I began my XXXX studies in XXXX at XXXX XXXX University. I took out a private loan in order to continue my studies. I was unfamiliar with student loans at the time, and my parents were not able to pay for my schooling. I took out this private loan with the assistance of my financial aid counselor at XXXX, with my father as the co signer. I graduated XXXX as an XXXX in XXXX XXXX. I began XXXX school at XXXX in XXXX XXXX. I began getting phone calls from American Education Services, requesting that I make payments. I explained that I was attending XXXX school, and was unable to make the payments they requested. I graduated with my XXXX XX/XX/XXXX, and began working in XXXX of XXXX. I have not been able to make the large payments requested by AES because I came out of college with nothing, moved in with my parents and made small payments. At one point I was asked to make payments multiple hundreds of dollars a month, which I was and, I am still unable to make. At this time, my loan has become " severely delinquent '' and I am being asked to make a one time payment of {$54000.00}. I have been told by the collection agency ( XXXX XXXX XXXX ) that I no longer have the option to make monthly payments because of my severe delinquency. My father is also being harassed with phone calls, and being threatened by these representatives. I have offered to make small payments now that I am a bit more financially stable, but the collection agency stated that due to my continued delinquency, I am no longer eligible to make monthly payments. The collection agency has advised my father and/or myself to take out a second mortgage on my parents home to make the loan payment. At this point, I feel helpless because I have no way of getting that kind of money, and according to the collection agency, I have no other options at this time.