I have been out of school for almost a year & a half at this point. I started making my student loan payments about 8 months ago. When I first took out loans via Sallie Mae I was told the re-payments would be low and feasible. So I did it. I took out about XXXX with Sallie Mae. My first statements showed XXXX a month payments. I called and asked how that could be, it was n't feasible as promised & a 10 year payment option is not doable for my situation, I was told 10 years is all they can do and they had no solution for my situation. How can this be? I 'm struggling to make ends meet and climb deeper in debt each month just so I do n't miss a payment via Sallie Mae.