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marmar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-11 08:56 PM Original message |
Newly Graduated And Drowning In Six Figures Of Student Loan Debt |
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WhiteTara (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-11 09:01 PM Response to Original message |
1. did they do away with ability to pay |
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mike_c (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-27-11 07:33 PM Response to Reply #1 |
46. I suspect your loans were for considerably less? |
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WhiteTara (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-27-11 10:11 PM Response to Reply #46 |
49. My loans were. Also, they were government loans |
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mike_c (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-28-11 09:52 PM Response to Reply #49 |
51. that's right, it is virtually impossible to bankrupt out of student loans.... |
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dionysus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-01-11 07:22 PM Response to Reply #1 |
59. i think you can file for hardship and not pay, but the interest still accumulates, so you're still |
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Mz Pip (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-11 09:03 PM Response to Original message |
2. Scary stuff |
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Liberal_in_LA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-11 09:06 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. Really scary. Unbelievable the amount of debt young people are carrying |
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Canuckistanian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-11 09:07 PM Response to Original message |
4. Mission accomplished |
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UndertheOcean (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-11 09:08 PM Response to Original message |
5. Ok , What does "Communications" mean ? sound like a bullshit field. |
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Mrs. Ted Nancy (303 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-11 09:40 PM Response to Reply #5 |
15. Yep |
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tammywammy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-11 09:44 PM Response to Reply #15 |
16. I always assumed it meant the person wanted to go into PR or something |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-11 10:23 PM Response to Reply #5 |
20. It's a "major" for star college athletes and socialite airheads. |
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conflictgirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-11 10:31 PM Response to Reply #5 |
22. It really doesn't matter what your major is anymore |
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alcibiades_mystery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-01-11 07:15 PM Response to Reply #22 |
55. You didn't get a job in technical writing? |
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RadiationTherapy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-27-11 07:50 AM Response to Reply #5 |
33. Communications is the study of interpersonal theory, persuasion, and many |
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snooper2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-27-11 09:53 AM Response to Reply #33 |
42. Mkay...When I hear communications I think...TDM? SIP? |
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jdp349 (372 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-01-11 08:17 PM Response to Reply #5 |
66. It is! |
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LoZoccolo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-01-11 08:21 PM Response to Reply #5 |
70. In some universities, the journalism classes fall within the communications department. |
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liberal N proud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-11 09:13 PM Response to Original message |
6. Know the feeling, our daughter is in the same boat |
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aikoaiko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-11 09:23 PM Response to Original message |
7. Why would anyone choose to go into so much debt for a bachelors degree? |
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Bragi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-27-11 07:38 AM Original message |
Education is not just a "private" benefit |
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aikoaiko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-27-11 07:44 AM Response to Original message |
31. Choosing to go into that much debt when much less costly choices existed is a private matter. |
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Bragi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-27-11 07:56 AM Response to Reply #31 |
35. Fair enough |
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aikoaiko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-27-11 08:01 AM Response to Reply #35 |
36. I agree. States have been cutting their support for state schools, too. |
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dionysus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-01-11 08:16 PM Response to Reply #7 |
65. i went to RIT in upstate NY from 96-2000. it was 16k-ish per year when i graduated. |
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RKP5637 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-11 09:26 PM Response to Original message |
8. The future of our country is being devoured by the 3%ers. Soon none will |
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Kalun D (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-11 09:28 PM Response to Original message |
9. Keeping Up With the Joneses |
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alcibiades_mystery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-01-11 07:16 PM Response to Reply #9 |
57. Yeah, but only about 10-15% of today's college students in the US would pass those exams |
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EmmettKelly (105 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-11 09:28 PM Response to Original message |
10. $120,000 for a 4 year degree in communication? |
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marmar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-11 09:30 PM Response to Reply #10 |
11. Wow. Just wow. |
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LibertyFox (124 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-11 10:28 PM Response to Reply #10 |
21. With a loan. |
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Kingofalldems (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-01-11 07:09 PM Response to Reply #10 |
53. Seriously, you can't stay away can you? |
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dionysus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-01-11 07:23 PM Response to Reply #10 |
60. did you get a degree in being coldhearted? |
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frazzled (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-11 09:35 PM Response to Original message |
12. Something is wrong with that story |
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conflictgirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-11 10:38 PM Response to Reply #12 |
23. Actually that's not true |
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frazzled (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-27-11 08:45 AM Response to Reply #23 |
39. I question your story that someone with horrible credit got a $125K loan |
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conflictgirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-27-11 08:26 PM Response to Reply #39 |
48. Sallie Mae has very few requirements for private loans |
