Originally Posted by Mk13
I just don't look at school loans as "financial aid" ...to me they are a serious burden, no aid at all. I'd rather my kids spend 8 years going to college part time and be debt free than be done in 4 years and be living on Ramen noodles for the next 20 years.
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Originally Posted by 22b
Also, loans are not aid, despite what colleges call it. It should be called pretend aid. Some colleges might have a lot of this pretend aid, and others might have little or none.
Agreed.