<prompt> Human: Hello, I am 22 years old and preparing to graduate college with a degree in engineering.I have always planned to pay off my student loans apx. 100k as soon as possible. Meaning in January I plan to accept a job with a starting salary of around 70k.My plan was to live on 30k for the 1st 3 years and have them payed off on that period. Plans have changed due to housing options and I can no longer do that.I was talking with my girlfriends uncle mid 50s. He told me he was still paying his student loans he works in IT. He said he just chose the lowest payment he could get and just accepted he would have the low monthly payment for a long time.This is backwards from what I have always thought pay it off as soon as you can so you dont have it lingering over you.I am looking for both options and or facts as to why you should or should not push student loans off as far as you can. As far as I can tell I do not qualify for any sort of loan forgiveness programs so I believe I am stuck with them.Thanks in advance.  <response>: Paying them off sooner, as you are planning, will greatly reduce the amount of interest you will pay. You have the right idea. Stick with it. Im doing the same. Removing our vast student debt from our lives will open up our financial opportunities. The longer we maintain the debt the longer our options will be limited. 