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Daena
Arizona State University - West
Class of 2006
Criminal Justice
Expected debt: $30,000
What
are your non-academic responsibilities while going to school?
My granddaughter and my daughter are both my dependents...we
survived on $13,500 this year...my grandbaby will celebrate
her first Christmas...how will I buy her gifts?
Why
do you think students should not graduate with so much debt?
I have worked long and hard for this degree so that I can
become part of the solution.
What
do you most look forward to when you graduate?
The little things...buying my grandbaby a new dress...getting
a paycheck.
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Tiffany
Los Angeles City College
Class of 2008
Social Work
Expected debt: $40,000
Why
do you think students should not graduate with so much debt?
Because after graduation everyone is so excited and ready
to get out there in the workforce, but they have to pay their
debt and they can't settle down like they might like to.
What
do you most look forward to when you graduate?
Work. I love to work. What will make my work so great is that
I'll be helping troubled teens, letting them know they have
a future.
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Jose
Florida State University
Class of 2006
Psychology/Business
Expected debt: $10,000
What
are your non-academic responsibilities while going to school?
Lambda Theta Phi, HLSU, SGA, Puerto Rican Students.
Why
do you think students should not graduate with so much debt?
So we can live our lives - instead of coming from poverty
and going back to poverty.
What
do you most look forward to when you graduate?
Independence.
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Thomas
University of Connecticut
Class of 2008
Pre-Pharmacy
Expected debt: $160,000
What
are your non-academic responsibilities while going to school?
I have taken on many responsibilities at my school. I am a
senator and Speaker of the Undergraduate Student Government.
I am co-founder and co-president of RunUC, UConn's running
club. I also sit on a handful of University committees.
Why
do you think students should not graduate with so much debt?
To get ahead in life and have a great job, in this day and
age, it is mostly a requirement to go to college, but by doing
this students start out ten steps behind. Tuition costs loom
over students and their decisions for years before and after
their graduation. Students should come out of college as new
members of society without being put so far behind from the
start.
What
do you most look forward to when you graduate?
I most look forward to being able to impact a customer/patient's
life for the better.
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Jennifer
Portland Community College
Class of 2007
Publishing
Expected debt: $60,000
What
are your non-academic responsibilities while going to school?
I'm involved in the Ooligan Press, the campus publishing company.
Why
do you think students should not graduate with so much debt?
Because there is so much debt that you spend years and years
trying to pay it off. It makes it hard to move, buy a car
or a house. The debt just keeps piling up.
What
do you most look forward to when you graduate?
When I graduate I am looking forward to finally being done
with school. I will be happy with the fact that I will be
the first in my family to graduate with a Masters degree.
I'm also looking forward to moving on with the next chapter
of my life.
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Erin
Arizona State University - West
Class of 2006
Global Business/Marketing
Expected debt: $17.000
What
are your non-academic responsibilities while going to school?
Peer mentoring, AAUW (club), and family.
Why
do you think students should not graduate with so much debt?
Having so much debt at graduation puts the recent graduates
at an immediate disadvantage because they are already being
forced to pay money they do not have.
What
do you most look forward to when you graduate?
Getting a full-time job to be more financially stable.
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