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Re: Student Loans Roonas Send a noteboard - 29/04/2012 02:43:47 PM
1. How much debt did you accumulate while in college (or are tracking to accumulate for you current students)?


Just under $10,000.00 in 2 years community college, took the max I could get each semester as I was in school so I could waste what I earned @ work on fun and transportation (Commuter school).

2. What are your loan terms? How long and how much per month?
It was a few years for the loan terms and really low payment schedule, so I took it upon myself to nail it down with as much as I could pay per cycle.

None now - I paid it off within a year of getting my first career job. I paid triple what I needed to and just knocked it out super-fast.

3. What was your major/area of study?


Electrical Construction and Maintenance. 2 year associates degree.

4. If you had a chance to do everything again (school, major, debt amount), would you? What would you have changed, if anything?


Yes - I would. And I don't think I'd change anything in regards to what money I did borrow or how I used it. I only borrowed an amount I knew I could pay back quickly even with a minimum wage job ... and when I did go drinking/carousing, I always made sure that I could afford it. I can only imagine what it is like now being saddled with tons of student loans for a degree that's never going to net you a job ... must be very stressful.
-Roonas.

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Student Loans - Who's got them and for how much! Anonymous2000 - 28/04/2012 04:18:50 AM 1400 Views
Re: Student Loans - Who's got them and for how much! A Deathwatch Guard - 28/04/2012 05:32:43 AM 894 Views
I haven't got them yet, but if I go into law school I may end up acquiring some. Ghavrel - 28/04/2012 09:44:02 AM 811 Views
I'll finish with about $262,000 and a DVM LadyLorraine - 28/04/2012 03:07:05 PM 882 Views
Holy crapola..... Anonymous2000 - 29/04/2012 09:09:48 PM 845 Views
your average local veterinarian does not. LadyLorraine - 29/04/2012 10:10:49 PM 924 Views
Not me! nossy - 28/04/2012 04:31:37 PM 1016 Views
The reward is definitely not worth the payout. *NM* TaskmasterJack - 28/04/2012 05:56:36 PM 412 Views
Not always true ... Roonas - 29/04/2012 03:04:51 PM 834 Views
I wasn't declaring a universal truth. TaskmasterJack - 29/04/2012 06:29:27 PM 876 Views
I follow ya ... Roonas - 29/04/2012 08:42:55 PM 740 Views
Nope Stephen - 28/04/2012 09:30:38 PM 783 Views
ugh... $25 k... luckily the boy doesn't have any yet wolfsister - 29/04/2012 12:40:17 AM 799 Views
I suppose the "boy" is me Mat Maniac - 30/04/2012 04:59:35 AM 881 Views
Just a little Lews_TherinThelamon - 29/04/2012 12:42:31 AM 884 Views
Will have around $200K Praziquantel - 29/04/2012 01:54:24 AM 784 Views
Oh, the loans.. Kel - 29/04/2012 04:05:34 AM 905 Views
Soooo glad I don't/won't have any kHz1000 - 29/04/2012 10:01:50 AM 755 Views
I have two student loans, of which I have repaid not a penny. Tim - 29/04/2012 02:21:09 PM 1017 Views
That's a very interesting system..... Anonymous2000 - 29/04/2012 09:15:55 PM 839 Views
Oh yeah, I forgot to mention we don't have private universities. Tim - 29/04/2012 10:55:30 PM 781 Views
Unions? Really? Ghavrel - 01/05/2012 10:41:00 PM 798 Views
Re: Student Loans Roonas - 29/04/2012 02:43:47 PM 856 Views
Eh, given that education here is free... jh - 29/04/2012 03:23:28 PM 984 Views
Re: Student Loans - Who's got them and for how much! Dreaded Anomaly - 29/04/2012 08:56:07 PM 886 Views
Chalked up 50 grand Sports_Gambler - 30/04/2012 08:13:20 AM 811 Views
Zero. Totally anomalous for the US. *NM* Aeryn - 30/04/2012 12:29:11 PM 356 Views
I am totally debt free. Avendesora - 30/04/2012 04:44:54 PM 861 Views
$15,000 ... all for Grad school ... The_Muted_Grimaud - 01/05/2012 01:32:19 AM 878 Views
Ended up with a bit less than US$40k Floffe - 01/05/2012 09:26:39 PM 901 Views
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