She said she makes $180,000 a year stripping, and she will actually take a pay cut when she becomes a lawyer. Economists say student loan debt is slowing down our economy because young adults can’t afford to pay the cost of college.īut Maggie found a solution, working just four nights a week. With college tuition bills up to $60,000 a year, today’s grads are often saddled with crushing debt. One thing these young women would agree on is that they only have a few years to work as strippers, which is why they are taking advantage of what some now call the G-string scholarship. “When I grow up, I’m hoping to become a forensic psychologist for the judicial system,” she said. A fellow dancer, who asked to be called "Jade," is also a college student in New York, studying for five finals, who strips to pay for school. Maggie is one of 24 women at Scores who are putting themselves through school and stripping to make as much money as possible before they get their diplomas. “A girl can be really pretty and not make any money in this field, or she cannot be pretty and make a lot of money because so much of it is about interpersonal skills.”
“This takes a lot of brains,” Maggie said. Maggie is part of a new generation of women putting themselves through college by taking their clothes off, and they are unapologetic about it. “I have a class that ends at 5:30, hop on a bus at 6:00, and be at work by 8:30,” Maggie said. Every other weekend, Maggie, who asked that her last name not be used, takes the three-hour ride from her college in Maryland to Manhattan, where she performs at a dance club called Scores.