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    Cycle of Student Loans Student loans are one of the top three national debts in the United States. Total student loans have reached an outstanding of one trillion dollars and are still on going. It would take the United States hundred-fifty years, twenty million dollars a day to fully cover this national debt. Student loans are intended for students to go to college but they come with a rising social and economic cost. As the expectancy of high return and tuition are increasing, more students are ending

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    There are so many students who are loaning their financial future to student loans. These students think that it is "normal" to have student loans to pay for college, but they fail to realize that there is more than one way to pay for college. Student loans are completely overrated, especially for a young adult that entering into the real world, since it puts the student in a really bad disposition at that moment and also in the future. Student loan's main purpose is to consume the consumer into

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    College students graduate with an average student loan debt of approximately $37000. Of course, that's not the whole story. Millions of college graduates have student loan debts ranging from $50,000 to over $200,000. With debt like that and sluggish economic growth, it's no wonder that more than a million people defaulted on their student loans in 2016 alone. Sometimes, though, the problem isn't the debt or a person's salary. The problem is the way student loans get billed. Say a student transferred

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    The student loan problem is starting to look clear enough on the surface. As students are incurring oversized student debt, and are defaulting on that debt and threatening their ability to access future credit that will and need one day. To this the approaches to student loan debt collection are filled with problems, including improper recovery tactics and informational imbalance regarding the repayment options. But the current public policy conversations miss key issues that contribute to this debt

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    most relentless creditor to have is the federal government. Student loans that are not paid in a timely manner will be forwarded to a collection department or agency. The government utilizes private collection agencies to collect these back loans on their behalf, and they forward delinquent loans to these services very quickly. The problem in now dealing with a collection agency is that your credit score will suffer if your student loan stays in delinquent status. The best option is to be proactive

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    concerns with student loans and repayment issues. In electing to secure a student loan for college, prospective students or parents should realistically, forecast or measure probable (anticipated) student debt. In particularly, with students aspiring to attend college, several organizations or subsidiaries, and for-profit institutions cash in on unknowledgeable hopefuls contributing to the student loan debt dilemma/crisis (or student debt). The college costs and financial constraints for student borrowing

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    The student loan crisis is worse than ever and more people are leaving college thousands of dollars in debt before they even have a job or any type of income. With the rising cost of college and living expenses, people are taking out more student loans for higher amounts, leaving more people in an undesirable amount of debt and essentially trapping them. “There's currently no way to get rid of federal student debt other than paying off the loans.” (Quinton, Sophie, why you might be paying student

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    Student loans, also often called student debts, are financial aids in a loan form that requires borrowers to repay in the future (Wikipedia). Usually, student loans mean to provide students with financial issues the opportunity to obtain a college degree, which leads to an average lifetime income increase of $1.13 million for men and $792,000 for women (University of Kansas 1). As student loan aims at helping people live a better life, many college students exhibit negative attitudes towards interest

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    Emergency Student Loans An emergency is defined as an unexpected need that could not have been reasonably foreseen. In today’s tough financial climate, more and more students are facing difficulties with increasing cost of tuition fees and living expenses. Sometimes student’s ability to pay can change drastically. For example a parent may get fired or suffer a pay cut. As a result, many bright students are at risk of having to quit their study due to financial crisis. Emergency student loans are short

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    prevalent for college students to support their financial costs through student loans. Higher educational costs have turned out to be so expensive that it is nearly impossible for students to accommodate these expenses by just working alone. “Education loan debt in the United States now stands at approximately $ 1.2 trillion, and some thirty-nine million Americans, nearly 20% of U.S. households, owe student loans” (Austin, 2015). As a result, countless numbers of college students hold a large obligation

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