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thread: To anyone studying a uni degree....

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  1. #1
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    Apr 2006
    Winter is coming
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    Totally off topic

    Far out at the repayment threshold!! Here in NZ we have to start paying back student loan debt as soon as we are earning over $19k per year. It is 10c on every dollar over.

  2. #2
    Registered User

    Jan 2009
    5,235

    So from what I understand, if you earn over$49000ish, you pay back 4% of your debt. So that's only perhaps $1500 a year? That's going to take a long time to pay back!

    Is the debt there indefinitely - say I finished the degree, had children and didn't return to work for 10 years - does it just sit there waiting till I start earning again?

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    Jul 2007
    melb
    8,498

    Yes it just sits there waiting for you to earn and pay back.

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