There's a decent chance that I'll live with my parents for a period of time after I graduate. I mean obviously it'd be nice to have a house but I'd rather save up enough money to get myself on a solid footing and then go out and start renting a nice apartment while saving up for a house to buy when I'm 30 or so.

My parents had the advantage of getting married while they were both in grad school so they moved in together and promptly got high-paying jobs with their MBAs in the late 1970s, so they pooled their assets and bought a really nice house (i.e. the one they're still living in that's worth about a half million) only 7 years out of school.

Me, I have more of a taste for things like gadgets and cars than my folks ever did plus I don't see myself marrying a chick with an MBA in the next couple of years (but hey ya never know) so I'm placing a more conservative estimate on when I actually settle down and buy a house.

For right now though I'm focusing on getting out of school and onto the job market. If I'm lucky then my folks will give me a car when they graduate, even if it does happen to be my mom's '96 Chrysler Town & Country. Not having to buy a daily driver will leave me with the funds to buy some kind of sports car weekend toy that doesn't necessarily have to run all the time because I'll have the minivan to get around in while the toy *cough* FD *cough* is being worked on.