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College Guide: Beware Private Loans

By Leilani Clark

North Bay Bohemian | August 20, 2009

Now, the truth lay before me, thousands upon thousands of dollars owed in my name to the federal government -- or was it my lender or some private bank? I'm still not sure. I had reached that repayment bridge, and all I wanted to do was turn back and start all over again. I soon found out that I wasn't alone.

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Tags: Alan Collinge, April Norhanian, college debt, College is for Suckers, The Student Loan Scam, Education, Sallie Mae, student loans, economic issues

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