If you could go back in time what would you tell yourself before taking out student loans?

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I would tell myself to drop out without taking any loans or finishing my degree and go straight into a trade school. My loans are just a reminder that I didn't actually want to do what I thought I did.

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Get a menial job and take out loans to buy property. Rent the property and reinvest the profits.

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I would of thought longer and harder about what I wanted to do, but at the same time things change in our lives the more experience we get. I took a few years off of school to work full time and then went back and still don’t have a job in my degree field but the bachelors has gotten me opportunities I wouldn’t of had without. I would tell my younger self to be patient and find a company that will pay for some or all of my schooling.

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What do you think are the chances this thing actually goes through? As of today they're still blocking it. It's paused which is fine, but if they don't actually forgive them after February I'll be pissed.

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