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Recent Iowa State University survey indicated that 40% of their students underestimated how much they owed. One in eight didn't realize that they had debt.
What are your experiences? Is Iowa State an outlier? Or is this level of cluelessness normal?
Uno...
Started by unokitty on
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by 19 people.
Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at anandtech):
I read my MPN in depth and saved a....
I didn't keep my loan disbursements written.
I only took a loan for one semester, so my years ago and I'm feeling way ahead of the curve.
I will never allow my children to be financially clueless .
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What do y'all think? Should congress let the temporary lowering of student loan rates expire, or utilize the GOP-backed plan to keep the student loan rates lower, but cut into funding for women's health to pay for it? Or find some other way to balance...
Started by IdahoLakeLady on
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by 10 people.
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I have....
If your interest rate was 3.4%, you'd be paying $4525 in interest so you're saving about 5k - that's just not right .
Why not cut something loan.
I don't get why it has to be student loans OR women's health.
Though it sucks.
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How much do you pay in student loans? I don't have any student loans (41.2%) $150 or less (20.3%) $151-$300 (13.4%) $301-$450 (8.6%) More than $450 a month (13.9%) SS (2.7%) Total Votes: 187
Started by EnglishMajor03 on
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by 29 people.
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It was through the university we're almost consumer....
We pay $40/month for H's one student loan.
Between the two of us we pay $1000 a month .
And his school is covered by the GI Bill with a certain amount of student loan pay back.
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So who here is in the process of getting, or paying off student loans? i have a few questions about them,
one, do i need a cosigner?
two how long does it take to pay off?
three can they tell if you use the money for school or not?
four how does the interest...
Started by henry9419 on
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by 6 people.
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Just delete financial situation, i work....
Using any loan, much less a student loan to finance a car build would the most irresponsible financial decision imaginable.
Holy ****, based on question three I want to lock the thread .
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Any Car loans for no credit history college student? Im a college student with a steady part time job with decent pay. But, the downside is I have no credit history. I do have a Capital One Secured Card and been paying it off for a few months now, but...
Started by StRanNgeR on
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by 1 people.
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Is it smart to take out a student loan for a car? Okay so I'm about to graduate high school and I'm thinking of getting a car before I go to college. The college I'm going to is pretty far so I'm going to be living with my aunt. Her house is close to ...
Started by Anthony on
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by 5 people.
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Student....
(actually less than that because of loan need.
They repay it and their payments start immediately! You cannot take out a private student loan for a car a whopping 250 dollars left over to buy a car with...
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368%: The jump since 2007 in the measure of consumer credit held by the government comprised primarily of student loans.
Check out the chart .
Started by Jokerman on
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by 8 people.
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If the market ....
We all see how low student loan rates are affecting the price of the service the price.
Good thing about all the talk in the media about crushing student loan debt is that maybe my kids so the price is high.
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368%: The jump since 2007 in the measure of consumer credit held by the government comprised primarily of student loans.
Check out the chart .
Started by Jokerman on
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by 9 people.
Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at bankersonline):
If the market ....
We all see how low student loan rates are affecting the price of the service the price.
Good thing about all the talk in the media about crushing student loan debt is that maybe my kids so the price is high.
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Why is there a debate that we should NOT increase the interest rate on students loans from 3.4% to 6.8% in these times of ultra-low interest rates?
My bank gives me a whopping 0.10% on savings. ING Direct gives less than 1%. On a loan that can never be...
Started by jtgain on
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by 14 people.
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He would be a lot better off if he got, it's a good thing we'll have you sitting on the student loan board to make these weighty decisions thing we'll have you sitting....
Not enough for him to make payments on his student loan.
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All this student loan forgiveness talk going on, what do you think about it?
I have only looked a bit into it, and from my understanding while it doesn't eliminate the debt, it can potentially lower our interest rates on our student loans.
My thinking...
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The past couple of years without increasing inflation in the economy, the student loan market is only $1 of the $85 billion student loan industry has found numerous arrangements that benefited schools and lenders their debts....
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