<prompt> Human: I just tried out CNN Moneys Student Loan Calculator on my Sallie Mae private loan and received the following terrifying message: The debt can not be paid off with the given monthly payment and interest rate! The monthly payment is too low to even pay the interest on the loan.My knee jerk reaction is to try to increase monthly payments to start putting a dent into the balance. But this isnt even my biggest or highest interest student loan.A little background:Im 2 years out of college and currently in repayment of my 6 different student loans 4 private and 2 federal. I went to an excellent private school for 55kyear without any tuition support from my parents. They wish they could have helped, but theyre both teachers. They simply couldnt afford it. I didnt qualify for any scholarships or grants, so it was all paid with loans. My parents made just enough that we werent offered much in the way of federal loans, so most of it is private. The breakdown:1 Private Sallie Mae Signature Balance: 58,175.81 Monthly Payment: 277.68 Interest Rate: 5.75 Variable2 Private MEFA Student Alternative Loan Balance: 30,038.54 Monthly Payment: 334.18 Interest Rate: 8.29 Fixed3 Private MEFA Student Alternative Loan this ones in Moms name Balance: 59,406.54 Monthly Payment: 639.42 Interest Rate: 8.49 Fixed4 Private NJ Class Balance: 57,935.39 Monthly Payment: 543.30 Interest Rate: 7.92 Fixed5 Federal Sallie Mae DL Consolidated Subsidized Loan Balance: 15,351.96 Monthly Payment: 0.00 Income-Contingent Repayment Interest Rate: 5.63 Fixed6 Federal Sallie Mae DL Consolidated Unubsidized Loan Balance: 5,132.60 Monthly Payment: 0.00 Income-Contingent Repayment Interest Rate: 5.63 FixedTotal debt today: 226,040.84Total monthly payments right now: 1,794.58Right now Im making minimum payments. I renegotiated about a year ago to make lower, interest-only payments on the Private Sallie Mae Signature Loan 1. As I mentioned, the calculator says Loan 1 will never be paid off if I continue to make minimum payments. I have about an extra 1000month income that I should put toward loans. My question is, should I put the extra 1000month toward Loan 1 or toward larger, higher interest loans like 8.29 and 8.49?Additionally, my moms name is on one loan mentioned above, and I know she and her credit would appreciate either getting her name off not sure if thats possible or paying the loan off.Any other advice you can provide would be much appreciated! Im 24 and pretty lost here.Thanks.Edit: wordsEdit 2: Thanks to everyone who reserved judgement and took the time to answer my question about which loans I should tackle first, as well as a big thank you to those who went so far as to offer words of encouragement. I got the info I needed and dont feel comfortable answering any more questions about my work or income. I appreciate your thoughtful input and will keep it in mind. To those of you who offered no advice but only berated me for choosing a liberal arts major at a private school, thats not what this sub is about and youre wasting everyones time by posting. Youre not wrong, youre just an asshole.Edit 3: Thanks for the gold, kind stranger!Assistant: good lord! what did you get a degree in? Pay the small loans off first, it will give you a feeling of accomplishment.Human: French. I love the language but it never occurred to 17-year-old me that it wouldnt exactly be lucrative. That being said, I truly believe that job opportunities depend on the person and not the major. But ask me again when Im in debtors prison! :  <response>: Wow - this is all for an undergrad degree? Where did you go to school? 