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morillon

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69. My student loans are a fraction of that

Wed Mar 11, 2020, 03:18 PM

Mar 2020

And I'm in college right now, as an older student. I go to a state school and have a federal loan. My degree will look nice on my resume, but it has no snob appeal. I don't care.

It wouldn't remotely occur to me to run up that kind of debt to go to a private school in my field. I can see a person who's got political or judicial ambitions wanting to go somewhere "name brand", but for something like nursing or teaching or even my field, computer science, a state school is more than adequate.

I feel sorry for people who have that much debt, but seriously, $100K for nursing school???

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden

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A Sanders Voter, Weary of Debt at 29: 'I Have Nothing to Lose' [View all] Demovictory9 Mar 2020 OP

electing sanders would have done nothing for his debt AlexSFCA Mar 2020 #1

Bernie convinced them.... SergeStorms Mar 2020 #2

Getting these things enacted by Congress will be the problem, not paying for them. sop Mar 2020 #55

His debt was largely run up during the early 2010's rpannier Mar 2020 #3

$100K for nursing school... Really? eilen Mar 2020 #4

In my daughter's case hospital were definitely not paying the final two years exboyfil Mar 2020 #7

My student loans are a fraction of that morillon Mar 2020 #69

I went to a private (hospital school) 2 year RN program eilen Mar 2020 #72

Exactly. Has he heard of Congress? treestar Mar 2020 #9

Been there, done that elias7 Mar 2020 #5

Not entirely fair exboyfil Mar 2020 #8

too bad these very people didn't support Hillary in 2016, she would have had beachbumbob Mar 2020 #6

+1 MrsCoffee Mar 2020 #31

Some Folks Abuse Student Loans - Who Borrows $100,000 for a Nursing Degree? Indykatie Mar 2020 #10

College is very expensive now. Turin_C3PO Mar 2020 #11

I have not seen anyone addressing why the costs are so high MichMan Mar 2020 #17

It is a combination of factors exboyfil Mar 2020 #21

With technology the actual cost of delivering education should be lower, much lower Yavin4 Mar 2020 #56

I'll take a crack at it. llmart Mar 2020 #22

Point number two for me above exboyfil Mar 2020 #27

The nursing school at my employer... llmart Mar 2020 #35

Yes my daughter's school was also mostly women exboyfil Mar 2020 #38

Sounds like she's a very dedicated person to her profession. llmart Mar 2020 #61

My daughter really loves working with mental health patients exboyfil Mar 2020 #64

This message was self-deleted by its author exboyfil Mar 2020 #28

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You do not get Scholarships True Blue American Mar 2020 #59

Not everyone Turin_C3PO Mar 2020 #62

I agree with that. True Blue American Mar 2020 #63

I'm not criticizing good students. Turin_C3PO Mar 2020 #65

And I agreed with you. True Blue American Mar 2020 #66

Ok, we agree then. Turin_C3PO Mar 2020 #67

See my post above $42K for a 15 month BSN degree exboyfil Mar 2020 #20

I took community college classes eilen Mar 2020 #73

My daughter's program was comparable in cost to an RN to BSN at Kaplan (Purdue Global) exboyfil Mar 2020 #77

I can't speak to the educational opportunities in Iowa eilen Mar 2020 #78

I met no difference in what BS degree exboyfil Mar 2020 #80

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