How old were you when you finished paying off your student loans? That is IF you finished paying them off… I am starting to think I will never get there.

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30 :) very proud of it, put myself through college and had soooooooo sosososo much and you can totally do it! If you want to get some asap start sending any extra money you have to loans- cut costs I cut cable, watched my grocery budget, got better car insurance and put all that to loans. If not as extreme try setting up an extra monthly payment to principal. It helps a lot! -Dave Ramsey YouTube’s also helped get me motivated

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Days before my 30th birthday. Graduated undergrad with $150k of loans. Started in big bank middle office role, eventually made way to investment role at large alternative asset manager so loan payoff started slow but accelerated over time. Baby steps add up.

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26, but I went to a state school and didn’t have a huge amount of loans.

I will die with student loans still in my name.....

XX because I'm not there yet lol

27, but that's only one degree. Still got another to go.

25 for me, but I had a TON of help from family.

Not there yet lol

Had 30k and finished by 29.

I put student loan payments into down payment and bought a house before COVID hit. Got a great deal almost $100k below asking price. I will pay off my loans after inflation eats them all

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