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Hey my name is Jess. This is my journey. I'm a student at UNC-Chapel Hill. I'm $45,000 in debt after a year at NYU and two years at UNC. I've set a Big Hairy Audacious Goal to get out of this debt by the time I graduate in May 2010. You can also follow me on Twitter via @poorstudentnomo. Thanks so much for your encouragement and support!

Key Questions

Do you know what your FICO score is? Should you consider consolidating your student debt? Do private colleges really provide better educations? Should you refinance your college loans?


Week 12 Status:

$87 earned, $44,913 to go!

About Me

Welcome to My Blog!

Hey guys. My name is Jess. I’m a poor student! I attend UNC-Chapel Hill in North Carolina. I went to NYU for a year and have been at UNC for two years now. After taking out loans to attend an expensive private college my first year at NYU I started my sophomore year with some considerable student debt.

I transferred to UNC in 2007 and since then I haven’t had to add much to my debt level, however the original debt from NYU is adding up. I’m going to be entering the workforce in a year and my goal is to have my debt completely paid off by the time I graduate on May 10th, 2010. I think I can do it.

I’ll be blogging here about how to understand your options and the journey I go through on my way toward financial freedom–so I can focus on my real passion, reducing international conflict. I’m just getting started, so come back soon!

Sincerely,
Jess

I welcome any questions, comments and (especially) criticisms:

Email: jess.shorland@gmail.com

Twitter: poorstudentnomo

Facebook: Jess Shorland


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