ActionfigureJoe Posted December 12, 2020 Share Posted December 12, 2020 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
awful knawful Posted December 12, 2020 Share Posted December 12, 2020 If you have student loans in your 50s/60s you're doing it wrong 2 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ActionfigureJoe Posted December 12, 2020 Author Share Posted December 12, 2020 Just now, awful knawful said: If you have student loans in your 50s/60s you're doing it wrong You live in a very small world. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SayatodaU.P.eh? Posted December 12, 2020 Share Posted December 12, 2020 Don’t worry. Bunker Joe is gonna wipe all of this out so that you can pay more in taxes to cover it. Common core math. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mainecat Posted December 12, 2020 Share Posted December 12, 2020 11 minutes ago, ActionfigureJoe said: You live in a very small world. Pluto Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Mainecat Posted December 12, 2020 Share Posted December 12, 2020 (edited) I think my tuition cost per semester was around 300.00 in 1974. i never needed a student loan. Summer full time and part time jobs during school paid for my tuition. That really can’t be done today. College became a huge for profit business about 25 years ago. Edited December 12, 2020 by Mainecat 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angry ginger Posted December 12, 2020 Share Posted December 12, 2020 52 minutes ago, awful knawful said: If you have student loans in your 50s/60s you're doing it wrong yup. Any parents who take out PLUS loans for their kids are foolish IMO and unless you went back to school for a masters having them of your own in your 30's is idiotic. Parents refuse to have a conversation with their kids about going to affordable schools. We have a bunch of friends who are paying through the nose. My kids got into everywhere they applied and could have spent anywhere from 20 to 40k a year on school. They both chose closer to the bottom cost wise. They will graduate with about 20k in students loans each and will have them paid off in 10 years if I choose to not pay them off. I would have paid them off this year but if there are going to be free handouts my kids can get their share so we will wait and see. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Platinum Contributing Member Skidooski Posted December 12, 2020 Platinum Contributing Member Share Posted December 12, 2020 And the next generation it will be zero from free college Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angry ginger Posted December 12, 2020 Share Posted December 12, 2020 2 minutes ago, Mainecat said: I think my tuition cost per semester was around 300.00 in 1974. i never needed a student loan. Summer full time and part time jobs during school paid for my tuition. That really can’t be done today. College became a huge for profit business about 25 years ago. its crazy the increases and the # of useless majors even crazier. There are affordable options but kids have been brainwashed into thinking going away to their first choice school is the best way, 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gold Member Stephen Hawking Posted December 12, 2020 Gold Member Share Posted December 12, 2020 When you buy something you have to pay for it. The world needs ditch diggers too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sleepr2 Posted December 12, 2020 Share Posted December 12, 2020 When will there be a call for an investigation into “ big education” ?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
01mxz800 Posted December 12, 2020 Share Posted December 12, 2020 57 here and I got no college debt, what am I doing wrong? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Platinum Contributing Member Rigid1 Posted December 12, 2020 Platinum Contributing Member Share Posted December 12, 2020 1 hour ago, ActionfigureJoe said: You live in a very small world. Paid mine off in 3 years..Paid in full by the time I was 26.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angry ginger Posted December 12, 2020 Share Posted December 12, 2020 Just now, 01mxz800 said: 57 here and I got no college debt, what am I doing wrong? you should have gone back into school debt in your 40's and 50's to send your kids to their dream school like a good parent would do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angry ginger Posted December 12, 2020 Share Posted December 12, 2020 1 minute ago, Rigid1 said: Paid mine off in 3 years..Paid in full by the time I was 26.. i graduated in 94 paid off in 96. I graduated at that time with 30k in loans when jobs paid low 20's so I don't feel bad when they talk about what the average kid today owes when if they got a good degree 50-70k is normal around here. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
awful knawful Posted December 12, 2020 Share Posted December 12, 2020 1 hour ago, ActionfigureJoe said: You live in a very small world. How's that? Having student loans that late in life is fucking stupid. Probably from making the minimum payment or not paying at all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gold Member BOHICA Posted December 12, 2020 Gold Member Share Posted December 12, 2020 29 minutes ago, Mainecat said: I think my tuition cost per semester was around 300.00 in 1974. i never needed a student loan. Summer full time and part time jobs during school paid for my tuition. That really can’t be done today. College became a huge for profit business about 25 years ago. Thank you Bill Clinton, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zambroski Posted December 12, 2020 Share Posted December 12, 2020 I’ve now instructed my daughter to start applying for all loans/grants she can get her hands on. Financial sheets have been prepared accordingly. No reason to use my/her money for her education anymore. Uncle Joe got it now! Wooo hooo!! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angry ginger Posted December 12, 2020 Share Posted December 12, 2020 Just now, Zambroski said: I’ve now instructed my daughter to start applying for all loans/grants she can get her hands on. Financial sheets have been prepared accordingly. No reason to use my/her money for her education anymore. Uncle Joe got it now! Wooo hooo!! good luck with that. the expected family contribution here was north of 60k a year between my 2 kids. Both got some money for grades but still are paying 20k in tuition plus room and board for 1 of them. The only easy money the kids qualify for is their Fed student loans for 25k over the 4 years. My son will only take his for his junior and senior year in case there is handouts. his tuitions less than I have in his 529 plan for the 2 years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zambroski Posted December 12, 2020 Share Posted December 12, 2020 1 minute ago, Angry ginger said: good luck with that. the expected family contribution here was north of 60k a year between my 2 kids. Both got some money for grades but still are paying 20k in tuition plus room and board for 1 of them. The only easy money the kids qualify for is their Fed student loans for 25k over the 4 years. My son will only take his for his junior and senior year in case there is handouts. his tuitions less than I have in his 529 plan for the 2 years. Well, gotta give it the “ok’ college try”. It’s gonna be free money! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Platinum Contributing Member Rigid1 Posted December 12, 2020 Platinum Contributing Member Share Posted December 12, 2020 Hey,..I got a question.. Any of the Biden voters/supporters/OP here still owe SL debt?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SSFB Posted December 12, 2020 Share Posted December 12, 2020 7 minutes ago, Rigid1 said: Hey,..I got a question.. Any of the Biden voters/supporters/OP here still owe SL debt?? @Woodtick still has student load debt from his basket weaving degree. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SayatodaU.P.eh? Posted December 12, 2020 Share Posted December 12, 2020 10 minutes ago, Rigid1 said: Hey,..I got a question.. Any of the Biden voters/supporters/OP here still owe SL debt?? Probably not any of the old asses here but a LARGE amount of his voters do. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snake Posted December 12, 2020 Share Posted December 12, 2020 My brother dug around and got a $60k per year scholarship at Harvard. Old obscure one he found from an alumni who came from The County... decided to set aside some money for others. Guess it went unclaimed for lack of whatever reason... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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