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I was fortunate enough to have a grandfather put aside $30K in a fund for my sister (who is 2 years older) and me. Unfortuantely, my sister (who has never held a full-time job) blew threw most of it in 3 years. My parents made too much $$ for me to get financial aid, yet not enough to pay our way. I had to take a few semesters of only around 6-9 hours while working nights at a liquor store. Once I turned 23 I got student loans. I currently owe around $8,000.
My wife had no such family support and currently owes $35,000.
Together, our payments are around $400 and neither one of us is doing anything close to what we went to school. But we graduated and are getting by.
What is scary is that almost all of the people that I knew who dropped out of college now make better money than the Mrs. and I combined. Education does not always equal financial success.
MM
~~Knows that anyone who wants an education can get one.
[Edited by Mark M on 02-21-2001 at 11:28 AM]
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