What's Wrong with You People?

[Orruar]

Originally Posted by Doublestep [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

even if he got fresh out of college and into a crappy 75k a year job he could pay off student loans in a year if that.

My guess is he'll be fresh out of college into a crappy $2.13/hr+tips job. He'll likely benefit from the recent executive order that caps student loan payments at 10% of disposable income.

[Littlegyno 6.0]

Most people don't pay it off in a few years. They drag it out for 10-15-20 years because they're fucking stupid.

W/e. There's ways to pay for school besides student loans if one has the will and drive to get it. Scholarships, repayment programs (tutition for contract to work at a company etc).

[Doublestep]

i've been saving all my cash before college and im set for a year or two before i head out of state to finish up my major, most ill need from student loans is 10k

[Maze513]

Was it just me who read the OP as

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[Orruar]

Originally Posted by Doublestep [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

i've been saving all my cash before college and im set for a year or two before i head out of state to finish up my major, most ill need from student loans is 10k

I'm working on a PhD right now and can offer some advice in the student loan department. Learn about investing and put your money into something that will yield you 5%+ per year. The federal student loans are subsidized, which means you don't start paying interest until you actually graduate. So the money you have right now can be making you extra income, while the loans are free. If you then want to take the money out and pay towards student loans the day you graduate, that's fine, but you'll likely want to continue making 5% off that money while paying the 3.4% interest rate.

[Doublestep]

the cash i have saved up is going to pay all of my tuition and housing and shit, im not taking any loans until im a junior

[Orruar]

Originally Posted by Doublestep [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

the cash i have saved up is going to pay all of my tuition and housing and shit, im not taking any loans until im a junior

Yeah, but you could start taking loans now and invest the money you have into a Roth IRA or whatever. It takes discipline and smarts to make money off it, but if you have these things, it's the way to go. If the government wants to give you giant school loans with no interest for a few years, why say no? If you're the type of person that will just take that money and blow it on xbox games and Code Red, maybe what you're doing is a better idea.

[Doublestep]

i don't play xbox very much but code red is amazing

[fastboy21]

100k for a 19 year old that has no real job or education is very unusual.

Say what you want about what the "average" person ought to be making, but if you are being honest about what you claim to make you are doing way better than most of the people in the world...and tremendously better than most people your age.

That you kind of flippantly throw it out there and then try to play it off like its no big deal to make $100k makes me think you are probably just trolling...

Those who know don't say, and those who say don't know. Bragging and looking down your nose at other people are obvious acts.

[Doublestep]

4 years of college = throwing away 100k a yr jobs while lookin for dem bennys