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and if you graduated, how much did you borrow and how much have you paid back?
if you are going now, how much did you take out?

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It's embarassing to say what my are.. but student loan is a dirty industry...

The biggest loan I got was $19,000, I pay back $104,000+ on that one loan. no BS.

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Right around 90K. Billing starts in December if I don't do grad school.

Not looking forward at all to this shit.
 

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It's embarassing to say what my are.. but student loan is a dirty industry...

The biggest loan I got was $19,000, I pay back $104,000+ on that one loan. no BS.

Sallie mae is a C***

wow. i watched a student debt video and someone had a similar story.
her original loan was 30,000 and now she owes 90,000.

aint that a bitch.
 

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Borrowed about $50K. Graduated in 2004. Funny you mention this topic, made my last payment 2 months ago. I'm real proud of myself. And it feels fuckin great! The best advise I can give is overpay overpay overpay. Live poor as shit to pay back asap.
 

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my daughter has went to 1 full year so far and she only has about 6500$ in loans she has to pay after she graduates in 4 yrs ... the rest were grants
 

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After one year I owe just over 3k. Not too bad I guess, still sucks and it's just the beginning.
 

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48k. Graduated in 2003 with 45k. College is a scam, if I could go back in time I never would of went
 

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Graduated in 1997 with $13K in student loan debt and paid it off in 4 years. Making $100K/year at a cush gov't job (w/ 5 weeks vacation, 2 weeks sick, and 9 holidays) so it was worth it. Hope to retire at 55 and spend most of my time in SE Asia re-living my 20s.
 

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48k. Graduated in 2003 with 45k. College is a scam, if I could go back in time I never would of went

This may seem ignorant to some, but it's the truth in regards to many degrees, including mine of Business Management... I would love to go back for engineering...

College is overrated, sold a dream, student loans are a nightmare....
 

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This may seem ignorant to some, but it's the truth in regards to many degrees, including mine of Business Management... I would love to go back for engineering...

College is overrated, sold a dream, student loans are a nightmare....

business is one of the most overrated degrees.

i think economics is a better major to market, even though everyone says business is.
 

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eh, he could have enrolled in some shitty online college.

If that the case, I believe him it's a scam.
 

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Borrowed about $50K. Graduated in 2004. Funny you mention this topic, made my last payment 2 months ago. I'm real proud of myself. And it feels fuckin great! The best advise I can give is overpay overpay overpay. Live poor as shit to pay back asap.

I don't agree. As debt goes, it's a pretty good one. You should have been able to refi along with the way in the range of 4%. And unless your income is high, the interest is tax deductible. So you're looking at more like 3% net. Probably better to save the extra funds or invest, unless you're already doing that and have plenty left over. But you should definitely have emergency savings and savings for a down payment (unless you own alreadY0 before paying off IMO. If you need to borrow later, you'll never find anything with better terms.
 

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48k. Graduated in 2003 with 45k. College is a scam, if I could go back in time I never would of went
"College is a scam"

Anyone who thinks that is a fucking idiot, period.

For a college graduate who doesn't know the difference between "of" and "have," perhaps he was scammed

It's not only the cost, the big problem with college is the opportunity cost. Take everything spent on tuition, fees, books, room and board or commuting, et cetera, and invest it. Then have an additional four years to earn income and move up in the workforce. Vast majority of college degrees aren't worth that much. Because it is virtually impossible for a 17-year-old to understand what it means to spend $50 000 or $100 000, nor any clue what they can even do with their lives, I'll agree they are ripping off their customers
 

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