Raina’s $167k debt

I’m completely stuck in fear and anger.

I graduated from ACTCM, the American College of Traditional Chinese Medicine with a Master’s of Science Degree in 2009. I then had to pass the Acupuncture State Board exam and am now a licensed…

Raine’s $48k Debt

I can only be so prepared

The Devil Wants Her Due

What Not To Do In College

Julie’s $80k debt

Student loan as checking account

At 45 years old, after my divorce, I’d decided to attend law school. When student loan money was handed out, I took the maximum amount offered, even though I didn’t need it. Tuition was super-low, I had a full time…

Student Debt: It’s A Numbers Game

Manageable, but I’m counting every dollar.

Daniel’s $29k Debt

Secretly, I’m glad

Student loans: $29,000
Job: Newspaper writer

Call it a naive endorsement of hardship. Or some dormant martyr complex. Maybe, in the end, it’s just a streak of masochism. Whatever the…

David’s $55K Debt

It was originally $14,000.

Lucio’s $9K Debt

First-generation fellow millennial?

Adam’s $36K Debt

My story is pretty simple.

My story is pretty simple. I went for 4 years of college and graduated with a combined debt of $36000. Not an unreasonable amount to pay off but I did not have any help. I have no family who can spare money for someone else and…

Courtney’s $190K Debt

The calm before the storm.