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tammywammy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-27-11 07:37 AM Response to Reply #12 |
28. She probably did get private loans in addition to Stafford. n/t |
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dionysus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-01-11 08:18 PM Response to Reply #12 |
67. could have been a perkins loan. i had a mix of stafford and perkins loans. |
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inwiththenew (163 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-11 09:35 PM Response to Original message |
13. $120,000 on a communications degree |
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tammywammy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-11 09:39 PM Response to Original message |
14. I'm sorry, but this is just stupid |
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dionysus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-01-11 08:24 PM Response to Reply #14 |
72. i went to college from 96-2000 and my school was 16k per year at the time. same school now, almost |
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PatentlyDemocratic (15 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-11 09:56 PM Response to Original message |
17. I don't feel sorry for them - they could've gone to a public university like many of us |
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RKP5637 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-11 11:04 PM Response to Reply #17 |
24. That's what I did too. I went to a top notch state school and also got an |
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w8liftinglady (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-27-11 07:36 AM Response to Reply #24 |
27. I have to agree. University of Texas has a great college system |
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alcibiades_mystery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-01-11 07:20 PM Response to Reply #24 |
58. Many state schools are R-1 institutions |
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snooper2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-27-11 09:56 AM Response to Reply #17 |
44. look at the numbers, Room and board: $11,780 a year |
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blueamy66 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-27-11 08:08 PM Response to Reply #17 |
47. I didn't go to a private school either. I went to AZ State. |
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dionysus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-01-11 08:19 PM Response to Reply #17 |
68. how many of you are going to spam this thread? |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-01-11 08:23 PM Response to Reply #17 |
71. Not all students get into the public schools. |
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eridani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-11 10:18 PM Response to Original message |
18. And all she needs is opt-out only IRAs to save for her retirement |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-11 10:21 PM Response to Original message |
19. This is why I am determined to NEVER take out a student loan. EVER. |
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aikoaiko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-27-11 07:28 AM Response to Reply #19 |
26. Its a good goal to avoid student loans, but it is possible to be smart about them. |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-27-11 10:42 PM Response to Reply #26 |
50. In our outsourcing business climate student loan debt almost NEVER makes sense. |
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taught_me_patience (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-01-11 09:48 PM Response to Reply #50 |
73. Completely untrue |
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dionysus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-01-11 08:20 PM Response to Reply #19 |
69. with all due respect, you're full of shit. |
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MilesColtrane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-11 11:45 PM Response to Original message |
25. 30K a year? |
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aikoaiko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-27-11 07:38 AM Response to Reply #25 |
29. Hard to say, but 2011-12 tuition is already set at $35,278 at Ithaca |
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Liberal_in_LA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-01-11 07:12 PM Response to Reply #25 |
54. private universities charging that and more. |
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DCBob (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-27-11 07:42 AM Response to Original message |
30. That's $120,000 figure does not make sense for a 4-year degree at a college.. |
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aikoaiko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-27-11 07:46 AM Response to Reply #30 |
32. Its very possible that Ithica's tuition, fees, and books cost 30K a yar |
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DCBob (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-27-11 07:50 AM Response to Reply #32 |
34. Wow, that is expensive. I had no idea tuition could be that high. |
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jpljr77 (580 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-27-11 08:27 AM Response to Reply #30 |
38. It's actually much worse. She only covered a couple of years with loans. |
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madinmaryland (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-27-11 08:22 AM Response to Original message |
37. I want to know why they student and her parents were not talking about this |
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tammywammy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-27-11 09:42 AM Response to Reply #37 |
40. I agree |
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eilen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-27-11 09:54 AM Response to Reply #37 |
43. 30 years ago was back in the good old days |
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snooper2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-27-11 09:50 AM Response to Original message |
41. 47K of that was room and board... |
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cloudbase (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-27-11 10:00 AM Response to Original message |
45. Here's an analysis of return on tuition |
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varkam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-28-11 10:17 PM Response to Original message |
52. I owe 100K+ on student loans. |
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Blue_In_AK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-01-11 07:15 PM Response to Original message |
56. My daughter will be paying for her law school education |
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leftyladyfrommo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-01-11 07:41 PM Response to Reply #56 |
62. I talked to one graduate in dental school - awful debt. |
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taught_me_patience (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-01-11 09:51 PM Response to Reply #56 |
74. No problem with that |
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Codeine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-01-11 07:33 PM Response to Original message |
61. So don't go to private school, dipshit. |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-01-11 07:46 PM Response to Original message |
63. I'd like to point something out here. When medical students go deep in debt it's viewed as proof... |
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Bill McBlueState (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-01-11 08:11 PM Response to Original message |
64. I wish people would lay off the student |
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