I have about $1200 of loans from one semester at a private college.
Thanks to TOPS, the other 3.5 years of my education were paid for by the state. AND I got a $400 stipend for books each semester.
If I can keep up my full ride for Law School, I'll graduate with about $24,000 in loans from that, at most. Not to shabby, when I consider how poor my family and I would be had I stayed at Tulane.
Thank youl, Louisiana