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Old 07-15-2003, 11:40 PM
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Originally posted by flyfirefly
Right, are any of you in college right now? How about in places were tuition rises nearly 20% every year? I'm happy you know people who were successful at funding for themselves but clearly there are limitations to which these loans and grants go. I think the key word in what you were saying is "probably" - clearly, you underestimate financial situations of college students in a recessive economy.
My first year of college was supposed to be in the fall of 1981, one of the worst recessions of the second half of the twentieth century and I lived on the east coast, no less. This recessive economy we are in is nothing compared to that. Hate to sound like a broken record but...
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