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Re:Up to 14% of community college students are homeless, new... by dwaltrip on Monday July 10, 2017 @01:59PM (#14738213)
Your post is informative, thanks for taking the time to write it. Minor nit: It would have been better if you dropped the aggressive opening sentence, and let your well-written depiction of the facts stand alone, especially as it seems the other poster was operating in good faith. FSM knows the public square is filled with enough unconstructive and divisive language these days.
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Re:Up to 14% of community college students are homeless, new... by aphextron on Monday July 10, 2017 @02:24PM (#14738412)
>FSM knows the public square is filled with enough unconstructive and divisive language these days.

Agreed. It was an emotional response to a subject of personal issue.

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Re:Up to 14% of community college students are homeless, new... by austenallred on Monday July 10, 2017 @02:37PM (#14738519)
I'm curious - I haven't met many people who were unable to obtain any type of student loan. Was that the case for you?
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Re:Up to 14% of community college students are homeless, new... by exclusiv on Monday July 10, 2017 @07:14PM (#14740431)
It's not just obtaining the loans but the terms. I know someone who's immediate family doesn't have great credit and/or great jobs. They became a software engineer but had something like an 8.5% interest rate. He worked out of San Diego and hopped on a job in Atlanta because the salary and cost of living was better for paying off the high interest loan.
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Re:Up to 14% of community college students are homeless, new... by moarrgan on Monday July 10, 2017 @04:55PM (#14739577)
I was denied student loans unless my parents cosigned.
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Re:Up to 14% of community college students are homeless, new... by austenallred on Monday July 10, 2017 @05:22PM (#14739818)
Even federal student loans? I thought most of them don't require a cosigner
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Re:Up to 14% of community college students are homeless, new... by tracker1 on Monday July 10, 2017 @05:58PM (#14740065)
IIRC most require a complimentary loan application from parents for PLUS loans... or something like that, at least it used to be so.
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Re:Up to 14% of community college students are homeless, new... by delazeur on Monday July 10, 2017 @07:09PM (#14740413)
It's not a question of obtaining any loan. It's a question of obtaining enough loans.
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Re:Up to 14% of community college students are homeless, new... by aphextron on Tuesday July 11, 2017 @11:58AM (#14745225)
And at a proper rate. Having a credit cosigner to get you that 4% loan can mean the difference between spending a lifetime paying interest, and paying down your principal in 10 years.
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