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Date: Tue, 17 Jun 1997 15:56:32 -0700
From: "angela j. ware" <aiaware@erols.com>
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Subject: just wondering
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I am a PhD student and I am almost finished with my dissertation (hope
to defend in Feb.).  My question to my collegues on this listserve may
sound odd, and the reasons behind the curiosity are lengthy and
detailed, but here it goes:

How rare is it for a graduate student to pay for 100% of their
cumulative grad. tuition with school loans -- no fellowships, no
assistantships, no help whatsoever?
Is there anyone out there who has done this or knows someone who has?

I have never met anyone like myself who wanted to be a sociologist so
bad that despite never being quite good enough to recieve financial
investment and support, still completed (almost) their goal of getting
the doctorate.   
Needless to say, come Feb., I will have a new goal ... getting on a
tenure track somewhere and paying the fed. gov't the $100,000.+ that
they loaned me to do this.

I will not be too surprised if I see no postings in reply to this
question.  But I did want to use this forum to satisfy my curiosity.

thanks and good luck to you all,

angela ware