mrnewengland
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Post by mrnewengland on Aug 18, 2015 18:23:06 GMT -5
It was the norm even earlier. My sister graduated in 1983 with student loans. She doubled and tripled her payments and paid them off in 4 years. Had she paid as agreed, it would have been 10 years. Paying off student loans early is a really stupid idea. Was your sister a history major? |
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quince
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Post by quince on Aug 18, 2015 18:55:04 GMT -5
My husband and I are at the end of Generation X. Life is sweet.  I was doing OK before I met him, too.  People are people. They like to make groups, then go on about how their group is the best/has it hardest/ is super special for some reason. |
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movingforward
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Post by movingforward on Aug 19, 2015 9:34:22 GMT -5
It was the norm even earlier. My sister graduated in 1983 with student loans. She doubled and tripled her payments and paid them off in 4 years. Had she paid as agreed, it would have been 10 years. Paying off student loans early is a really stupid idea. Was your sister a history major? Some people don't like debt. Just because someone doesn't do something the way YOU would do it doesn't make them stupid. |
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DagnyT
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Post by DagnyT on Aug 19, 2015 10:37:44 GMT -5
It was the norm even earlier. My sister graduated in 1983 with student loans. She doubled and tripled her payments and paid them off in 4 years. Had she paid as agreed, it would have been 10 years. Paying off student loans early is a really stupid idea. Was your sister a history major? I graduated in 1985 when the interest rates on student loans was over 9%. I paid them off early also. It is not a really stupid idea to pay off 9% loans early. It wasn't that big of a sacrifice. I just lived in a cheap apartment instead of a luxury apartment like my friends lived in. By the way, I am a history major. Is there a problem with that? |
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mrnewengland
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Post by mrnewengland on Aug 21, 2015 22:03:26 GMT -5
No... not if you want a degree that can be replaced by just using Google on your phone.
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movingforward
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Post by movingforward on Aug 21, 2015 22:10:36 GMT -5
I can't help but wonder if certain people are as arrogant and rude in real life as they are online.
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