how are you paying for college?

strawberryfeelings:

are you taking student loans? scholarships? grants?

i’m fortunate enough to have a trust fund set aside for me as well as a couple scholarships and i still can’t fully afford the college i want. how are some of you doing it? are loans more common than i thought they were? i’m so confused.


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  1. floatalong said: lots of loans, lots of grants. brb killing self for all the debt I’ll have.
  2. xoxoacidgirl said: im lucky to have a decent amount in my college fund. i get about $1500/yr from my school too. ive heard only bad things about student loans. ive heard stories about them ruining ppls lives(ik it sounds dramatic lol)but i wouldnt rec. them if possible
  3. quetzalcoatls said: Loans, I don’t know many people who don’t get them really. There’s a reason why there is about to be a trillion dollars of student loan debt this year.
  4. tofu-tot said: loans, scholarships and grants…. yes i will be up to my ears in debt after college… but you dont have to pay off student loans until AFTER youve been out of college for 6 months…
  5. boundbyharmony said: i would say the majority of college students use loans these days if they don’t have full scholarships or a solid college fund. fafsa offers some decent ones when you apply for financial aid and a lot of banks do too, that’s what i did.
  6. we-are-magnified said: i do loans. you get a 6mo grace period after you graduate to start making payments. i’m staying an extra 2 years for my masters so i can have longer to decide what i wanna do. just research it, they’r not that bad
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