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: Lauren Tokheim

Major: Accounting

Year: 2011

Debt: "I don't know, I have my parents' credit card so I owe them"

Deep Thoughts on Debt: "I'm in debt with my parents. I owe them for everything I've borrowed, which is all spending money. I have to pay them back for my sorority dues, but I don't owe them for tuition and books. I plan on setting money aside from my paychecks. After graduation I want to work for an accounting firm in a big city, but I don't know where yet."

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