Profiles In Debt

Name: Ben Williams

Major: Accounting and Finance

Year: 2011

Debt: $35,000


Deep Thoughts on Debt: "I owe my mom like $500. I have it, I just haven't paid her yet. But the rest of my debt is student loans. I want to go to graduate school at some point, but after graduation I want to get a job and pay my debt off before I do so. I am a R.A. on campus to help reduce the damage and next quarter I am looking to get another job on campus."

Kenny Curry

Profiles In Debt

Name: Ali Reimer

Major: History and Communication

Year: 2011

Debt: $8,000

Deep Thoughts on Debt: "I love this school and I am okay with going into a bit of debt for a great education. When I graduate I will hopefully be able to get a good job with the help of my degree earned here at Santa Clara. However, right now I don't know what I want to do after graduation, so I don't know how I want to use that degree exactly. But I'm sure it will all work out in the end."

Kenny Curry

Profiles in Debt

Name: Mike Rameriez

Major: Accounting

Year:2010

Hometown: San Jose, CA

Estimated Debt at Graduation: $30,000

Deep Thoughts on Debt: "Ya it will affect me. I will have to be on a budget after college. I know I will also have to be more frugal for sure. It is worth the experience I am having and thanks to loans I am able to have more freedom in college. I would do it over again and I wouldn't let debt hold me back."

Profiles in Debt

Name: Nick Arb

Major: Marketing

Year: 2010

Debt: $50,000 and Rising

Deep thoughts on debt: "I have to start paying back six months after I graduate, so I need to find a job and live within my means and not necessarily put a whole lot away. Just pay off the debt as soon as possible. I'm applying for internships this summer and I'm going for the same position as grad students, so I know when I graduate, with or without an MBA I'm going to be going against people with better degrees and more qualifications. I'd like to (pay it off) within 15 years of graduation, hopefully less. The sooner the better. I know there will be something out there. It might not necessarily be your dream job, but you gotta get paid."

Profiles in Debt

Name: Gregory Kaplow

Major: Business

Major:2011

Hometown: Santa Clara

Debt at Graduation: roughly $50,000

Deep Thoughts on Debt: " I know I am going to have to work to feed my family. I just don't wanna be flippin patties. I am one of the founders of Sigma Chi and that will increase my debt and experienc in college. Debt is totally worth my education and oppurtunity."

Profiles in Debt

Name: Nick Satterfield
Major: Civil Engineering
Year: Freshman
Debt: 2,000 a year
Deep Thoughts on Debt: "I have a student loan for 2,000 a year and it is going to come out to between 8,000 and 10,000 by the time I graduate it. It's not that bad but I don't really think it is worth it compared to how much it costs. To me, it makes more sense to just pay it now but my mom wants me to have it the way it is. My mom is trying to push me a little bit so that I pay for some of school. I also have financial aid which helps. I'm under the impression that it is guaranteed. Hopefully that's true; I don't know."

Profiles in Debt

Name: Kristin Tappan

Major: Psychology

Year: 2011

Debt: $20,000

Deep thoughts on debt: "Originally my plan was to just pay it off after I graduated because I was allowed to postpone paying off the loan until six months after I'm done with college all together. But my dada actually cosigned the loan and he doesn't like that the rate is a variable rate. He doesn't want to risk it, so he's just going to pay it off in the next three months. But I will have like $60,000 to pay off when I graduate from Santa Clara. Which in theory I guess isn't that bad, because my goal was to stay under a hundred."

Profiles in Debt

Name: Bridget O'Hara

Major: Undeclared

Year: 2012

Hometown: San Jose, CA

Debt at Graduation: about $25,000

Deep Thoughts on Debt: "I am in trouble in the future. It seems like after I graduate I am going to be working for a few years just to pay off college loans instead of making money for my own personal enjoyment. So no fun money for me. It's hard to enjoy school because I know in the future the graduate school is going to be a b****"

Profiles in Debt

Name: Jill Carleton
Major: Accounting
Year: 2009
Debt: 19,000
Deep Thoughts on Debt: "I have debt, but when I get a job a plan to put away a portion of my salary to pay it back. I'm obviously going to have pay it back over a long time since it's so much money."

Kaitlin Novell

Profiles in Debt

Name: Diana Slaught

Major: Management

Year of Graduation: 2011

Estimated Debt: No Idea

Deep Thoughts on Debt: "If I did have debt, I really wouldn't want to think about it. I have summer jobs and spend my money pretty quickly, but my parents take care of our financial situation."

Profiles in Debt

Name: Holly Griggs
Major: Communication; Political Science minor
Year: 2010
Debt: $0
Deep Thought on Debt: "I've been raised to absolutely hate debt. Upon entering college, I was fortunate enough to have pulled off several academic scholarships, and what they didn't cover, my parents chose to pay off the rest. As long as my scholarships continue, I shall leave college debt free, which is an extremely great feeling."

Profiles in Debt

Name: Dylan
Major: Undecided
Year: 2012
Debt: $14,000
Deep Thoughts on Debt: "I tried forgetting about it but since you ask - I am worried. Since I am still uncertain on what I want to do when I get out of college it is tough for me to have a plan for paying it. I am confident that I will be able to pay it off within a few years out of college, but the prospect of getting a job during this time isn't looking too good. On top of that I have always dreamed of going to Africa and helping out there but that doesn't bode well financially. Luckily, I still have a few more years here to see where the road leads me."