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$78,000 of Debt for a Harvard Theater Degree
The New York Times ^
| 07 Aug 2017
| SOPHIE HAIGNEY
Posted on 08/08/2017 9:50:37 AM PDT by Theoria
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To: Theoria
I can only laugh so hard at her debt as my debt-free IT degree did me jack against the Zero and another tidal wave of outsourcing.
To: HiTech RedNeck
Young men consumed with an ambition for musical theatre are usually homosexuals. I knew one in college; his ambition was to be steward on a cruise boat. He died a long time ago, probably from AIDS. Maybe the same thing happened to your friend.
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posted on
08/08/2017 12:59:49 PM PDT
by
Romulus
To: CodeToad
I have known a couple of bankers who went to Harvard. One was very conservative. The other on the liberal side, but not an extremist (he’s a partner in a small mortgage banking business serving the private sector). Both good guys; both several decades past their Harvard graduations.
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posted on
08/08/2017 1:04:21 PM PDT
by
Romulus
To: 9YearLurker
“Most young actors dont face graduate school debt like this yet it is common for those who attend the A.R.T. Institute. Despite being at the worlds wealthiest university, institute students receive modest financial aid and leave with a median of $78,000 in debt in exchange for a master of liberal arts degree from the Harvard Extension School.”
To: A_perfect_lady
Wait... her loan was $75,000, and if she's been paying $650 a month for 12 years... if her interest rate was 3.8% she would be paid off by now.
Most likely she has been deferring payment of the loan as much as she can. She probably just ran out of deferment options.
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posted on
08/08/2017 1:57:34 PM PDT
by
fr_freak
To: Theoria
She borrowed all that money for Harvard's program with the Moscow Art Theater. If she'd done it the other way around, applied directly to a Russian theater, she would probably have paid a lot less. Then she went on to the Groundlings, the LA comedy troupe. Once again, if she just skipped Harvard and went directly to the Groundlings, she wouldn't owe all that money.
She hasn't done much with her degree. Here she is in the video short He's Still Voting For Trump. Not funny. #FakeComedy.
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posted on
08/08/2017 2:19:18 PM PDT
by
x
To: Buckeye McFrog
They already did. Why do u think they were crying when HRC lost. That was a big reason most millenials voted for her.
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posted on
08/08/2017 2:23:29 PM PDT
by
Herakles
(Diversity is a globalist scam for power!)
To: Truthsearcher
I am sure it made good business sense up until they had to go on a 3-year hiatus. It is not like graduate theater students are going to refill the corporate coffers like their b-school or law grads.
To: Paladin2
she could do porn...
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posted on
08/08/2017 4:04:08 PM PDT
by
Chode
(You have all of the resources you are going to have. Abandon your illusions and plan accordingly.)
To: Jeff Chandler
Snowflakes are not the smartest. They probably failed arithmetic 101.
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posted on
08/08/2017 4:08:50 PM PDT
by
Chgogal
(Sessions recused himself for shaking an Ambassador's hand. Shameful!)
To: Chode
She clearly has marketable skillz.
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posted on
08/08/2017 4:27:34 PM PDT
by
Paladin2
(No spelchk nor wrong word auto substition on mobile dev. Please be intelligent and deal with it....)
To: OldMissileer
She is very pretty but given her type of degree there is a 99.9% chance she is a batsh!t crazy toxic feminist. Most sane, or even nearly sane, men with any wherewithal know this and stay away from her. Also, if she is a feminist, she probably doesn't want to be around men.
Yep!
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posted on
08/08/2017 4:28:20 PM PDT
by
The_Media_never_lie
(Is it not too late to appoint a special counsel to investigate Hillary's crimes?)
To: x
She is clearly qualified to be a CNN Talking Head spouting Fake News 24/7.
She seems to be a natural, and looks better than most.
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posted on
08/08/2017 4:37:30 PM PDT
by
Paladin2
(No spelchk nor wrong word auto substition on mobile dev. Please be intelligent and deal with it....)
To: BookmanTheJanitor
Listen, lady, the bank did exactly what you asked them to do. Your problem is with the liberal institution, Harvard. THEY are the ones that ripped you off. Then again, what was wrong with going to the local junior college or state college? Had to go to Harvard, eh? She HAD to have the Michael Kors purse, even though the Walmart purse cost 1/20 as much, and would benefit her in the same exact way... and YOU should pay for the difference, so that she can have a better self-image with the pricier label.
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posted on
08/08/2017 6:19:00 PM PDT
by
Teacher317
(We have now sunk to a depth at which restatement of the obvious is the first duty of intelligent men)
To: Theoria
Are we supposed to feel sorry for this moron?
Sweetie, that degree and two bits won’t even buy you a cup of coffee.
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posted on
08/08/2017 6:21:45 PM PDT
by
RooRoobird20
("Democrats haven't been this angry since Republicans freed the slaves.")
To: Theoria
Twelve years after finishing Harvards graduate theater program, . . .My favorite is the Occupy guy complaining about lack of job prospects - after all, he had a Masters in Puppetry.
How could ANY school, in good conscience, even offer that discipline?
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posted on
08/08/2017 6:23:09 PM PDT
by
Oatka
To: Oatka
How could ANY school, in good conscience, even offer that discipline? Money. That's all.
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posted on
08/08/2017 7:32:19 PM PDT
by
OldMissileer
(Atlas, Titan, Minuteman, PK. Winners of the Cold War)
To: Theoria
Looks like she is paying an interest rate of 9 or 10%, depending on the term.
As for the value of a theater degree, there are some famous actors who taken this route: e.g. Robin Williams - Juilliard, Meryl Streep - Yale.
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