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Sorry to say this but this fool decided to attend American University in DC with its stratospheric tuition. AU is about as bad a ripoff as there is. She could of went to community college for two years then transferred to AU or gone to one of the fine public universities in VA. Instead of being practical she went with heart and is paying the price.
1 posted on 12/19/2015 9:14:45 AM PST by C19fan
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But but but

This is her dream school
The crowd is supposed to fund it Doncha know
Since dropping out, getting a real job and finishing later are just so.... Unfair


2 posted on 12/19/2015 9:17:15 AM PST by silverleaf (Age takes a toll: Please have exact change)
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Sounds like she just got an education in personal finance. Soon she will get a graduate degree in the burden of personal debt. Good luck to whoever marries this one.


3 posted on 12/19/2015 9:17:21 AM PST by Pelham (Muslim immigration...the enemy is inside the wire.)
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She should just go whoor herself out to a Democrat Congressman....just needs to be careful it isn’t somebody like a Gary Condit.... eff her.


4 posted on 12/19/2015 9:17:52 AM PST by Gaffer
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Also here

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3374310/posts


6 posted on 12/19/2015 9:19:43 AM PST by AppyPappy (If you really want to irritate someone, point out something obvious they are trying hard to ignore.)
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7 posted on 12/19/2015 9:20:02 AM PST by GQuagmire
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The comments don’t show any sympathy. hehe


9 posted on 12/19/2015 9:21:37 AM PST by dynachrome (We have multiplied our possessions, but reduced our values.)
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Is she hot? I know a way she can make money fast.


10 posted on 12/19/2015 9:21:57 AM PST by Flatus I. Maximus (Obstruct. Oppose. Overthrow. Obama.)
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We definately need some “comprehesive tuition reform” in this country. These colleges are ripping people off with their outrageous costs. It’s not like this is the newest “smart” phone or tickets to an Adele concert. It’s only college for Pete’s sake!


11 posted on 12/19/2015 9:22:30 AM PST by FlingWingFlyer (Have you unpacked from your white privilege guilt trip yet?)
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“Fleming’s dream job is to work for a nonprofit organization focused on higher education.”

43K a year and this is her dream job?

I think she needs to stop dreaming.


12 posted on 12/19/2015 9:23:02 AM PST by headstamp 2
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Apparently, her pre-college education- lacked even the most basic of required texts:

“For which of you, intending to build a tower, sitteth not down first, and counteth the cost, whether he have sufficient to finish it?”

Luke 14:28


13 posted on 12/19/2015 9:23:32 AM PST by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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I'm gonna guess that her parent said....if you're stupid enough to not go to a community college for two years, we aren't funding you. I just think she's lying her a** off about the whole thing.

In fact, I believe she's liking advertising for free college as advertised by the Dems.

Where's a picture of her? And what is her degree?

14 posted on 12/19/2015 9:23:57 AM PST by Sacajaweau
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there are most certainly some important details missing from the MSM sob-story. The story just doesn’t make sense.


15 posted on 12/19/2015 9:25:33 AM PST by PGR88
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Sorry to say this but this fool decided to attend American University in DC with its stratospheric tuition.

At $43k / year, I'd have to agree! And then she even taps into family members to help her but misses out on financial aid for her final 2 years. I find that usually comes from failures to properly file on time or missing requirements.

What tops everything though is what she is spending almost $200k to get. From the article; Fleming's dream job is to work for a nonprofit organization focused on higher education.

GIVE ME A BREAK! A prime driver of post-secondary (College/University) costs is the 'gold-plating' endemic to the system. Outside consultants, non-profits, NGOs etc. keep the system in a ferment with an endless parade of 'new ideas' to the point of constant change. Problem is that the beneficiaries of the change are almost never the students but rather the professionals involved.

Sigh!

16 posted on 12/19/2015 9:30:22 AM PST by SES1066 (Quality, Speed or Economical - Any 2 of 3 except in government - 1 at best but never #3!)
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I read the article and I don’t see any mention of her major. Clearly, it is not business.


17 posted on 12/19/2015 9:30:30 AM PST by Volunteer (Though I know that the hypnotized never lie, do ya? - The Who)
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I don’t understand how these people get such debts? My daughter graduated from a prestigious Ivy League university. She financed it through scholarships, our help and one $5,000 loan-which is now paid off.


18 posted on 12/19/2015 9:32:53 AM PST by AEMILIUS PAULUS
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And her degree is in ????

Gender Studies, minority whatever. Might as well be basket weaving.

You can bet it’s not in physics, math, chem, EEng MEng, CSci.


21 posted on 12/19/2015 9:35:20 AM PST by Ouderkirk (To the left, everything must evidence that this or that strand of leftist theory is true)
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There is a sense of entitlement regarding college education these days. When I was going through high school in the 1970s, not everybody was expecting to go to college. I would have loved to have gone but my parents could not afford tuition at that time (which was probably around $4,300 a year). Back in those days, $4,300 was a lot of money for parents to shell out when the average income was around $11,000.

So I joined the Marines, which had a program where if you put in $2,700 over the four years, they would triple that and give you $8,100 at the end of your four years. I signed up for that program and pretty much fully funded the Technical School where I ended up going. That allowed me to get a job and make decent money. Then I took advantage of my company's tuition reimbursement program and took night college courses to round out my education.

The end result was no college loans to pay off and a decent career in electronics. Not to mention a military background, which pretty much guarantees you a job wherever you apply (at least that is what I have experienced).

My own two sons went to college and we chose colleges that we could afford to pay as we go. So no student loans for them and they have engineering degrees.

23 posted on 12/19/2015 9:37:50 AM PST by SamAdams76
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So what is her major, anyway...does it have the word science or studies in its name?


24 posted on 12/19/2015 9:40:03 AM PST by dsrtsage (One half of all people have below average IQ. In the US the number is 54%)
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As co-signers her parents and sister are in hock to support her “dream”. No mention of the degree she is aiming for but the loan people think it’s a bad bet.

She could have enrolled in “The Velvet Jones School of Technology” and earned while she learned. (couldn’t find it on youtu r)


27 posted on 12/19/2015 9:48:18 AM PST by fella ("As it was before Noah so shall it be again,")
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Go dance a Pole until you pay your Debts.

Life isn’t fair and you never know, you might meet your future Husband.


32 posted on 12/19/2015 9:51:57 AM PST by Kickass Conservative (Obama, unable to call a Spade a Spade...)
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