Every single person whose ever gone to college in the past 10 years knows that college is effing expensive. From 1995 through 2015, we watched the price of tuition for a public university has increased 296%. If we go back to about 1975, when the parents of current college students where attending, tuition has jumped 400% after being adjusted for inflation. 400%.

College tuition is rising like there's no tomorrow. My mom saw an increase from $25 a credit hour when she was first starting college at a community college in 1986 (current rate: $115) to $835 per credit hour (1986 rate: $180) while finishing her degree in 2008. My great-grandma paid cash, about $25 a credit hour, for her Master's at Michigan State in the late 60's.

I'm not having it. After having two years of community college paid for completely and only two years at a public university, I'm unbelievably broke, I can barely afford to pay bills, I have two maxed out credit cards, I have $33,000 in student loan debt, I work three jobs plus an internship, and somehow still owe the university $4,000 after the finical aid. I'm a senior expected to graduate in May 2017, but will I even be able to afford to graduate? About one-third of people drop out of college and most of them are due to the price!

I'm not the only one who's in this kind of situation. There are countless google searches and articles trying to help students find alternative methods: Too rich for finaid, too poor to pay for college, finical aid won't cover tuition.

College is basically a requirement for anyone looking for any career. None of us can afford it, but we're all expected to go. Keep this in mind when you vote in November. There are two candidates who want to support these students. Hillary Clinton is looking to decrease indebtedness of students and Julie Stein wants to abolish student debt completely. Find more information about the candidates policies on education here.