## Student Loan Debt

Business Insider reported that student loan debt in America is $1,400,000,000,000 – that’s a lot of zeros –$1.4 trillion. Let’s talk about your time and interest payments. If a borrower is a graduate or professional, the subsidized federal Stafford loan rate is 6.8%. Let’s look at two repayment scenarios. (Common) Scenario 1:  You borrow $50,000 at 6.8% Business Insider reported that student loan debt in America is$1,400,000,000,000—that’s a lot of zeros–$1.4 trillion. Let’s talk about your time and interest payments. If a borrower is a graduate or professional, the subsidized federal Stafford loan rate is 6.8%. Let’s look at two repayment scenarios. (Common) Scenario 1: You borrow$50,000 at 6.8% for

## Utilizing your Resources and Accepting Help

Often, dissertating and scholarship can feel like solitary tasks: things we are meant to take on individually and conquer using just our own strength and willpower. Sometimes, though, we need support, but we may not know how to find it or how to accept it and use it to our advantage. Thus, knowing how to