Recently there has been uptick of news articles talking about companies offering student loan repayment programs, similar to how companies provide you with healthcare and retirement benefits, or even tuition reimbursement for continuing your education. I think that it’s great that companies are realizing that many people see student loan
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Student Loan Progress – November 2015
The past two months I have been very aggressive towards paying off my student loans, putting $2400 total towards them each month. Unfortunately this also led to my budget being on the negative side both months, as I spent more money than I earned. Not a huge deal in the
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October has allowed me to continue the rapid pace I’ve set for paying back my student loans. I went camping this month which did lead to increased spending, but I still felt comfortable putting a sizable towards my loan. I’m thinking that I may need to adjust my payments down
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I’m trying to hold onto Summer temperatures and weather, but the weather doesn’t seem to be cooperating with me at this point in time. The high temperature each day gets lower and lower, but luckily my expenses have also gone down now that Summer is coming to a close. I’ve
Continue readingHow Student Loan Interest Works
I seem to receive a lot of questions around how interest works on student loans as well as how it is calculated. I’ve also seen a lot of confusion in general across the internet when it comes to student loan interest. I think it’s important to understand how much of
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