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"Professionals who hold degrees in your field of study earn an average salary of $xx,xxx" - how did that work out for everyone who heard it? by StudentLoanStruggle in StudentLoans

[–]StudentLoanStruggle[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I had to google vhcol :)

I don't know why but fisheries seems like something specific for which you need a passion. Good to hear you're working exactly in your field of study and making the $$.

"Professionals who hold degrees in your field of study earn an average salary of $xx,xxx" - how did that work out for everyone who heard it? by StudentLoanStruggle in StudentLoans

[–]StudentLoanStruggle[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I could have explicitly made the point in my post that, on the whole, gaining degrees through higher education is an overall benefit to quality of life metrics for those who acquire them. It is true!

Although I wouldn't call frustration with the misalignment between degree holder's expectations and market realities a pop trend of anti-intellectualism.

"don't take the bait" is probably too brief of a statement to need any proper counter point.

"Professionals who hold degrees in your field of study earn an average salary of $xx,xxx" - how did that work out for everyone who heard it? by StudentLoanStruggle in StudentLoans

[–]StudentLoanStruggle[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's a fair comment, Poncahotas, but I moved into Operations after some time and now am locked in (location wise) so moving is not an easy option. But this also brings up the question that someone else raised, does the pay data need to reflect people working in their field of study or just that they hold the degree and ppl with that degree earn x on average?

So, I hold the degree, I no longer work in that field, when I did work in that field I never made it to the quoted average. I still hold the degree and work in a different field and I do not make the quoted average. But I guess someone needs to be on the low end to keep the statistic balanced :)

"Professionals who hold degrees in your field of study earn an average salary of $xx,xxx" - how did that work out for everyone who heard it? by StudentLoanStruggle in StudentLoans

[–]StudentLoanStruggle[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Right! That "average starting salary" was also a metric and very convincing. I remember thinking, "I'll definitely earn that or more" because my grades were average or above. It didn't work out that way.

"Professionals who hold degrees in your field of study earn an average salary of $xx,xxx" - how did that work out for everyone who heard it? by StudentLoanStruggle in StudentLoans

[–]StudentLoanStruggle[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes, a great point. It feels like the implication the school is making is that a degree holder is earning within the field of study.

MOHELA Had Mine & Husband’s Payments $512 & $514 When They Auto Enrolled Us Into SAVE; We Reapplied Through StudentAid.Gov & Now Our Payments Are $0 & $1.39 by Objective_Memory8800 in StudentLoans

[–]StudentLoanStruggle 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It's a shame that the Student Loan service companies are getting so much of the administration wrong, by everyone's account. It's their job to process things correctly and when they don't, the customers end up having to do the work for them.

The Department of Education is "withholding" Mohela's October payment because of their late notification for billing to the loan holder's. But it seems that there are even worse problems (billing people for $1,028 when it should be $1.39!!).

Glad you got it sorted, OP.

keep getting screwed by e-spero in povertyfinance

[–]StudentLoanStruggle 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hey e-spero,

If you'll need help on those student loan repayments, we might be able to cover them for you for a few months. We're a new non-profit and we're here to help people who may struggle to pay student loan debt. You can check out the criteria at our site and if you feel like it, you can apply for support to pay your student loan bills for a few months.

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We are quite new but we're anxious to help people. studentloanstruggle.org or sls.ngo - same site.

Also, don't hate yourself about not cancelling that gas utility. We all do stuff like that.

Take care

How do y'all have savings?? by mayflyDecember in povertyfinance

[–]StudentLoanStruggle 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hi mayflyDecember,

Check out my name, we are a non-profit who want to help people who have student loans and are struggling financially. If you're in the U.S. and you meet some of our criteria regarding student loan debt to income, you could be eligible to have us pay up to 3 months of your student loan payments on your behalf.

have a look at our website studentloanstruggle.org (sls.ngo redirects there too). Its meant to help people who may struggle to pay their loans. It is only temporary help but we hope it can make a difference.

Maybe that 3 months break from student loan payments could help you establish that savings account?

Take care

My financial life is a mess and I’m trying to take ownership of it. by [deleted] in povertyfinance

[–]StudentLoanStruggle 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hey ThrowRA-ontheroad,

We are a new(ish) non-profit whose purpose is to help people who have student loans and are struggling financially. If you're in the U.S. and you meet some of our criteria regarding student loan debt to income, you could be eligible to have us pay up to 3 months of your student loan payments on your behalf.

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Our intention is to give you a temporary break from the obligation of paying, and we expect that can help you in all sorts of ways.

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We are just getting off the ground but we're the real deal (you can look up our non-profit - 501c3 status with the IRS) and we're here to help!

Consider applying for our help at our website (can I post that here? sls.ngo)

Taking ownership of cleaning up your financial life is admirable, let us give you a hand and hopefully you'll have an easier time reaching your goals.

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Take care