Curious to know how much your student loans were when you graduated from your program, how much you’ve paid off so far, and your age. If you have any varying factors too, like kids, income range, etc. Just trying to see if I’m on track or slacking in life. I am 34 yo, i graduated with 95k in student loans, i currently have 85k left and i make 85k in come. I’m also a single mom with two kids. Just praying for 100% student loans forgiveness. Wishful thinking???

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Im 33 with 80k I’n student loans. Very recent promotion to 127k base (was at 95). Also hoping for some forgiveness capacity. I was stuck at 55k (tops) annual income for 6 YEARS In a very HCOL area (NYC) until I completed my Masters and career switched 2 years ago- so had other debt I had to take care of before approaching student loans 🤦🏿‍♂️🤦🏿‍♂️ I’m scared of my payment when my income based repayment plan expires 😢😢

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Me too. I’m so scared of these payments. I don’t know what I’m gonna do when the freeze is over. I haven’t paid a dime to it since the freeze started in like 2020? 😢 wish i could win the lottery or something. 😟

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28 years old, salary is near $100k. $55k in student loans (haven’t paid anything yet). No kids, not married. I have a masters and start my doctorate this next year (paid by work). Luckily Boeing has a new program where they match whatever you pay (up to 10% of your salary) and put that on your 401k. You don’t get the regular match though. So the plan is to pay $9k off this coming year and they will put $9k in my 401k for me. My 401k is going to take a hit the next few years but I want the student loans paid.

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My interest doesn’t freeze on these actually so I will be hitting them hard to pay them off ASAP.

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35. No kids. Salary is just over 140k. My loans started at 80 & Ballooned to 95 before the Covid pause. I’m now down to 65k after paying rather aggressively during the pause. I have about another 10K sitting in a high yield savings account waiting until just before the pause ends to apply that money. Right now it’s a very welcome financial safety net.

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I hope they get cancelled. That’ll really help out a lot of families and people that are just trying to make ends meet.

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