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    Refinancing your student loans means that a private lender is essentially buying your Federal student loans, paying them off, and creating a new loan that it will lend to you on new, original terms. The new terms of your refinanced loan will be based off your credit reports, credit score, and other requirements. The new private loan terms include, among other things, a new interest rate and potentially a new term (the length of time over which you have to repay your loan). For example, you could

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    The student loan debt in this country is out of control. Lives are being put on hold because graduates have such high payments on their loans that they cannot buy a house or start a family until later in life. Many default on their loan because they simply can’t, or won’t, keep up with their loan payments. Many are calling for debt forgives on their loans, which will erase their debt. But, while that would be advantageous for those with loans, those forgiven loans have to be paid by someone. Forgiveness

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    As of 2016, the average college graduate owes thirty-seven thousand dollars in loans (Glum). As a whole, Americans owe a grand total of 1.3 trillion dollars. These are figures that grow every year, and worse, the number of people who are defaulting on their payments grows as well. The issue of the student loan crisis is serious, which is why potential solutions are now being discussed. Presidential candidates for the election of 2016 have discussed solutions that range from Hillary Clinton’s debt-free

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    Introduction/Overview I will be examining the risks of the student loan bubble. A bubble in financial terms regards to the rapid rise of asset prices that isn’t backed by fundamentals. This will eventually cause a large sell off leading to a sharp depletion in those asset values. Over the last 5 years the American federal reserve bank has increased spending on federal student loans over 1,000%. From $100 billion to over $1 trillion dollars. According to Kate Hardiman from University of Notre Dame

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    The student loan debt crisis in the United States has reached $1 trillion dollars. According to Belkin (2015), the average student loan debt is $35,000. This debt has recent graduates doubting whether or not their education was worth the cost. Fifty-two percent of graduates from public institutions agreed that their education was worth the investment, whereas 48% did not (Belkin, 2015). Forty-seven percent of graduates from private colleges agreed that their education was worth the expense, while

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    With the varying costs of college in mind, the topic of how to cover financials comes up. Many loan types are out in there in the world and deciding whether to apply for those or to pay my own way is a crucial decision to make. I, personally, will be taking out loans and applying for scholarships because I am not able to strictly pay my way. Although, my parents have reassured me that they will help pay for portions of my college education. Once I arrive at KSU and begin schooling, I plan on getting

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    Your over 8 thousand in debt from previous loans, and acting like it's not a bad thing. You owe a large lump sum of money to a lender that you will pay for all threw your life. You're trying to get married, and get back in school which will set you back even further in debt. I completely understand the american dream of having what you can’t afford, and the comfy lifestyle of others. Yet, you do realize we have the same job and work the same hours this will not work out because i know what you make

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    tuition fees. We often hear about personal, home, or car loans, but for the purpose of this research, I will shift my focus towards education loans. An education loan is basically funding provided by an entity which typically the government, a bank, or an organization to help a student pursue their studies by covering things such as their tuition fees, cost of books, and living expenses. Therefore related to all the basic needs as a student, they have to borrow the amount that they don’t have in the

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    graduated with student-loan debt will have to pay back a little more than $35,000”, according to an analysis of government data by Mark Kantrowitz. The average student-loan some what parallel with nation debt of $30,000 in the Tidewater and Hampton Roads areas.Due to the Obama Student Loan Forgiveness program those students who make a payments of 10% of their monthly based income. I strongly have a personal believe that students-loan debt should not have to be paid back from students. Who are

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    A student loan payment can be deferred or cancelled altogether, did you know this? If you have been ill or have not been able to get a job, there are ways you can have them deferred or cancelled. What you cannot do is default on the payment. Sometimes the situation is temporary and so you can apply for a postponement of payment or just to lower the amount you have to pay. The period when you are granted this relief is called deferment or forbearance. What is the difference between the two? The government

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