I attended XXXX University in XXXX NJ. I have tried to make payments. Over the past few years I have requested to lower my payment and was told I had no options and they could not help. If I knew that my payments would be so much I would never have taken them out. The financial stress is effecting all parts of my life. I am willing to make a payment but to expect someone just starting a career to payout {$600.00} a month and live on their own is not realistic. I have asked several times for different payment options for years and until I stopped paying the loan an option popped up but it will help for a few months by cutting the payment and then the monthly payment will increase higher than before! I do not feel as though students are being properly informed on what loans of this nature will cost us in the long run.