sarchertech

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   by sarchertech 5y ago

   Again "predatory lending" is a standard term, that has a commonly accepted meaning. What you're describing doesn't fit.
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   by sarchertech 5y ago

   That's not what the word predatory generally means in the context of loans.
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   by sarchertech 5y ago

   >horrendously predatory loans backed by the government What's predatory about public loans. They all qualify for income based repayment, which means you'll never pay more than 10% of your disposable income (any income over 1.5x
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   by sarchertech 5y ago

   >The vast majority of students don't fit into this, they come from middle class parents and have to take out private loans. Private loans only make up about 8% of total student loan debt https://www.nerdwallet.com/ar
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   by sarchertech 5y ago

   You can go above the professor’s head for that stuff. When I was in undergrad and when I was doing the masters at GaTech, it was common for professors to say up front that if you missed assignments or tests for a valid reason, you had to go