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KALI
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How I Escaped
College With Zero Debt
THE TOTAL AMOUNT of student
loan debt collectively hanging
over our heads is staggering. Two
out of every three college students graduate with outstanding
loans, and the effects of student
loan debt aren’t temporary. According to a recent article on
Nerd Wallet, the expected retire-
ment age for millennials is now
ten years beyond today’s average.
Because of the amount of debt
Generation Y carries and must
somehow repay, we’ll most likely
be working until age 73.
If the average twenty-something
has somewhere around $25,000
of debt to their name, then I must
be a highly unique member of the
millennial generation. I graduated
from Kennesaw State University,
HUFFINGTON
12.22.13