• Name: Emilie Jarret
• School: Eastern Michigan University
• Debt: $20,000

I attended college for a year and one semester, but I haven't been able to finish school. I have tried more than once to go back but inevitably my haphazard work schedule gets in the way. I just couldn't find a happy medium between working at McDonald's (MCD) and going to school.

Now I work at Speedway. I work minimum wage kind of jobs, making $7.40 an hour. I can't afford to live on my own so I have moved in with my parents. I don't have the financial stability to pay off my student loans, which are in forbearance. I'm not sure I can reasonably manage to graduate without falling deeper in debt that I might never come out of.

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