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@dagret: @PurplePumps: Same here. I went to a small state school and now, seven years later, it doesn't matter where I went to school.

@Adira: That's so ridiculous. I wish employers would look at the quality of work, internships, and experience of a recent graduate rather than the name of the school they went to.

I don't know how that would have affected me since my first job out of college was in my college town. Most of the people who work there didn't have a degree at all.

I will admit I am very lucky to know nothing about student loans. That being said, if a co-signer is responsible no matter what, that is written somewhere in the paperwork, even if someone didn't sit the co-signer down and say, "If your child dies, you are still responsible for these."

@yoursilverlining: you and I are on the same page here. While I am saddened that this woman lost her child, this quote (from the third link) is used ALL too often, "When my son took out this loan, no one explained anything to him or me,” Edwards said.

Not totally related to this issue, but something I was reminded of because of the prenup thread:

When we got married, DH and I were in the process of consolidating our student loans and were going to do a marriage consolidation where you combine everything into one giant loan. My financial aid advisor at law school strongly advised me not to do so not necessarily because of potential divorce complications, but because if one of you dies unexpectedly, the other is going to remain on the hook for the entire loan. If you have separate consolidations and you die, your loans die with you. Considering DH had way more loans than I did, we opted for separate consolidations. While its annoying to make 2 separate payments every month, I'm glad someone told me about it.