You dont need an expensive studio for good plugins. but yes i do use my own computer at the studios in SAE, i decided to get a lot of the same plugins that we have in the ssl and icon studios because i enjoyed using them over the stock plugins that come in logic and protools
I understand what you mean, the stock EQ's etc in protools are a bit shit.
However, that still does not justify spending 10 grand on plugins at the point you are at in your 'career'.
What about when you finish at SAE? Where will you record drums? Where will you do your mixing?
True, some people can get pretty commercial sounding mixes at home, but that isn't because they have all the waves plugins or whatever, it's because they have deleoped their ears over probably a long period of time.
What I'm saying is, no amount of plugins can compensate for a poor monitoring environment or cheap preamps and A/D converters. Room acoustics can be fixed through DIY, and that in itself is a massive subject.
That's what you should have spent your money on if you truly are serious about being a studio engineer.
To be honest, I'm leaning towards thinking you are a "titanic retard". How many times in your life do you think you will just be handed 10 grand to spend on whatever you feel??