February 2012
67 posts
15 tags
13 tags
12 tags
14 tags
14 tags
Can't get a job with my degree.
I graduated last year with a degree in Medical Assisting. Since then, jobs that are posted require at least one year’s work experience in that field. How do I get the experience if I can’t get the job??
Needless to say, I have not be able to use my expensive college degree and have to work part-time caregiving for less than I would make at McDonald’s. I simply can’t make...
10 tags
14 tags
15 tags
10 tags
15 tags
Where will YOU be this week??? Stand up! Take action!
Student Debt Week of Action Feb 27 – March 2
If you want to participate in SLAP and USSA’s Student Debt Week of Action, click here to sign up.
On Monday: National Fax-in day to Albert Lord, Sallie Mae’s CEO, asking for a meeting with students from around the country that will be visiting their DC office. We will also continue to collect...
10 tags
I graduated from Art Institute of Colorado in March 2008. At the time, I believe I had $113,000 in loans. However now, it is $144,000. 100% of my “education” was through loans - all through Sallie Mae.
11 tags
13 tags
7 tags
10 tags
14 tags
Sallie Mae changed my status between semesters and...
While in school for 4 straight years Sallie Mae changed my status between semesters and capitalized my interest making a $60k loan balloon to $100k. Saying that my “status” changed. It didn’t I was in school and it should have been an in school deferment. That is on my private loans. That’s criminal.
11 tags
13 tags
8 tags
11 tags
Harvard Law was supposed to be the golden ticket
I wanted to be a lawyer my whole life, and not just a lawyer but a real mover and shaker…a representative of the people and a protector of their rights. So while my friends were out enjoying parties and their youth, I was working my butt off to bolster my transcripts and extra curriculars. I made my way into Cornell and graduated at the top of my class. My reward was my acceptance to...