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^this is utterly silly and ridiculous. pamela anderson will be, like, sixty when i start to practice. no thank you. does this scenario work with other attractive women?
Pamela Anderson.
^this is utterly silly and ridiculous. pamela anderson will be, like, sixty when i start to practice. no thank you. does this scenario work with other attractive women?
I'm dreading going into debt...
- have about 40K in UG loans
- another 25K in graduate loans
- helped my parents financially and co-signed on a 250K mortgage to renovate our house
- if i do get accepted this round (which I hope) it'll most likely be a private school (not the state school...boo) which will include another 200K+ debt
Can I survive? I have no idea what I'm up against
$290,000. Think about how much that is and how long it will take to pay off, and add the interest that will accumulate. You're probably talking half a million dollars. I'd go to UNC.Interest will be accruing on my unsub staffords and Grad PLUS loans. The 156K figure for UNC includes this interest as well.
I would love to meet these people that don't have any parents. That would be a biological breakthrough.
This financial aid stuff is really starting to sink in and it's hitting me hard. I really thought that the hard part was going to be getting into my top choice school, not affording it.
The average debt at Duke is 75K, but I'd be leaving with 290K. I just don't think I can justify that when UNC would 'only' leave me 156K in debt. I know I'm lucky to have great choices, but this still sucks.
Listen to that "get your parents to co-sign" . Do you know some people don't even have parents, or have poor parents with bad credit?
I'm glad someone other than me is looking at the interest as well as the principle. It seems like most people on this board say, school X will leave me with $250k of debt after 4 years. It is actually more like, School X will leave me with $250k of principle and $40k of interest which will be capitalized to $290k when I am done.