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I will try my hardest to not make this piece a "woe is me" story and more on the dangers of taking out private loans (or any student loans for that matter). I would first like to clarify that I come from a financially unstable household. I was the first person in my family to go to college, I am...

When Ashley Overhouse's parents found out that the cost of her first year at the University of California-Santa Cruz would be almost 8% higher than they'd thought, she says they had an understandable reaction: "They freaked." Ashley's parents aren't alone. As tuitions and fees continue to rise both...