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May 24, 2016
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Nat Gas Man
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I'm curious were your loans for undergrad? or Grad School?
Most of my kids have not had to take out loans for undergrad, one did to spend a semester abroad in Paris after I paid for one in Madrid. But all of them have had to for grad school.
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Freaking millenials
workindev
5/24/16 7:26am
Now hold on, they make some great points:
BringBackRoyalBlue
5/24/16 7:30am
A college degree is practically a necessity, why are they so expensive?
Dissenter
5/24/16 11:14am
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cvd6262
5/24/16 11:25am
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cvd6262
5/24/16 11:30am
That stat does not say what you think it says.
thecthdox
5/24/16 4:31pm
Thats not how supply/demand work...
Dissenter
5/24/16 11:51am
those are scary charts.
byujag
5/24/16 12:04pm
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Cabadapeste
5/24/16 12:11pm
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cvd6262
5/24/16 12:31pm
If they want a computer science, business admin or health science degree
Hoosier Cougar
5/24/16 12:49pm
Too bad higher education isn't about education. It's about brand and experience.
panguitch
5/24/16 12:52pm
After so long, it's more about experience and what you can deliver.
Hoosier Cougar
5/24/16 1:02pm
Google Bennett Hypothesis
Hank Rearden
5/24/16 4:49pm
It isn't a necessity - especially if you are getting a worthless liberal arts
workindev
5/24/16 2:11pm
I agree that going into debt for a useless degree is a bad idea
Dissenter
5/24/16 2:17pm
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cvd6262
5/24/16 2:31pm
That's a good point. There are pretty pointless degrees held by graduates who
Pretorian
5/25/16 3:57pm
Physical Therapists need minimal understanding?
VACOUGFAN
5/25/16 10:09pm
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Pretorian
5/25/16 11:03pm
i understood completely.
VACOUGFAN
5/26/16 7:00am
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Pretorian
5/26/16 10:50am
To be fair,
PezD
5/24/16 3:36pm
I'm a millenial. I'm also wondering if I could get a free car thrown in. It's
pistol12
5/24/16 7:32am
I don't see why not. There's not really any difference.
No touching
5/24/16 7:49am
If that did happen
ponys
5/24/16 7:34am
Me too
Bravescoug
5/24/16 7:51am
I wonder who is going to pay the loans
Nat Gas Man
5/24/16 7:55am
The greedy banks can take they hit. They can afford it.
srey
5/24/16 7:56am
The evil One-percenters, if course
cougarmeister
5/24/16 8:02am
"There's always a 1%"
WhiteKnight
5/24/16 8:06am
I'd be happy with a program that allowed us to refinance at reasonable rates
Twin Roots
5/24/16 8:17am
That is already an option in the private market. The government
molodyets
5/24/16 8:26am
I've checked the private market. It's only slightly better
Twin Roots
5/24/16 9:02am
Sofi rates are at like 2.9% Hard to get much better than that for unsecured debt
workindev
5/24/16 9:42am
So excited for all of you old people complaining about millenials to retire or
Cabadapeste
5/24/16 8:21am
Problem is all those old people aren't retiring.
panguitch
5/24/16 10:42am
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srey
5/24/16 10:50am
If obesity rates keep increasing we wont have to wait for them to retire.
Cabadapeste
5/24/16 10:51am
It's funny how old people, who completely screwed this country up, took benefits
GilaHank
5/24/16 8:28am
It seems like the overwhelming point is that no one wants to pay for anything
TNT
5/24/16 8:29am
RE: It's funny how old people, who completely screwed this country up, took
Cabadapeste
5/24/16 8:30am
Yep i dont expect to see a dime of social security and know the day is coming
monkeycowboy
5/24/16 9:19am
FYI ill have my $15,000 in student loans paid off in february. Just shy of
monkeycowboy
5/24/16 9:37am
I'm curious were your loans for undergrad? or Grad School?
Nat Gas Man
5/24/16 9:42am
Undergrad. Ive toyed with gradschool but i have hard time justifying the cost
monkeycowboy
5/24/16 10:03am
At least you are thinking and evaluating.
StalwartBraveTrue
5/24/16 9:34pm
Very well said. Sick of people targeting the Millennial generation.
Machiavelli
5/24/16 9:31am
Gen X were targets of ridicule and jokes too. They got over it.
Deadpool
5/24/16 10:11am
It's a right of passage to be able to start complaining about all the lazy
workindev
5/24/16 10:14am
I'm just not a fan of stereotypes, finger pointing, scapegoating, etc.
Machiavelli
5/24/16 11:04am
I can guarantee you 2 things:
workindev
5/24/16 9:40am
^^^ bank on this
HangookCoug
5/24/16 10:28am
I'm 56 and have paid out the wazoo. I'll probably never
B-Rex
5/24/16 10:32am
I know another B-Rex that could enunciate your feelings to the gov't well
Hoosier Cougar
5/24/16 10:57am
Its also funny that young people who want everything right now but don't want to
BYU I Bleed Blue
5/24/16 12:06pm
It's funny when people make blanket statements about "young people"
Machiavelli
5/24/16 12:42pm
Don't forget, they also raised the generation of millennials.
whirl
5/25/16 5:55am
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Machiavelli
5/26/16 9:02am
The problem is
Coug Dude
5/25/16 10:02pm
I'm surprised at how many people are so bothered by this discussion of millennials.
Blue Plate Special
5/24/16 12:53pm
I'll go ahead and respond since it seems I fit under the category of people
Machiavelli
5/24/16 1:49pm
And I would have to agree with you that generalizations do have the ability to negatively impact perceptions of self.
Blue Plate Special
5/24/16 2:11pm
I'm pretty sure what you say applies to every generation since the greatest
StalwartBraveTrue
5/24/16 10:07pm
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