Hey Jake -- SUNY Albany (1985), here -- zero student loans!!! SUNY rocks! (Sorry for one line response but it was substantive! :) )
-- Kristina > > I know a lot of 20-somethings who need to make a huge payment every > > month on their student loans... They're under a lot of pressure to get the > > first job that's "good enough"... Taking the risk to find "something > > better" could land them in default. > > <rant> > As a very recent graduate (2006) I'd like to offer some cheese with that whine. > > College costs are made very clear prior enrolling. Nobody is twisting > any prospective student's arm, a huge array of choices are available > to every student. Personally. I went to SUNY Binghamton, lived off > campus for two of my four years (to save money and party hard) and had > a part time job while attending. All told, I ended up with 12K in > loans and payments of $97 dollars a month. > > Based on my experience, during my senior year of high school, college > enrollment was just like every other shallow choice teenagers make: I > need a name brand school, I need a school with a big football team, I > need a school in the middle of a major urban center. So, I'm sorry if > I offer no remorse for the Special Ed major with 120K in student > loans, who can't make more than 29K a year. He/she should have spent > more time considering the consequences of their school choice rather > than whether or not they liked the school colors. > </rant> > - jake > _______________________________________________ > New York PHP Community Talk Mailing List > http://lists.nyphp.org/mailman/listinfo/talk > > NYPHPCon 2006 Presentations Online > http://www.nyphpcon.com > > Show Your Participation in New York PHP > http://www.nyphp.org/show_participation.php > > _______________________________________________ New York PHP Community Talk Mailing List http://lists.nyphp.org/mailman/listinfo/talk NYPHPCon 2006 Presentations Online http://www.nyphpcon.com Show Your Participation in New York PHP http://www.nyphp.org/show_participation.php
