[wushupork]

I couldn't totally agree more. Private school at $30,000 / year, private university at $53,000 - who does that? When my sister and I went to college, we had no delusions that we were going to go to in-state public universities where we qualified for in-state rates. Some of our friends even went to community colleges the first few years, then transferred to save even more money. Many of us had part time jobs and/or internships the whole time.

Also at the time, we knew we were going to need to be sponsored by companies if we wanted to stay in the US so we both chose practical degrees which would most likely lead to sponsorships for our H1B visas (ie engineering degrees).

I don't understand these people who willingly choose to go to EXPENSIVE private schools they COULD NOT afford, take HUGE loans they COULD NOT HOPE to repay on degrees that will barely pay for those loans. Then they have the audacity to feel entitled NOT to pay back those loans.

"the name Sallie Mae sounds so friendly; she's just your cute aunt making soup" - seriously?