WhiteTara
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Wed Apr-27-11 10:11 PM
Response to Reply #46 |
| 49. My loans were. Also, they were government loans |
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and the interest rate was VERY low. I think what the bankers have done to students is a crime...of course, they won't ever face justice. Your story was shocking about your loan. I can't imagine. When they passed the bankruptcy bill, did they fix it so that student loans weren't eligible?
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| -Newly Graduated And Drowning In Six Figures Of Student Loan Debt |
marmar |
Apr-26-11 08:56 PM |
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did they do away with ability to pay |
WhiteTara |
Apr-26-11 09:01 PM |
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I suspect your loans were for considerably less? |
mike_c |
Apr-27-11 07:33 PM |
#46 |
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My loans were. Also, they were government loans |
WhiteTara |
Apr-27-11 10:11 PM |
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that's right, it is virtually impossible to bankrupt out of student loans.... |
mike_c |
Apr-28-11 09:52 PM |
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i think you can file for hardship and not pay, but the interest still accumulates, so you're still |
dionysus |
May-01-11 07:22 PM |
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Scary stuff |
Mz Pip |
Apr-26-11 09:03 PM |
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Really scary. Unbelievable the amount of debt young people are carrying |
Liberal_in_LA |
Apr-26-11 09:06 PM |
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Mission accomplished |
Canuckistanian |
Apr-26-11 09:07 PM |
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Ok , What does "Communications" mean ? sound like a bullshit field. |
UndertheOcean |
Apr-26-11 09:08 PM |
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Yep |
Mrs. Ted Nancy |
Apr-26-11 09:40 PM |
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I always assumed it meant the person wanted to go into PR or something |
tammywammy |
Apr-26-11 09:44 PM |
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It's a "major" for star college athletes and socialite airheads. |
Odin2005 |
Apr-26-11 10:23 PM |
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It really doesn't matter what your major is anymore |
conflictgirl |
Apr-26-11 10:31 PM |
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You didn't get a job in technical writing? |
alcibiades_mystery |
May-01-11 07:15 PM |
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Communications is the study of interpersonal theory, persuasion, and many |
RadiationTherapy |
Apr-27-11 07:50 AM |
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Mkay...When I hear communications I think...TDM? SIP? |
snooper2 |
Apr-27-11 09:53 AM |
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It is! |
jdp349 |
May-01-11 08:17 PM |
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In some universities, the journalism classes fall within the communications department. |
LoZoccolo |
May-01-11 08:21 PM |
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Know the feeling, our daughter is in the same boat |
liberal N proud |
Apr-26-11 09:13 PM |
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Why would anyone choose to go into so much debt for a bachelors degree? |
aikoaiko |
Apr-26-11 09:23 PM |
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Education is not just a "private" benefit |
Bragi |
Apr-27-11 07:38 AM |
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Choosing to go into that much debt when much less costly choices existed is a private matter. |
aikoaiko |
Apr-27-11 07:44 AM |
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Fair enough |
Bragi |
Apr-27-11 07:56 AM |
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I agree. States have been cutting their support for state schools, too. |
aikoaiko |
Apr-27-11 08:01 AM |
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i went to RIT in upstate NY from 96-2000. it was 16k-ish per year when i graduated. |
dionysus |
May-01-11 08:16 PM |
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The future of our country is being devoured by the 3%ers. Soon none will |
RKP5637 |
Apr-26-11 09:26 PM |
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Keeping Up With the Joneses |
Kalun D |
Apr-26-11 09:28 PM |
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Yeah, but only about 10-15% of today's college students in the US would pass those exams |
alcibiades_mystery |
May-01-11 07:16 PM |
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$120,000 for a 4 year degree in communication? |
EmmettKelly |
Apr-26-11 09:28 PM |
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Wow. Just wow. |
marmar |
Apr-26-11 09:30 PM |
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With a loan. |
LibertyFox |
Apr-26-11 10:28 PM |
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Seriously, you can't stay away can you? |
Kingofalldems |
May-01-11 07:09 PM |
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did you get a degree in being coldhearted? |
dionysus |
May-01-11 07:23 PM |
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Something is wrong with that story |
frazzled |
Apr-26-11 09:35 PM |
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Actually that's not true |
conflictgirl |
Apr-26-11 10:38 PM |
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I question your story that someone with horrible credit got a $125K loan |
frazzled |
