The federal government requires that its loans be paid back within 10 years of graduation, and Harvard has pegged its loans to the same 10-year timetable. Yet despite Harvard's low default rate, the idea of years of loan debt is daunting for some students even before it's time to pay back.
Copy QuoteI learned law so well, the day I graduated I sued the college, won the case, and got my tuition back.
Copy Quote View & ShareKnowledge is invariably a matter of degree: you cannot put your finger upon even the simplest datum and say this we know.
Copy Quote View & ShareA graduation ceremony is an event where the commencement speaker tells thousands of students dressed in identical caps and gowns that 'individuality' is the key to success.
Copy Quote View & ShareI was going to be an architect. I graduated with a degree in architecture and I had a scholarship to go back to Princeton and get my Masters in architecture. I'd done theatricals in college, but I'd done them because it was fun.
Copy Quote View & ShareFor a man to attain to an eminent degree in learning costs him time, watching, hunger, nakedness, dizziness in the head, weakness in the stomach, and other inconveniences.
Copy Quote View & ShareThe essays in The Great Taos Bank Robbery were my project to win a Master of Arts degree in English when I quit being a newspaper editor and went back to college.
Copy Quote View & ShareI graduated a the top of my class in the '84 Olympic Games; I won a gold medal.
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