klacey1
DIS Veteran
- Joined
- Feb 19, 2008
Nope, I 100% would have chosen a different school in order to minimize loans. I was a first-generation, poor kid at a rich kid school with zero support for helping students understand what it meant to pay for school. It just wasn't necessary for the vast majority of kids. All of my friends' parents, including the SAHM, had degrees and could all pay for their kids to go to whatever school they wanted in full.
I was too image-conscious to go to a state school, which would have meant much lower student loans, and too unaware to research private schools that fit me academically that also met full financial aid without loans/with small loans.
I work in higher ed now and have knowledge about schools and programs that make college affordable. I had great grades but zero financial smarts when I was a senior in high school. Every time I make a student loan payment, I kick myself for choosing a school that cost way too much money and had zero bearing on my career.
I was too image-conscious to go to a state school, which would have meant much lower student loans, and too unaware to research private schools that fit me academically that also met full financial aid without loans/with small loans.
I work in higher ed now and have knowledge about schools and programs that make college affordable. I had great grades but zero financial smarts when I was a senior in high school. Every time I make a student loan payment, I kick myself for choosing a school that cost way too much money and had zero bearing on my career.