Budget

In order to procure my Tier 1 Student Visa, I need to have AT LEAST $12,000 in my bank account by May 2016.  

Ideal Goals:

Crowdfunding$5000

Personal Savings: $5000

Scholarships/Grants: $3000

Total: $13,000

Total Saved:

August 2015: $75
+$20 donation
September 2015:
+250
November 2015
+$75 (Thanks, Mom!)
December 2015
+$915
January 2016 total:
$1600

     Remaining: $10,500 (Out of $12,100)

Phase 1: August -September 2015

The liminal space.

-Apply for the big boys: Fulbright and Marshall :(

-Downsize belongings

-Last Thursday

-Set up Etsy to sell remaining paintings, prints and comics

-Pick up odd-jobs during the month the library is closed

Get Passport

Get Suitcase

Get Student discount card

Surface Pro? 

Fix main computer to sell (in progress)

Phase 2: September - December 2015

Fall Term, 17 credits. Thanks to scholarships and grants, I should be able to save *most* of my paychecks from the library for Scotland! I would at most be working 15-20 hours a week, so I'll need to continue to hustle some art and potentially pick up a weekend job.

-Continue to work! 

-Pending scholarships, keep applying!

-Begin crowdfunding

-Continue downsizing efforts

Purchase first plane ticket ($350)

Pase 3: January - March 2016

Winter Term, 20 credits. This is it, the final term! 

-Continue to work!
-Begin working on Saltire Scholarship, Deans Scholarship & Vice Principal Scholarship
-Promote Crowdfunding
-Distribute sponsorship comics to local retailers
-Appease the nerd groups to distribute and share sponsorship/donation comic
-Wine/Pot and Painting classes

Apply FAFSA

Health Check

Bio-metrics

Phase 4: The final stretch!

In order to obtain my visa, I need to have $12,000 in my bank account by May/June. When winter term ends in March, I will begin working full-time in order to save as much as possible. This will be even more conceivable as I will be moving back to my hometown for the summer in order to save on rent/utilities. 

-Procure full-time employment

-Final push on Crowdfunding

-Appease Women's groups in the Tri-Cities

-Solicit sponsorship and donations from Tri-City establishments

-Apply to Fastweb scholarships

-Private loan if necessary

Return ticket

Megabus ticket

Accommodation
Visa!