Re: [tips] Student Loans

2013-08-24 Thread Paul C Bernhardt
Speaking of this, and recent concerns about Obama's proposals that value added or other factors be important rating factors, Washington Monthly has been developing this kind of measure in their college ratings over the years. Their 2013 ratings come out on Monday, Aug 26, but the 2012 ratings ha

RE: [tips] Student Loans

2013-08-23 Thread Tim Shearon
John and others- "On the other hand, I didn't really need the cool French 10 speed nor the Italian hiking boots etc etc. " Sounds very familiar! Or add to that the North Face tent (when they were a small hand constructing company no one had heard of the) or the MSR stove . . . A very few splu

Re: [tips] Student Loans

2013-08-23 Thread John Kulig
      Oh the stories we could tell! I lived in an attic apartment (real cozy actually), drove a 1967 Volvo only when I left town (it was past its prime even then; the 67s were not the upscale Volvos of today), lived without any phone for a year, accepted ca