# Questions on going back to school

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-on-going-back-to-school/358765>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [May 30, 2006, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-on-going-back-to-school/358765 "2006-05-30T18:16:37Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![clayton\_e](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c57346/32.png) [@clayton\_e](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/clayton_e)\
**Post date:** [May 30, 2006, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-on-going-back-to-school/358765/1 "2006-05-30T18:16:37Z")

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Hi. I’d like to go back to college, I did three semesters right after high school but I didn’t know what I wanted to do so much so I changed my major a couple of times. In the end my grades weren’t the best so I left. I was in a state university, so I doubt my state would just let me back in after I’ve been gone for a year and a half. I also only barely was able to pay back any of my loans.

Any ideas?

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**Author:** ![handsomeharry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e9c0ed/32.png) [@handsomeharry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handsomeharry)\
**Post date:** [May 30, 2006, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-on-going-back-to-school/358765/2 "2006-05-30T18:22:25Z")

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> [@clayton\_e](#):
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> Hi. I’d like to go back to college, I did three semesters right after high school but I didn’t know what I wanted to do so much so I changed my major a couple of times. In the end my grades weren’t the best so I left. I was in a state university, so I doubt my state would just let me back in after I’ve been gone for a year and a half. I also only barely was able to pay back any of my loans.
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> Any ideas?

What kind of ideas are you looking for?

I doubt that your barely being able to pay back loans will adversely affect future loans. I had pretty lousy repayment record, even though I didn’t go into default.

What else ya wanna know???  
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**Author:** ![clayton\_e](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c57346/32.png) [@clayton\_e](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/clayton_e)\
**Post date:** [May 30, 2006, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-on-going-back-to-school/358765/3 "2006-05-30T18:23:42Z")

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Well I did go into default, after a while.