I currently have {$38000.00} in private student loans. With the interest rate and payment plan that I am on ( XXXX ), I will end up paying to the loan companies about {$78000.00}. Which is more than XXXX my actual loan rate. I was not informed of this when I took out the loans and I am struggling to make ends meet and working XXXX jobs, but I am still scraping by to make ends meet on top of paying my other bills.