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oh, so i have a friend whose student loan payments are almost 2000 per month now. i can't believe how messed up that whole system is. -- nm

Posted by kare (aka kare) Feb 18 '10, 16:19

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is their degree written in diamonds on a 24k gold brick? -- nm - poochinksi Feb 18, 16:22 10
- two masters + serious snowballing over the years -- nm - kare Feb 18, 16:24 9
  - does she know about consolidation? -- nm - poochinksi Feb 18, 16:27 8
    - probably, but is it easy to tell me more? -- nm - kare Feb 18, 16:29 7
      - if you have multiple loans, especially with variable annual interest rates, you can consolidate them with a single lender and lock in your rate for - poochinksi Feb 18, 16:34 6
        
        does this work with private loans as well? seems like they run the show. is it govt mandated? - kare Feb 18, 16:38 5
        
        i can't remember how they handle the federal v. private loans. it's not gov't mandated but lenders are usually falling over themselves to be your - poochinksi Feb 18, 16:40 4
        
        the bankruptcy will probably get in her way... - kare Feb 18, 16:45 2
        
        shouldn't, that i'm aware of -- nm - poochinksi Feb 18, 16:48
        
        yes that will hurt, she may end up with a higher rate but still worth a try with her bank -- nm - Beaker Feb 18, 16:47
        
        yup, tell them to get their credit cards in on this as well. -- nm - Beaker Feb 18, 16:42
Whatever happened to that plan of, Be a teacher for 2 years=Student loans bye bye? -- nm - flavorize Feb 18, 16:21 6
- that would be pretty cool. there was also the rumor about the obama admin doing some kind of student loan forgiveness program - kare Feb 18, 16:25
- Teachers get paid sweet fuck all in north america. -- nm - Beryllium Feb 18, 16:23 4
  - These ones were doing pretty well. Over 3X the median town income! -- (link) - Dr.Vermin Feb 18, 16:28
  - (ohhhhh, you didn't mean paying off the loans, you meant forgiveness of the loans. Duh. Sorry.) -- nm - Beryllium Feb 18, 16:26
  - I gotta join that union -- nm - dogbert Feb 18, 16:24 1
    - This = funny. (nm) - musubi Feb 18, 16:43
he's Irish, give him a couple beer. -- nm - Beaker Feb 18, 16:20 3
- dammit, wrong thread -- nm - Beaker Feb 18, 16:23
- Or some Lucky Charms, in a hollowed out bowl made from potato skins. -- nm - flavorize Feb 18, 16:22
- you post pretty one day. nm - Dignan Feb 18, 16:21

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