I attended XXXX XXXX College in XXXX, New Hampshire. My sophomore, junior, and senior year I handled my financial aid without the help of my parents. I was a good student. I got a scholarship, I was a XXXX, and was named XXXX team for maintaining the highest GPA on the team for two years straight. During the three years in which I handled my own financial aid I was advised by XXXX XXXX XXXX 's financial aid office to go to XXXX and to take out Signature Student Loans in order to cover the remaining costs that I had during the year. It was so easy and I had no idea what I was getting in to. Before I knew it I was {$100000.00} in debt to XXXX XXXX ( now Navient ) with 9.75 % and 9.25 % interest rates and very little hope for a financial future. Monthly payments have been over {$1000.00}. I work a full-time job, a part-time job, and serve part-time in the XXXX XXXX XXXX ( they offer student loan repayment on federal loans ). I am XXXX years old and am hampered by incredible debt. I 'm not afraid to work, in fact I work all the time just to afford my monthly payments. I am unable to save any money for a house or start a family. I feel like I was misled by my financial aid office and XXXX XXXX. I was XXXX, XXXX, and XXXX years old when I took on this debt. I did not understand the gravity of the decisions I was making. To make matters worse it was so easy! A loan application for {$30000.00} at 9.75 % interest took me XXXX minutes to complete! It did n't even require a co-signer. I am current on all my bills and have never missed a payment, but am getting very frustrated at not making any progress. I 'm concerned about my future and the burden that I put on my future spouse and my family. I 'm not XXXX to run from my problems, but I need help. Navient has recently worked with me in negotiating a lower monthly payment and interest rate for 12 months. I am very grateful for this, however the payments are still nearly {$500.00} a month and only offer a short-term solution to the problem.