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TimRuns
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 Posted: 10/06/05 - 17:28 Post subject: Student Loans...urgggh!
I got my notices of student loan repayments over the past couple of days. Altogether I owe the government just over $7700 for the last 2 years of school when I used loans....I was lucky for the first 2 years of college when my parents supported me... Repayment starts on my birthday (last day of November) with just over a 100 bucks a month...Which means I really have to start looking for a new job soon (I had to quit my summer job when the family business closed down for good)...I would like to get as much paid as possible before I go back to grad school.
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MechEngDropout
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Posted: 10/06/05 - 17:42 Post subject:
Good luck with that. I refuse to go into debt for school.
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cherylpf
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Posted: 10/06/05 - 18:04 Post subject:
| MechEngDropout wrote: | | Good luck with that. I refuse to go into debt for school. |
You are very lucky you don't have to.
Tim, thats low! I'm not even going to talk numbers, but....well just thats low. You'll get it paid quick.
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Pug
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Posted: 10/06/05 - 19:17 Post subject:
Tim: trade ya. 
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cherylpf
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Posted: 10/06/05 - 19:24 Post subject:
| Pug wrote: | | Tim: trade ya. |
me too...I've beaten that in just one semester... 
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crazyfrog
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Posted: 10/06/05 - 20:40 Post subject:
| cherylpf wrote: | | Pug wrote: | | Tim: trade ya. |
me too...I've beaten that in just one semester... |
me too. that was just for my grad school loans. i have 5 years of undergrad to pay for too. 
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TimRuns
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Posted: 10/06/05 - 21:44 Post subject:
Sorry  I forgot that college education is much more expensive in US than where I live...
crazyfrog, I didn't know you can apply for loans in grad school...I thought financial support is through the supervisor, TA/RAships, and fellowships/grants...and I'm actually planning to move to the States for grad school
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Ms. Jenn
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Posted: 10/07/05 - 07:12 Post subject:
| TimRuns wrote: | Sorry I forgot that college education is much more expensive in US than where I live...
crazyfrog, I didn't know you can apply for loans in grad school...I thought financial support is through the supervisor, TA/RAships, and fellowships/grants...and I'm actually planning to move to the States for grad school |
I don't even want to know what international student tuition is
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cdnhollywood
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Posted: 10/07/05 - 08:12 Post subject:
| Ms. Jenn wrote: | | TimRuns wrote: | Sorry I forgot that college education is much more expensive in US than where I live...
crazyfrog, I didn't know you can apply for loans in grad school...I thought financial support is through the supervisor, TA/RAships, and fellowships/grants...and I'm actually planning to move to the States for grad school |
I don't even want to know what international student tuition is |
Lots. My sister-in-law went to school in the US and she was paying close to $15000 a semester.
That's just too many digits for me for school.
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jrjo
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Posted: 10/07/05 - 09:02 Post subject:
$100 a month Canadian?!?
...isn't that about the same as a tank of gas? 
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Tri as I might
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Posted: 10/07/05 - 09:20 Post subject:
| cdnhollywood wrote: | | Ms. Jenn wrote: | | TimRuns wrote: | Sorry I forgot that college education is much more expensive in US than where I live...
crazyfrog, I didn't know you can apply for loans in grad school...I thought financial support is through the supervisor, TA/RAships, and fellowships/grants...and I'm actually planning to move to the States for grad school |
I don't even want to know what international student tuition is |
Lots. My sister-in-law went to school in the US and she was paying close to $15000 a semester.
That's just too many digits for me for school. |
$5000 per semester for tuition and $10,000 per semester to cover the cost of surveillance to make sure she is not a national security threat.
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brie k
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Posted: 10/07/05 - 09:25 Post subject:
I think $100 is great. I am fairly certain that my monthly repayment will be at least 4x that.
I do heart my student loan people though. Without them I would not be doing this.
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Gogirlgo
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Posted: 10/07/05 - 10:25 Post subject:
ha ha ha ha ha ha got you all beat by a mile.
I'll be repaying my student loans after I start receiving Social Security, if there's any left by then.
When all is said and done, my loans will be in six-digit land.
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jrjo
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Posted: 10/07/05 - 10:28 Post subject:
| Gogirlgo wrote: | ha ha ha ha ha ha got you all beat by a mile.
I'll be repaying my student loans after I start receiving Social Security, if there's any left by then.
When all is said and done, my loans will be in six-digit land. |
One good 40% cut of a class-action settlement, you'll wipe it out and then some, no? 
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Tri as I might
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Posted: 10/07/05 - 10:30 Post subject:
| Gogirlgo wrote: | | I'll be repaying my student loans after I start receiving Social Security, if there's any left by then. |
The gubmint will pay you a stipend which you'll use to payback a prior stipend.
What a country!
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