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Re:Buyer's Remorse: High Debt and Low Pay Leave Some College... by rayiner on Wednesday May 29, 2019 @10:27AM (#20040560)
Social stigma is powerful. I took an extra $60-70k in debt to go to school in Chicago instead of DC, where I could have commuted from home. It’s our culture. College is supposed to be a 4-year vacation where binge drink and do a lot of drugs. Hard to do that when you’re living at home.
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Re:Buyer's Remorse: High Debt and Low Pay Leave Some College... by t3rabytes on Wednesday May 29, 2019 @10:34AM (#20040657)
Not questioning your decision making, but DC seems like a fine place to go to college. I would've gone to Georgetown or GW without any qualms, same way that I decided to go to NC State (even though I've lived just outside of Raleigh since middle school).

Disclosure: I went to college 50 minutes away from where my parents lived and still lived on campus because I had to get out of living in the middle of nowhere and a 50 minute commute to class wasn't my thing.

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Re:Buyer's Remorse: High Debt and Low Pay Leave Some College... by tdfx on Wednesday May 29, 2019 @10:55AM (#20040905)
DC is a wildly expensive place to go to college. GW is consistently ranked amongst the most expensive colleges in the US. Even if you're on a full ride, you likely won't be able to pay your living expenses with a part-time job.
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