That's partly what my petition is about. Students need to be educated on all these different ways to pay for school. My parents told me all through high school that I had a college savings and then they fell on hard times and had to use it. My school did not tell us about grants and scholarships and I have tried and tr...more

@ I want to be a clone  Actually you have no idea who I am. I do have cable internet I don't pay for it my job does because I need it to be able to work from home on certain days. Also have to have the cell phone which I also don't pay for so when I'm on call I can be reached. I have worked for everything I've wanted ...more

@ I want to be a clone - If I had the money to pay back the loan I would be more than willing but they want more than I can afford because of the ridiculous interest rates. So please tell me how you would like me to pay for my loan? They are asking for 50% of my pay every month. Could you afford to have 50% of your pay...more

I made a petition to the white house to allow student loans to be discharged in bankruptcy. Please sign it if you are tired of getting used and abused by Sallie Mae and other student loan orgs. http://wh.gov/XDhX

That is a good way to do it. For me that wasn't an option because I was not making enough to pay for classes and living. The job I had at the time it would have taken years of advancement for me to be able to pay for college at the same time as working. Also my college promised me that after graduating I would be able ...more

This is the part that is stupid you miss one payment and your credit score goes down 50+ points and you have to make 6 months of on time payments to come close to making up that loss sometimes it can even take a year.

I made a petition to the white house to allow student loans to be discharged in bankruptcy. Please sign it if you are tired of getting used and abused by Sallie Mae and other student loan orgs. http://wh.gov/XDhX

I made a petition to the white house to allow student loans to be discharged in bankruptcy. Please sign it if you are tired of getting used and abused by Sallie Mae and other student loan orgs. http://wh.gov/XDhX

I would like to know your ways of going to school debt free. If you know such amazing ways you should let the public know so this debt doesn't continue to spiral out of control. You seem to like to judge people but don't have any helpful input other than to judge. The only way I know of going to school debt free is to ...more