Anyone else taking advantage of the no interest on student loans to pay them down faster, or are you more keen on saving the money instead for emergency purposes.

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Additional payments. I’ll be done in a year

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A few $100 wont make or break me. I need this debt out of my life.

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I’m putting the money I was spending on my student loans to pay off other interest bearing consumer debt (car payment, credit card, etc.) I pretty much get all of my student loan interest back when I file my taxes so I’m paying off my debt that has no tax benefits and will accept that my student loans will be paid off six months later than anticipated.

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I’ve continued paying my regular amount.

Snowball payments. Pay the bare minimum to eliminated he interest on the others each month, then pay additional on the smallest loan.

Been putting my usual total monthly payment towards only my Perkins loan. Since that one isn’t part of the deferrals right now I have to at least make my normal payment, but the Perkins is also my highest interest rate so I am paying my required minimum, plus the amount I normally pay each month to the govt loans that are currently deferred, plus the pwc $100/month. Tryna get that baby paid down while I have the chance.

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