That's easy to say, but lots of professions prefer that you do
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· 7 years ago
That's fair.
It's still interesting to me though, to see the rationale that lots of people follow:
"I'm willing to go into debt to get a degree to get a job capable of paying off my debts."
4 year degree and debt free... I joined the military to pay for my school. My wife applied for and received scholarships AND worked a part time job through school. She also graduated debt free. Two 4 year degrees from state colleges and no student debt. Plan accordingly, live frugally, and getting through school without "$47k" debt is completely within reason...
When did you go to college though? I'm currently a student and I work two jobs, have scholarships, and still have student loan debt. Not because I don't live within my means, but because college is just so expensive now. Also with all the additional expectations such as taking time to get an internship (which is usually unpaid) and the addtional costs of room/board it's just overall more difficult to manage financially.
That sucks. We have internships (we call them apprenticeships) here, and you get paid. It's not that much, but at least it's something. I'm doing one currently.
@Captionmajestic That is a fair point. We both graduated 6 years ago. Tuition at the time was about $5400 per quarter. I'll give you that one. Still, those students caps read $47k in the hole? I'm still struggling with that figure.
I'm in my first year of uni right now, and instead of having to take out a loan of £9000 for the year, I only had to take out one for about £3000 because my government have fee grants to help students here. Still expensive as hell, but it's at least some help
It's still interesting to me though, to see the rationale that lots of people follow:
"I'm willing to go into debt to get a degree to get a job capable of paying off my debts."