Karsticles
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Aren't you a teacher, Karsticles? How are you surviving? Income Based Repayment?
You should qualify for loan forgiveness eventually though, right?
Yes, yes, and yes.
Aren't you a teacher, Karsticles? How are you surviving? Income Based Repayment?
You should qualify for loan forgiveness eventually though, right?
Yes, yes, and yes.
I've got about $24,000 left. My wife has $60,000. It does suck a bit to be 40 and to have just started making middle-class money a few years ago.
A private law school in 1960 cost (adjusted for inflation) $3,419 per year. Today, a private law school is $36,000 per year. That's a PRIVATE law school. Public law schools were half that.
Our politicians and parents just don't fucking get it. At all. I'm Gen X, but to hear the baby boomers whine about Millennials when they had fucking easy street (provided they were white) is infuriating. The baby boomers are the fucking worst generation and it's going to be quite a challenge to fix their shit when they're gone.
I just got it down to below 10k this week. Getting close. Graduated 6 years ago. Worst mistake I've made in my life was going to college (art student).
About time students used their brains. Should've thought about the realities of the situation before they clicked those buttons and took on the debt.
whats the alternative? work in retail/service industry?
being an adult blows
also the fact that kids are expected to know what they want to do with their lives at 18 is insane to me.. im 30 and still dont know
Already accepted Im dying with my student loan debt lol
They're 17/18 year olds whose entire support system is pressuring them to go to college.About time students used their brains. Should've thought about the realities of the situation before they clicked those buttons and took on the debt.
Are junior colleges not an avenue anymore? I managed to cut my costs by 1/4 by going to a junior college my first 2 years and all of my credits transferred. I dare say that I had better teachers at the Junior College than I had at University where the lecturers were really only there for research.
They are in Canada, Sheridan, Seneca, Centennial. I went to Sheridan for Software Development and Network Engineering(but I also have a degree). In three years you pay like $6,000 tuition (no books or anything else needed), you have three co-ops. In each co-op one makes about 11k, so you graduate debt free. And if you are a good programmer, most companies hire you right after graduation.
One of my friends was in the same program, RBC hired him during his first co-op for 65k. But the dude did a lot of self learning! Angular, node js, java spring etc.
I think sites like Udemy, edx, coursera and youtube are the future of education. I am GLAD I chose Sheridan, I have a really good friend to thank for that, he is very wise
Are junior colleges not an avenue anymore? I managed to cut my costs by 1/4 by going to a junior college my first 2 years and all of my credits transferred. I dare say that I had better teachers at the Junior College than I had at University where the lecturers were really only there for research.
If only this same "logic" was applied to the housing loan crisis...About time students used their brains. Should've thought about the realities of the situation before they clicked those buttons and took on the debt.
I'll never know. I don't know how I could get to a place where I would go. "Yup, I'm content doing this for the rest of my life."
yeah and even if its a field you might like, one bad class or professor could potentially turn you off an entire career path..
im in community college right now and theres a lot of bad professors
This thread is already giving me nightmares, never mind actually being in this situation...
This might be an ignorant question but could anyone explain to me why americans don't just buy a plane ticket and go study in Germany or France for free and have a blast the whole time, instead of getting tens of thousands of dollars in debts and burying themselves in some campus town?
Personally I'm european and I left to study in China just because they pay me to study instead of it just being free, I feel like it's working ok for me.
edit: Ha Entroyp had the same idea
Some countries are considered as being dial a degree. China and India are two of those countries. That is changing. But not by the time you graduate.
If you decide to come back, expect a discerning eye on where you got your degree unless it's an "ivy" league place. You'll have to prove yourself.
It's all going to pay for dumb things, too. I'm a grad student and an instructor and it's sure not going to salaries for about half the university's faculty and staff. The administration and select departments, though... and let's not talk about building and rebuilding the most ridiculous amenities and buildings.Universities are making off like a bandit. Sad.
Best decision I've made in my life was staying home a year after college and paying off my debt (and payed off my car). I understand a lot of people don't have this option but it really helped me out.
Is it common for a US citizen to get a degree in another country?
I've got about $24,000 left. My wife has $60,000. It does suck a bit to be 40 and to have just started making middle-class money a few years ago.
A private law school in 1960 cost (adjusted for inflation) $3,419 per year. Today, a private law school is $36,000 per year. That's a PRIVATE law school. Public law schools were half that.
Our politicians and parents just don't fucking get it. At all. I'm Gen X, but to hear the baby boomers whine about Millennials when they had fucking easy street (provided they were white) is infuriating. The baby boomers are the fucking worst generation and it's going to be quite a challenge to fix their shit when they're gone.