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17-year-old kids are not equipped to make financial decisions that will alter the course of their lives for years to come. In America, however, this is unfortunately the norm as millions of high schoolers choose to take out student loans to pay for their college tuition without fully grasping the implications of this decision on their later lives.

My name is Katie and I very recently married my best friend, Joel. We met at Pepperdine University, where we had a great…