<prompt> Human: Just to explain a little bit, Im pursuing a triple major in Finance, Accounting and International Business, and I am graduating in 4 years with somewhere in the range of 30k in government and school sponsored student loans. nbsp; I am beginning my 4 years at university in a few weeks and Id just like to know what Im signing up for when it comes to loan repayments. Coming from my somewhat limited knowledge of interest and investing, would it be a good idea to pay off my student loans right out of college in 1-2 years? I know what my wanted position makes out of college ballpark, which leads me to believe I can easily get it done by living on a 15,000 a year less budget for 2 years. My main question is this. nbsp; Which is the better option: Paying my loans very quickly, or slowly and using the extra money to invest and try and beat the interest of the loans. Am I correct in assuming I CAN beat the interest rate of the loans?  <response>: If you can pay off your student loans, do so ASAP. There are better ways to make money than by owing someone money and having to pay interest. 