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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]All of you people herping and derping about “personal responsibility” are totally missing the point. Let me spell it out for you, MED SCHOOL AND COLLEGE SHOULD NOT COST THAT MUCH, EVER, UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES. Yes, even if the student intends to work as a plastic surgeon in Hollywood. It is terrible for the economy, society, and the field of medicine. No one benefits except student loan companies, med school administrators, and the politicians who take their lobbying money to keep the status quo.[/quote]

I might agree with you if the earnings potential were not so high. But when someone wants or expects to earn more than 10x what a high school grad is going to make, it should come with a cost.  [/quote]

This doesn’t at all help our society to address the STEM shortage. Agree that no college program should lead to this much debt.[/quote]

STEM shortage?  My young adults have friends who majored in STEM...hard to get a job if the major leads to competing with the HB1 racket.  Luckily most ended up employed by defense contactors.  Many schools don't have instate tuition reductions for graduate work and some award scholarships for out of staters to bring tuition down to instate costs.

Some people as undergrads chose more expensive schools and even transferred as well as majors - expensive SLAC or other [even large] private schools as opposed to state schools.  I do believe that all student loans need to be paid directly to the educational entity.  Community college to state school route is sensible.  Some people the young adults know have made some very foolish decisions and most have made wise decisions.  If school x had a better financial deal they went there.  Others were c'est la vie and now complain.  [/quote]

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