I am also a former Silver State Student from St. Louis...our only hope is a class action against our lenders to cancel our debt since we aren't secured crediters. We as a group in STL are looking into this option. We can all complain about how badly we got screwed or we can try to get some thing done. This was a trade school and we have a few more rights then people are giving us credit for. We all need to band together on this one or just kiss our money goodbye. everyone keeps sayin 70k. Are we forgetting about the interest already. for some of us its more than that.