<prompt> Human: Apologies for the interruption.Im currently a third-year biglaw associate. I currently have about 173k in student loans to repay originally 250k. The highest interest loan is roughly 25k at 7.65, and the next highest is 54k at 7.25. Other loans are at rates of 6.5, 5.5 and 4.25. I have been aggressively repaying the highest interest loans I fully repaid a 50k loan at 8.25 already while making minimum payments on each other loan. I have a six-month emergency fund held in a combination of savings and i-bonds. I have been making minimal contributions to a 401k to a Vanguard target date fund because I have been focusing on loan repayment because the sooner I can repay the highest interest loans, the sooner I can have devise a biglaw exit strategy. However, this timetable may have just been suddenly increased.Heres the complication: I just passed the Foreign Service Oral Exam with a high enough score that I am all but certain to be invited to join the foreign service shortly after my medical and background clearances go through. It could take a year for this to occur; it is possible that I could fail the security or medical clearances due to unforeseen circumstances. Once I am in the foreign service, I will qualify for IBR and PSLF. Being a foreign service officer is something that I have wanted to do for a long time and I am excited at the prospect of spending a career in public service while having excellent travel opportunities. I do not yet know what my salary will be, but it will be less than half of what I make now.What should I do in the meantime? I see two options:1. Continue with aggressive student loan payments as long as I am in biglaw; or2. Start saving for other opportunities.If I continue with aggressive loan repayments, I could fully repay the highest interest loan by February, and there is a good chance that I would still be waiting for my appointment call by then. I could also prioritize saving money for other purposes at this stage because once I am on PSLF, student loan repayment will be a low order of priority. If I made minimal student loan payments on everything, I could save a serious amount of money in the next roughly 5-18 months. Any advice here would be greatly appreciated!  <response>: Make minimum payments and save all extra cash until you know whether you get the public service job or not. You be foolish to continue aggressive debt reduction if you qualify for forgiveness and youd be foolish not to pay down those loans if you dont get the job. 