My wife graduated in 2009. I spent a lot of time trying to determine how to qualify for the loan forgiveness and discovered that the program was basically a big ball of TBD. I never heard about any clarification. It sure seems like it's been twelve years of hoping someone takes pity on you... Which, if you've ever interacted with a student loan servicer, you know to be thin hope indeed.
The cost of the GRE put the brakes on my grad school plans. I just recently got the fee reduction waiver. I'm not sure that bullshit wasn't a good thing because I had the chance to slow down and think about things, including cost and loans. Based on my own experience and stories like this, the price of education in this country is a big fuck you and a big broken promise. This story directly relates to some of my plans for higher ed so it's at least good to know.