cross-posted from: https://lemmygrad.ml/post/4330832

People be spending 300k in an undergrad degree???!!

  • LGOrcStreetSamurai [he/him]
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    7 months ago

    You’d be surprised by the amount of student debt. I personally know regular normal people who have approximately 100K for an undergraduate degree. Worse yet some of them didn’t even get the degree. It’s crazy how easily one can go into debt. I’m not even talking “ financial literacy” or whatever I’m just saying it’s way too easy for people to be ensnared for life by the doing the thing they are “supposed” to do

    • invo_rt [he/him]
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      7 months ago

      I'm a grown ass adult with a corporate job and banks would still raise an eyebrow at loaning me $100K. There's no reason an 18 year old should sign off on that.

      • LGOrcStreetSamurai [he/him]
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        7 months ago

        Yeah, they shouldn't be able to sign for that sort of money, nor should universities be asking that much. It's crazy how much tuition costs and cost-of-living have just utterly gone to the moon. It's crazy dude. I went to some regular public university, and I got 55K around my neck. It sucks so much.