Keep in mind there are other cost invovled aside from the airplane and rc equipment.
You will need a field box with glow ignitor, fuel pump and electric starter (starter is optional but is much easier than hand starting) A box kit with all this included is about $150 Cdn.
Glow fuel, about $20 ish a gallon Cdn. (figure on burning at least 4 gallons through the summer)
Club membership, prices vary. I paid $60 something for AMA and $80 for my club US dollars.
Your instructor might want some upgrades on your airplane (mine wanted me to get higher capacity batteries and a Voltwatch, spent close to another hundred for that)
Like I suggested before a good simulator will help also. (I paid $150US for Real Flight G2 from Ebay)