How about not going to a school that costs $100K/year? ** -- BigDave 05/27/2018 5:45PM
Seems to me plenty of blame to go around... -- HokieDiver 05/27/2018 11:12AM
Let's look at the math on this... -- Freddyburg Hokie 05/27/2018 10:33AM
Unsustainable. ** -- CPRVHokie 05/27/2018 10:41AM
Agree, but why isn't that the loan amount in the first place... -- HokieForever 05/27/2018 10:37AM
Agreed. I just hope it pops before my girls finish high school.... -- Freddyburg Hokie 05/27/2018 10:39AM
I know bad example, but why did he chose USC -- HokieForever 05/27/2018 10:12AM
Colleges are the biggest predatory lenders out there today -- MrBayAreaHokie 05/27/2018 12:02AM
Their day of reckoning will come soon. Already seeing enrollment dropping -- RoswellGAHokie 05/27/2018 10:01AM
Don't let the evil companies trick you into thinking you have to pay > -- HOKIERIT 05/26/2018 8:25PM
Huh?? ** -- CPRVHokie 05/27/2018 07:39AM
Seriously, what is to prevent a recent grad from filing Chapter 7 -- CPRVHokie 05/27/2018 08:23AM
Federally backed student debt can not be discharged ** -- tallahasseehokie 05/27/2018 1:51PM
Really? Interesting ** -- CPRVHokie 05/27/2018 1:54PM
The banker gangsters always win -- tallahasseehokie 05/27/2018 2:04PM
Yeah, heaven forbid they expect you to repay the money they lent. ** -- CPRVHokie 05/27/2018 2:10PM
Why should banks be treated different from any other lender? -- tallahasseehokie 05/27/2018 2:46PM
Bribes? That’s a hell of an accusation. Plus, if banks had that much -- CPRVHokie 05/27/2018 3:04PM
You need to use some of your time seeking the truth about the world around -- tallahasseehokie 05/27/2018 3:32PM
Lol ** -- CPRVHokie 05/27/2018 3:39PM
SMHATIMDOTMB ** -- tallahasseehokie 05/27/2018 5:40PM
Lol ** -- CPRVHokie 05/27/2018 5:46PM
IIRC it requires more than filing Chapter 7 -- Manbearpig 05/27/2018 12:11PM
Future credit risk? ** -- Brown Water 05/27/2018 11:04AM
A small price to pay to get out of $500,000 over 25 years. ** -- CPRVHokie 05/27/2018 11:25AM
Took over 10 years to pay off my student loans. -- MikeVT85 05/26/2018 5:01PM
Took me 2. ** -- BobG 05/27/2018 10:39AM
The interest deduction is tiny -- MrBayAreaHokie 05/27/2018 12:04AM
So how does a $600K loan balloon to over a $1million in "a few years"? -- UTPr0sim 05/26/2018 4:53PM
He refinanced his interest DOWN to 7.25%, meaning it was originally higher ** -- BigDave 05/27/2018 5:47PM
Colleges ripping people off..... ** -- CrystalCoveHokie 05/26/2018 4:18PM
Nope- students and parents being stupid -- WestEndHokie39 05/26/2018 11:05PM
Yes and no. starting with Generation X -- HokieForever 05/27/2018 10:16AM
You are right....they are stupid to overpay a crooked enterprise ** -- CrystalCoveHokie 05/26/2018 11:28PM
Guess those must be doctors -- EDGEMAN 05/26/2018 4:16PM
Good private schools are $50K and up, e.g., UR, for tuition -- TomTurkey 05/26/2018 5:53PM
Lifetime slackers with no intention of paying them back. ** -- DonHo-kieHi 05/26/2018 5:02PM
Colleges raising tuition at 2 to 3 times the rate of inflation -- RoswellGAHokie 05/26/2018 3:41PM
Not the school’s fault ** -- WestEndHokie39 05/26/2018 11:03PM
I am fully prepared to tell my child that college may be a bad idea. -- MP4VT2004 05/26/2018 6:11PM
Depends on what her degree will be in and what her -- HokieForever 05/27/2018 10:20AM
Agreed. Some degrees will remain valuable. -- MP4VT2004 05/27/2018 10:35AM
Where have you been? ** -- CPRVHokie 05/26/2018 3:36PM