merryJim 1 Posted June 5, 2004 Share Posted June 5, 2004 Just about paid off all of my student loans from college. Phew, that took time. And in time for a good celebration on a Friday night. Link to post Share on other sites
grungy-gonads 54 Posted June 5, 2004 Share Posted June 5, 2004 You must be very merry today then. Congrats. Link to post Share on other sites
woywoy 0 Posted June 5, 2004 Share Posted June 5, 2004 How long did it take you merryJim, homeboy? Link to post Share on other sites
jared 0 Posted June 5, 2004 Share Posted June 5, 2004 My last pay went to the final payment of mine too. No money for celibration though as I had to send everything I had to get rid of the loan. Link to post Share on other sites
bobby12 0 Posted June 5, 2004 Share Posted June 5, 2004 thanks to jet I managed to save enough to pay off my 4 years of student loans in just 18 months. But, I havent actually paid them off. I get 4.5% interest on my savings, while the student loan interest rate is around 2%. Thus it makes more sense to hang on to that money as long as possible, right? Link to post Share on other sites
scouser 4 Posted June 6, 2004 Share Posted June 6, 2004 Congrats.. all that beer paid off now then? Link to post Share on other sites
mattlucas 0 Posted June 8, 2004 Share Posted June 8, 2004 Yah congratulations. I'm so happy for you. Link to post Share on other sites
green 0 Posted June 9, 2004 Share Posted June 9, 2004 How much did some of you have as a student loan. Mine wasn't much, a couple of thou. Link to post Share on other sites
Yuki's Passion 1 Posted June 9, 2004 Share Posted June 9, 2004 Had a little scholarship for running, and one for decent grades but I lost that one after the first year and had to take out the Stafford Loan. Cheapest loan Ill ever get but still paying that bugger back and with the exchange rate fluctuating the way it does I end up loosing more money some months than others. Cant wait to finish paying off my debt Link to post Share on other sites
Muer-p 0 Posted June 9, 2004 Share Posted June 9, 2004 Got $4000 still to clear. Link to post Share on other sites
jared 0 Posted June 9, 2004 Share Posted June 9, 2004 about $35000 for the loan and $11000 for interest - but now its gone!! Its quite good getting paid and having the money actually belonging to me. Link to post Share on other sites
Davo 1 Posted June 9, 2004 Share Posted June 9, 2004 It's a good monkey to get off your back. I let mine slide for about 8 years before doing anything about it. Link to post Share on other sites
Ocean11 0 Posted June 10, 2004 Share Posted June 10, 2004 Ha ha, I only had to borrow 500 quid from my dad, interest free, and I paid it back from my first paycheck. How tragic to be saddled with such debts from the general waste of time that is 'higher' education. Link to post Share on other sites
mattlucas 0 Posted June 10, 2004 Share Posted June 10, 2004 I have about the same as Jared. Although maybe his is in NZ dollars. 30,000 for student loans and then 10,000 personal. Interest isn't to bad though and I get to write it off off my taxes So that makes it all worth while Hoping to pay off half of it before going home. Already I have ridden myself of a small portion of it. Link to post Share on other sites
guzzlers-baps 0 Posted June 10, 2004 Share Posted June 10, 2004 Well, I had no debts at all to pay off (And yes, I did enjoy college!) Link to post Share on other sites
nekobi 0 Posted June 10, 2004 Share Posted June 10, 2004 i'm going back to school and about to go into big debt. am wondering if it'll all be worth it. Link to post Share on other sites
echineko 1 Posted June 10, 2004 Share Posted June 10, 2004 What are you going to school for? Link to post Share on other sites
nekobi 0 Posted June 11, 2004 Share Posted June 11, 2004 getting a masters. hoping it'll help me later when i apply to doctoral programs in psychology. but sometimes i'm really excited about it, other times i feel like theres something different i should be doing, but what??? Link to post Share on other sites
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