Apr-27-11 08:45 AM |
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Sallie Mae has very few requirements for private loans |
conflictgirl |
Apr-27-11 08:26 PM |
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She probably did get private loans in addition to Stafford. n/t |
tammywammy |
Apr-27-11 07:37 AM |
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could have been a perkins loan. i had a mix of stafford and perkins loans. |
dionysus |
May-01-11 08:18 PM |
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$120,000 on a communications degree |
inwiththenew |
Apr-26-11 09:35 PM |
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I'm sorry, but this is just stupid |
tammywammy |
Apr-26-11 09:39 PM |
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i went to college from 96-2000 and my school was 16k per year at the time. same school now, almost |
dionysus |
May-01-11 08:24 PM |
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I don't feel sorry for them - they could've gone to a public university like many of us |
PatentlyDemocratic |
Apr-26-11 09:56 PM |
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That's what I did too. I went to a top notch state school and also got an |
RKP5637 |
Apr-26-11 11:04 PM |
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I have to agree. University of Texas has a great college system |
w8liftinglady |
Apr-27-11 07:36 AM |
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Many state schools are R-1 institutions |
alcibiades_mystery |
May-01-11 07:20 PM |
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look at the numbers, Room and board: $11,780 a year |
snooper2 |
Apr-27-11 09:56 AM |
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I didn't go to a private school either. I went to AZ State. |
blueamy66 |
Apr-27-11 08:08 PM |
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how many of you are going to spam this thread? |
dionysus |
May-01-11 08:19 PM |
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Not all students get into the public schools. |
JVS |
May-01-11 08:23 PM |
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And all she needs is opt-out only IRAs to save for her retirement |
eridani |
Apr-26-11 10:18 PM |
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This is why I am determined to NEVER take out a student loan. EVER. |
Odin2005 |
Apr-26-11 10:21 PM |
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Its a good goal to avoid student loans, but it is possible to be smart about them. |
aikoaiko |
Apr-27-11 07:28 AM |
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In our outsourcing business climate student loan debt almost NEVER makes sense. |
Odin2005 |
Apr-27-11 10:42 PM |
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Completely untrue |
taught_me_patience |
May-01-11 09:48 PM |
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with all due respect, you're full of shit. |
dionysus |
May-01-11 08:20 PM |
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30K a year? |
MilesColtrane |
Apr-26-11 11:45 PM |
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Hard to say, but 2011-12 tuition is already set at $35,278 at Ithaca |
aikoaiko |
Apr-27-11 07:38 AM |
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private universities charging that and more. |
Liberal_in_LA |
May-01-11 07:12 PM |
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That's $120,000 figure does not make sense for a 4-year degree at a college.. |
DCBob |
Apr-27-11 07:42 AM |
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Its very possible that Ithica's tuition, fees, and books cost 30K a yar |
aikoaiko |
Apr-27-11 07:46 AM |
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Wow, that is expensive. I had no idea tuition could be that high. |
DCBob |
Apr-27-11 07:50 AM |
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It's actually much worse. She only covered a couple of years with loans. |
jpljr77 |
Apr-27-11 08:27 AM |
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I want to know why they student and her parents were not talking about this |
madinmaryland |
Apr-27-11 08:22 AM |
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I agree |
tammywammy |
Apr-27-11 09:42 AM |
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30 years ago was back in the good old days |
eilen |
Apr-27-11 09:54 AM |
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47K of that was room and board... |
snooper2 |
Apr-27-11 09:50 AM |
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Here's an analysis of return on tuition |
cloudbase |
Apr-27-11 10:00 AM |
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I owe 100K+ on student loans. |
varkam |
Apr-28-11 10:17 PM |
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My daughter will be paying for her law school education |
Blue_In_AK |
May-01-11 07:15 PM |
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I talked to one graduate in dental school - awful debt. |
leftyladyfrommo |
May-01-11 07:41 PM |
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No problem with that |
taught_me_patience |
May-01-11 09:51 PM |
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So don't go to private school, dipshit. |
Codeine |
May-01-11 07:33 PM |
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I'd like to point something out here. When medical students go deep in debt it's viewed as proof... |
JVS |
May-01-11 07:46 PM |
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I wish people would lay off the student |
Bill McBlueState |
May-01-11 08:11 PM |
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