Four years' education, plenty of tennis, plenty of travel, and now Libby Scott is out to get into the workforce.
Dreams of being a professional tennis player are on the backburner but she does have one advantage over a lot of people her age - she does not have a student loan.
Scott (23) has spent the past four years on a full scholarship at the Coastal Carolina University in the United States where she completed a degree in psychology.
During that time, she also played tennis for the university team in the Big South conference.
Scott said it was a great four years if, at times, very gruelling.
''It went pretty fast, really. At times it seemed to go slow but overall it has just flown by,'' she said.
''I've got to meet a whole lot of different people from all over the world, been to some great places and got a good education out of it.
''I'd thoroughly recommend it to anyone who was thinking about it.''
She said being a student-athlete at a college in the United States was in effect just like having a job.
''My coach used to say you've just got to treat it as a job. First there is school, which has to be No1, then there is tennis and all the training which goes with that.
''So you have to juggle the two. At times you'd be going to play and you'd have to have the assignment in at the same time. Some professors wouldn't let you away with the fact you were playing a sport.''
Coastal Carolina is a college with just over 10,000 students although it is growing. It won the college world series in baseball this year. Golfer Dustin Johnson is an alumni of the college.
The college has moved from the Big South conference this year to the bigger Sun Belt conference.
Scott had the No1 ranking in her tennis team, which played six singles matches and three doubles in ties against other colleges throughout the year.
The standard was good, she said, and her game had greatly improved.
''It was just different than here, where competition isn't that great. You're training every day, apart from Sundays off, and that was hard training.
''You had to be at training at 7.25 in the morning. If you were there at 7.26 then you would have to do a set of sprints over six courts and that would increase every minute you were late.
''So it was intense and you were made to work but I really improved my game.''
Scott played in Auckland club tennis while still at St Hilda's Collegiate and was a top-ranked national junior.
But as for playing the game professionally, she said it was a mountain too high.
''You pretty much have to be in Europe or have a lot of money. If I wanted to have a go then maybe I should have done it before I went to college.
''But I played against girls who were so good and they are struggling to make it. It is very hard.''
She may go back to play in the club competition in Dunedin or further afield but has no lofty aims at this stage.
For now, she is focused on getting back to the creature comforts of home and looking for a job.
