after 2012 will pay £9250 per year and student grant got scrapped in 2016

@flourishomotola5306 Год назад

Smart dude

@ahmarscott1706 11 месяцев назад

Thank you for this man! God, El Elyon Bless you

@mukonank783 Год назад

It’s kinda weird that university is basically free in South Africa but Americans always talk about student debt. I literally don’t know a single person who has student debt

@zanovis Год назад

Tamer, do you mind sharing how you manage your projects and the tools you use to do your work? (At your job or personal projects) would be super helpful!

@jakeconrad2130 Год назад

“My dad paid for it” * video ends* Just jokes

@TamerShaheen Год назад

HAHA imagine if I started the video off like that as a joke 🤣

@ibrahimjafri Год назад

I'm also hopefully gonna graduate university debt free because i go to university in scotland

@caydengower1043 Год назад

Can you do an in depth video on computer engineering?

@diax7831 Год назад

That's Crazy, In Saudi Arabia the University is free, Moreover you will get about 300$ wage each month.

@hasansiddiqi2006 Год назад

Hey Tamer, I'm also going to apply for Waterloo's Engineering program next year. Is there any other scholarship specific to Ontario/Waterloo that you applied for aside from OSAP and the Principal's Scholarship of Distinction that I should be aware of?

@TamerShaheen Год назад

A huge one is the bursary application that you can find on Quest. Once waterloo sends out the tuition bill, you should see it under the financial aid tab.

@hasansiddiqi2006 Год назад

@@TamerShaheen Thanks, appreciate it.

@ArcticZombie Год назад

apply to schulich and the td bank scholarships. Also apply for the PEO scholarship. There’s a lot available.

@hasansiddiqi2006 Год назад

@@ArcticZombie Alr I'll look into them, thanks.

@Rudenbehr 4 месяца назад

TLDR he went to school outside the USA

@iftekharuddinshohan509 Год назад

Would you be able to make a tutorial on stress-strain analysis using SolidWorks?

@flippers321 Год назад

Can you do a video on the differences between mechatronic and robotic engineering?

@konijetisubhash5891 Год назад

Bro auto cad is not installed please how to install auto cad make a video 😅😅😅😅

@gordonou7065 Год назад

Wait... this is how Waterloo COOP work? Could you explain how your you secured these internships? I’m UofT 2027.

@Electraflare198 Год назад

good video. the only things is that American universities cost about twice as much as that

@TamerShaheen Год назад

Yeah, I heard, but I have many American friends who did community college for 2 years, then university for another 2 years to offset the price.

@periodictable118 Год назад

Rich kids be like: I graduated with no student debt guess how I did it Everyone else: Your mom

@TheeAbstractHero Год назад

Good information, but that internship structure is not going to work for my scenario. My living expenses are too high to make that little as a 25 year old prospective student. EDIT: 18 year old me thought that skipping school and going straight into the workforce was a great idea, and it's certainly worked out for me. Own a home on acreage, have a few cars, a few investment accounts. With that being said the idea of being blue collar my whole career sounds awful, hence why I'm a viewer.

@TamerShaheen Год назад

What did you do when you entered the workforce? And so are you in school now?

@TheeAbstractHero Год назад

@@TamerShaheen I'm still actively working, I'm an auto tech by trade. We'll leave it at my current employer is on your resume. Hope to get back into school soon, a local community college has a 2 year Engineering AS degree which transfers over to the local university should it work out. I'd like to follow the ME path.

@ahmedmustafa9907 Год назад

can you make a video about up work for mechanical engineer please

@abdulrahmanarnaout3121 Год назад

Can you make a video about Industrial And Systems Engineering!

@TamerShaheen Год назад

Sure, what questions do you have about it?

@abdulrahmanarnaout3121 Год назад

@@TamerShaheen Well mainly just how actually working in the field will be, I already know about the courses because I went and checked at the uni I applied to Rochester. But I wanna understand what type of positions can I get into, can I join design maybe etc. Thanks For Replying!

@chriscarson9274 Год назад

hey tamer I've always had thus question. Wgat skills do I need to have to get internships? especially as a 1st or second year

@ibrahimabdelhadiamin4802 Год назад

When you said “International experience through a research abroad term” what did you mean? Does doing IB (INTERNATIONAL BACCALAUREATE) fit that criteria?

@ATFofficial. Год назад

No, that's a different thing entirely unfortunately. You can probably find scholarships for that though too

@alexchristiantakam4862 Год назад

you didn't talk about the youtube money. how much did you make off youtube and what percentage of your total yearly income does that represent? Takam from Cameroon

@TamerShaheen Год назад

HAHA youtube didn't pay for my university costs

@PatrickGaied Год назад

Can you get 2 weeks off between a work term and a study term?

@TamerShaheen Год назад

Ya usually that's the case. Sometimes you can also ask your manager to finish your internship a week early or start a week late if you need an extra week off between terms.

@PatrickGaied Год назад

@@TamerShaheen thank you so much :)

@PatrickGaied Год назад

Do you have laptop recommendations for uw engineering students?

@PatrickGaied Год назад

Mechatronics

@art_nt_nk8353 Год назад

@@PatrickGaied I've heard that in unis you don't need very high end laptops, cause only a little computing power would be needed for the most commonly used software, as large projects that require a lot of computing power aren't commonly given, but it depends on the uni u go, i would say go for something with a discrete gpu (most commonly Nvidia's Line up, but don't go for the mx Nvidia lineup, they aren't that gud), take my advice with a grain of salt tho because im a student who is currently in my senior year of highschool, planning to go and do an undergraduate mechanical engineering course, which is very similar to Mechatronics.

@PatrickGaied Год назад

@@art_nt_nk8353 thanks a lot :)

@alighanim4937 Год назад

Oh no, he cuts his hair

@TamerShaheen Год назад

haha yea, new arc!

@ExemplifiedGamer Год назад

FYP

@1HourOf. Год назад

So Tamer you're American?? ...Do citizens pay tax in American??

@TamerShaheen Год назад

I'm Canadian! But yes, everyone pays tax in America

@Swgse534 Год назад

Pro tip: study in germany where tuition is free

@khaledbahy560 Год назад

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@MrTrollified Год назад

tip: you should try to talk in a more flowy way, it sounds like youre reading off a script. still a great video though

@itsmiramalek7638 Год назад

I don’t mind lol

@almiqdadali3254 Год назад

I disagree. I think he should stick to this way of talking because it conveys a lot of valuable information condensed in a short amount of time.

@Ali-pf9vl Год назад

He says a lot of info in a short amount of time, and I speed up the video. I think he should keep it the way he does it. I am sure he also adds some stuff that are not written. It's fine for me that way it is.

@MrTrollified Год назад

@@almiqdadali3254 he can still do that (convey his message in a concise way) without sounding like he’s reading off a script. regardless a good video

@TamerShaheen Год назад

For sure, I'll try to be flowier. I just don't want to be too flowy and then have the video be well over 20 mins long. I try to keep it concise with all the important info.