rmwilliamsjr
Puritan Board Freshman
i finished my BA in 80 and went to Westminster West for a couple of years.
I never borrowed any money for school, having been able to pay for most of it with working and the GI bill.
i knew several friends that had maybe 5K in student loans.
only one friend had big loans, from both Dordt and Westminster.
My kids are mostly through university, all state schools and they each borrow 5-8K for their undergrad degrees.
but talking at church i see people with triplet digit undergrad-seminary or undergrad-grad school bills. I know things have changed in the decades since i finished, i know my experience with my kids is biased towards the cheap.
there is a range of experience here that is broad enough to see trends, i think. Is this acceptance of huge student loads a consistent reality? do we really think that a new Pastor having 60-100K in student loads is an acceptable thing?
how much does it cost for someone to go to Covenant College for 4 years and then Covenant Seminary for 3? practically.
to compare my wife finished Covenant College in 71 and had 10K in student loads. They took her 10 years to pay off and several years they were our biggest bills.
something big is going up underneath our noses and i am surprised.
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I never borrowed any money for school, having been able to pay for most of it with working and the GI bill.
i knew several friends that had maybe 5K in student loans.
only one friend had big loans, from both Dordt and Westminster.
My kids are mostly through university, all state schools and they each borrow 5-8K for their undergrad degrees.
but talking at church i see people with triplet digit undergrad-seminary or undergrad-grad school bills. I know things have changed in the decades since i finished, i know my experience with my kids is biased towards the cheap.
there is a range of experience here that is broad enough to see trends, i think. Is this acceptance of huge student loads a consistent reality? do we really think that a new Pastor having 60-100K in student loads is an acceptable thing?
how much does it cost for someone to go to Covenant College for 4 years and then Covenant Seminary for 3? practically.
to compare my wife finished Covenant College in 71 and had 10K in student loads. They took her 10 years to pay off and several years they were our biggest bills.
something big is going up underneath our noses and i am surprised.
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