College Loan Advise

[drsteph]

This might be useful:

Debt-Free U: How I Paid for an Outstanding College Education Without Loans, Scholarships, or Mooching off My Parents by Zac Bissonnette

http://www.amazon.com/Debt-Free-Out...TF8&coliid=I22IHE55RSZVV8&colid=2J5UM1DWJB1JH

Don't think you can do much for your old man. But try to avoid cross-guaranteeing loans for each other - no co-signers.

 

[mgookin]

It's actually the University that is a horrible business model.

It's a stand-alone unit of government. Subsidized 50% by state money. Then they charge the average Joe double so they can give scholarships to the field hockey team and pay for them to travel. The waste and corruption is horrific. There is little to no oversight.

I can't see blaming a 17 year old for doing what their "advisors" and "counselors" are telling them to do.

There are community college presidents making upwards of $1MM/ year. There are Ph.D.'s teaching at Universities who can't (or won't) use proper english & spelling.

Unless or until intelligent people stand up with baseball bats and run the corruption away, it's just not going to change.

 

[Lucrum]

Quote from oldtime:

... If there were no student loans...

...The cost of college would probably come down

 

[Scataphagos]

Quote from mgookin:
"... Unless or until intelligent people stand up with baseball bats and run the corruption away, it's just not going to change. [/B]

Same is true for Federal government.

 

[evan228]

Quote from mgookin:

It's actually the University that is a horrible business model.

It's a stand-alone unit of government. Subsidized 50% by state money. Then they charge the average Joe double so they can give scholarships to the field hockey team and pay for them to travel. The waste and corruption is horrific. There is little to no oversight.

I can't see blaming a 17 year old for doing what their "advisors" and "counselors" are telling them to do.

There are community college presidents making upwards of $1MM/ year. There are Ph.D.'s teaching at Universities who can't (or won't) use proper english & spelling.

Unless or until intelligent people stand up with baseball bats and run the corruption away, it's just not going to change.

Thanks, hopefully that answers Zr1Trader's question much more eloquently than i'd care to. obviously ive already reflected the reason im posting is to see if there is anything else i can do.

so that it, just pay the loans.. sad state this economy is in and the price of a degree is over-inflated... although im much better off with one, i just dont see how all this suckiness will ever make a turn for the change.