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Originally Posted by AOII Angel
The cost of my debt is a drop in the bucket each month. It would cause me more stress trying to pay it off quickly, which is also dumb since it is the lowest financed rate debt you can get. I'd pay off one of my two mortgages before I'd even consider touching my student loan debt. My debt to income level is minuscule anyway. Having debt is not the end of the world. I do agree about the credit cards, though. You should use them to increase you credit rating but pay them off. We use ones with top rated rewards programs (currently Chase Sapphire.)
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Interest rates are better these days-I have a friend that only has a 2.1% interest on her school loans and has no plans on paying it off any time soon (she graduated in 2002). I had an 8.9% interest rate (went to 7.9% after 4 years of automatic deduction with no missed payments). After paying on my debt for 8.5 years I had paid 60,000$ total with only 10,000 of that going towards the principal. I felt like I was getting no where. One of my collegaues that graduated a few years before me had an interest rate of over 11%.
I can say that my life has changed completely since I got rid of the debt-I am a much happier person and will be able to go part time in a few years
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ETA I was on the 30 year Sallie Mae plan. I hate Sallie Mae.
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