Ivy undergrad education worth debt?

zafara17
Sun, 01 Mar 2009 16:05:24 +0000

I’m in a different predicament… my parents make 300k+, and are only willing to pay for a state school (which is about 125k), leaving me at about 75k debt after college (all are mostly 200k for 4 yrs). Plus, I only applied to ivy league schools/mit/stanford/duke (I didn’t know until recently). Is there anything I can do to help alleviate the debt (because I don’t think schools will help with financial aid)? Plus, if I graduate early, I think they will only pay for 3 yrs of state school. How long will it take me to pay back 75k, assuming I’m lucky and get a job on wall st post graduation (I want to major in econ). Sorry for all the questions and thanks!