How much do you owe on your student loans?
$1-$10k
7% (48 votes)
$10k-$25k
14% (94 votes)
$25k-$50k
11% (78 votes)
$50k-$100k
9% (61 votes)
$100k-$250k
5% (35 votes)
$250k-$400k
1% (9 votes)
More than Bernanke's son ($400k+)
2% (12 votes)
$0 (never took out student loans)
43% (294 votes)
$0 (paid in full)
8% (52 votes)
Total votes: 683
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Wow really surprised that
Wow really surprised that most people never had to take out student loans. My guess is that its less full scholarships and more a ton of rich kids on WSO who have parents with deep pockets.
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Nobama88 wrote: Wow really
Wow really surprised that most people never had to take out student loans. My guess is that its less full scholarships and more a ton of rich kids on WSO who have parents with deep pockets.
or they just click the first option they see, maybe i should rearrange the question order
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My parents were not very rich
My parents were not very rich (we lived in an average condo) but because of their belief in education always saved like mad to make sure that price was never a barrier to education (also the 15K or so every year in grants was helpful from my school...). In all honesty, if I had to worry about student loans right now I would be scared s***less
whats the difference between
whats the difference between "never took out student loans" and "paid-in full"?
I think "paid in full" means
I think "paid in full" means you took out student loans, but at this point have paid them all off
This poll goes against all
This poll goes against all student loan statistics.
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Or we have a ton of high
Or we have a ton of high school students voting :)
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$0 (never took out student
$0 (never took out student loans). For me, bachelor+MSc+housing costs floated around 50k euro (over a span of 5 years) and luckily we hadn't had to resort to loans.
About to join the ~$50K club
About to join the ~$50K club and I'm worried worried worried. =(
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Hrm. Rich folks=no debt ->
Hrm. Rich folks=no debt -> good schools -> good jobs
Seems about right to me.
I dont think i would have
I dont think i would have taken school very seriously if i didnt take out student loans, no pain point if someone else is paying for it.
Scholarships paid for 80-85%
Scholarships paid for 80-85% of my university expenses so I didn't need student loans. I would think there was something wrong with my work ethic if I didn't take school seriously just because it was free. But I guess it depends on what motivates you.
I think it would be
I think it would be interesting to find out of those who did not take out loans for college, what percentage received funding from A) parents B) themselves or C) scholarships.
Although I agree, these numbers seem way off compared to all other polls the media publishes.
kuaerodsp wrote: I think it
I think it would be interesting to find out of those who did not take out loans for college, what percentage received funding from A) parents B) themselves or C) scholarships.
yeah good idea for a follow up poll, will try to add this in a couple weeks
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Cmoss wrote: I dont think i
I dont think i would have taken school very seriously if i didnt take out student loans, no pain point if someone else is paying for it.
Trust me, when your parents are putting up 50k/year for your education, it makes you try VERY hard in school.
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Connor wrote: Cmoss wrote: I
I was fortunate enough to
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$0, Full paid scholarship.
I think its probably a combo
GI Bill for me. There are
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Some scholarship, parents
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