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What would you do if you were me?
I have a medical condition where I've been labeled as "totally and permanently disabled" and I am on social security disability. My disability checks are $1500 a month and my student loan debt of $160k requires $800 payments every month. Several attorneys have told me that under my circumstances, a bankruptcy judge is likely to wipe away at least most of this student loan debt. (I will skip the story of how I got into that much debt other than to say that most people feel I was taken advantage of by a for-profit undergraduate school.)
The problem is that I want to go to medical school. I believe that with an extreme amount of effort and inhumane levels of hardship, I would be physically capable of finishing medical school successfully despite my medical condition. Problem is, by eliminating my student loan debt, I may become ineligible for the financial aid required to make it through medical school.