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Re:College May Not Be Worth It Anymore by DamnYuppie on Thursday May 17, 2018 @12:43PM (#17092960)
Your argument is only valid if you are assuming that tuition is paid for out of pocket. If you have to finance that $50k, you will most likely end up paying closer to $80k. The 80k assumes a 15 year repayment at current rates, if they can pay more and get it done in 10 years it drops down to under $70k.
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Re:College May Not Be Worth It Anymore by deadmetheny on Thursday May 17, 2018 @12:55PM (#17093057)
The $50k is assuming financing. Nobody realistically pays for college tuition out-of-pocket unless they were lucky and their parents set up a fund for it.

Source: myself and literally every single college person I know who attended public universities in the Midwest

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Re:College May Not Be Worth It Anymore by Eire_Banshee on Thursday May 17, 2018 @01:04PM (#17093139)
I paid out of pocket. Just had to do the national guard for 6 years. They paid for like, 90% of it. It was pretty dope.
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Re:College May Not Be Worth It Anymore by deadmetheny on Thursday May 17, 2018 @02:43PM (#17094191)
Very nice, I forgot about the military covering school as well. Thank you for your service.
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Re:College May Not Be Worth It Anymore by Eire_Banshee on Thursday May 17, 2018 @02:49PM (#17094254)
Yeah, there are some stipulations. Like, you have to go to an in state school. You do give up a significant chunk of your weekends and summers. I was a year behind all of my peers due to training.

But to have almost zero debt is worth it. More people should consider it.

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Re:College May Not Be Worth It Anymore by blueseaadmin on Thursday May 17, 2018 @01:14PM (#17093230)
Kudos to you for serving. Thank you. More kids should do the same. I did.
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