Student loans
#studentloans · 4 voices
What people keep running into
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- Student loans came back into repayment right when my new job pays less than the one I lost. I have a spreadsheet now. The numbers don't work out.
- I graduated with $67k in student debt in 2023. Payments are $510/month. I work in public health and should be eligible for PSLF, but the forgiveness program keeps getting tied up in court challenges. Three years of qualifying payments and I still don't know if they count. No one can give me a…
- The income-driven repayment plan I enrolled in two years ago just got frozen again by court order. My payment jumped $340 a month with no warning. I planned my entire budget around the program the government told me to sign up for. At what point is this just fraud?
- Finished paying off my undergrad loans last year. Felt incredible for about a week. Then I did the math and realized I paid back nearly double what I originally borrowed. I did everything right. State school, part-time job, graduated on time. Still handed a bank fifteen years of my life.