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Poll: How are you paying for B-School?

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rpratt620
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Poll: How are you paying for B-School? [#permalink] New post   08 Apr 2011, 15:50
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With most applicants making their final decisions we now turn our attention to that elephant in the room that we have been ignoring for the past several months: paying for school--how do you plan on funding yours?
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eskimoroll
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Re: Poll: How are you paying for B-School? [#permalink] New post   09 Apr 2011, 19:26
I'm hoping to have everything covered between fellowships, stafford loans, and graduate plus loans for the actual school costs. Living expenses will have to be covered in part by the graduate plus loan (assuming I qualify), my wife's job (assuming she gets a job), personal savings, and whatever income I might get during my internship (assuming I get one). :)
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Re: Poll: How are you paying for B-School? [#permalink] New post   26 Apr 2011, 23:34
GI Bill, maybe some grants, try to apply to every scholarship I am eligible for known to man, and then loans. Using my savings to make the interest payments!
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Re: Poll: How are you paying for B-School? [#permalink] New post   30 Apr 2011, 12:21
I'll probably use all of those options, except for Mom & Dad :)
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Re: Poll: How are you paying for B-School? [#permalink] New post   02 May 2011, 19:17
Selling my kidneys :-D
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Re: Poll: How are you paying for B-School? [#permalink] New post   03 May 2011, 05:13
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ingoditrust wrote:
Selling my kidneys :-D


I think you'll need your kidneys for happy hour. :-D
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Re: Poll: How are you paying for B-School? [#permalink] New post   03 May 2011, 07:53
Honestly? Whatever the heck I can get :-)
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Re: Poll: How are you paying for B-School? [#permalink] New post   03 May 2011, 11:15
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ingoditrust wrote:
Selling my kidneys :-D


Wouldn't it be easier to donate to sperm bank multiple times? I'm sure a high GMAT score puts you in demand :wink:
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Re: Poll: How are you paying for B-School? [#permalink] New post   03 May 2011, 20:09
socalmike wrote:
ingoditrust wrote:
Selling my kidneys :-D


Wouldn't it be easier to donate to sperm bank multiple times? I'm sure a high GMAT score puts you in demand :wink:


There are also places where you can sell your blood! 500mL for $30 (or however much $ hospitals are paying)!
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Re: Poll: How are you paying for B-School? [#permalink] New post   04 May 2011, 10:08
Now *this* looks promising -- blood is after all more "renewable" than major organs. (A +1 if I can actually find a way to do this.) Thanks "bakfed"!


bakfed wrote:
socalmike wrote:
ingoditrust wrote:
Selling my kidneys :-D


Wouldn't it be easier to donate to sperm bank multiple times? I'm sure a high GMAT score puts you in demand :wink:


There are also places where you can sell your blood! 500mL for $30 (or however much $ hospitals are paying)!
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Re: Poll: How are you paying for B-School? [#permalink] New post   04 May 2011, 23:42
personal funds and as much student loan as I can grab.... cant argue with 0% interest =\
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MyCogitate
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Re: Poll: How are you paying for B-School? [#permalink] New post   11 Feb 2012, 00:45
Doing part time work, as a virtual assistant..
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aalba005
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Re: Poll: How are you paying for B-School? [#permalink] New post   23 Apr 2012, 10:37
Aiming for a national grant.
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MrTunes
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Schools: Fuqua '14 (M) McCombs '14 (A) Sloan '14 (D) Haas '14 (D)
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Re: Poll: How are you paying for B-School? [#permalink] New post   17 May 2012, 11:03
I'll be doing Private loans. With a co-signer, I was able to get 2.75% interest variable with Libor from Sallie Mae, so it should be a good bit better than the federal loans, at least in the short term....
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Aximili85
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Concentration: Healthcare, International Business
Schools: Duke '15 (D) Haas '15 (D) Kellogg '15 (WA) Insead '13 (M) Wharton '15 (D) Ross '15 (A) Booth '15 (D) LBS '14 (WA)
GMAT 1: 710 Q42 V45
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Re: Poll: How are you paying for B-School? [#permalink] New post   17 May 2012, 12:09
Apart from the kidney/bodily fluids options above, which btw cracked me up, I wanted to get ideas from international students applying to US schools who do not have US cosigners/rich dad - how on earth are you guys planning on pulling through with this? I've been doing research and everything requires a US cosigner.

One article I read mentions specific schools have their own loan arrangement with Detusche Bank, can anybody else comment on this? Is there any hope?
https://www.businessweek.com/bschools/content/jan2010/bs2010014_067543.htm
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