How to Manage Student Loan Debt
Jill on Money with Jill Schlesinger
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4.6 • 1.9K Ratings
🗓️ 29 October 2019
⏱️ 10 minutes
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Summary
How do I tackle my student loans is probably one of the most common questions we receive on a weekly basis. Today's call from Lauren is no different, as the 27 year old wonders if there's a more efficient way for her to deal with more than 40k in loans.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Jill on Money Call of the Week. We're presented by |
| 0:07.1 | Marcus by Goldman Sachs. Hey, this is your opportunity to get on the air with us |
| 0:11.6 | and ask any question that's on your mind. |
| 0:14.4 | All you have to do is send an email. |
| 0:16.8 | Ask Jill at Jill on money. |
| 0:19.6 | Ask Jill at Jill on money.com. |
| 0:22.4 | That is what Lauren did. She is on the phone from |
| 0:25.6 | Seattle. Hello Lauren. What can I do for you? Hi. Well, I have a lot of things I'm kind of thinking about, but my biggest issue is my student loans, like most everybody else is my age at this time. |
| 0:41.0 | Okay, how old are you? I am 27. |
| 0:43.0 | Okay. |
| 0:44.0 | Tell us what you got on the student loan front. |
| 0:47.0 | Okay, so I have it all out right here. |
| 0:49.0 | I have one that's 40,900, and my interest rate is 8.1%. |
| 0:57.0 | Yeech? |
| 0:58.0 | And then I, yeah. |
| 1:00.5 | And then I have other weird ones that are in the Fed loan, and it's four loans that equal $13,469 |
| 1:10.4 | dollars. |
| 1:11.4 | And this one's kind of weird. It's like four little loans broken off into one. |
| 1:16.6 | So the range on those interest rates are anywhere from 3.86 to 6.8. |
| 1:23.3 | Okay, so those are the federal loans. |
| 1:25.1 | The 4,000 and 8.1, is that a private student loan? |
| 1:28.8 | Yeah, it's for smart. |
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