College Series

How to Avoid Student Loans

When I went to undergrad, I reluctantly avoided student loans. I was ready trod the well worn path of taking out loans to go away to school. My dream school was Worcester Polytech. It was the only school that I toured before applying. I knew it was expensive and at when I was applying, I didn’t really care. As an 18 year old, I wanted the “college experience.” Besides, I was going for engineering, so…

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College Series

The Free Grad School Guide

I graduated with a Master’s degree last month, which I reflect on here. My wife had graduated with a Master’s degree in May of 2019. The median grad student took out $54,500 in student loans to attend grad school at public universities like the ones that we graduated from. However, the two of us did not bring over $100,000 in graduate student loans into our marriage. In fact, we were both able to use assistantships…

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