Before taking on student loans you can’t afford, take a look at some of these comments. I was wise enough to fortunate enough to keep my expenses relatively low. Not everyone is though and one could argue that the more expensive colleges offer more chances of earning more income after graduation.
I was on Yahoo! homepage this morning, and this article popped up:
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/9-unbelievable-student-loan-horror-stories-165512874.html?page=all
If you are considering taking out a ton of loans, read that article and read more stories at http://www.consumerfinance.gov/blog/chime-in-on-private-student-loans/
If those stories don’t scare the sh!t out of you, then I don’t know what will.
I definitely discourage everyone from getting private loans. There is absolutely no regulation on their interest caps, and they can sink to low levels of scumbaggery when it comes to collecting debts. You can almost never discharge loans in a bankruptcy situation, so I really advise you students out there to think long and hard before taking out loans.
I’m not saying NEVER take out loans- it it’s the difference between needing an extra $1000 or staying out of school one semester, take the $1000 loan. Like I said in a previous post, taking out a loan can help improve your…
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