5/25/2009

$15/month

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Over my lunch break I was checking the status of my student loans. With interest rates fluctuating so much, a greater percentage of my debt repayment has been going to the principal amount. I started playing with the calculators offered on the sites (Edulink & NSLCS) for my Canadian and Alberta student loans.

Since my loans went into repayment status I have left the amounts at their defaulted payment schedule which was:

Edulink: $65.87/month
NSLCS: $69.12/month

I've known that small amounts can make big changes - but this actually surprised me. I have changed my repayment amounts to $75/month for each loan. This increase goes into effect for my June payment and is an effective increase of $15.01.


  • This has shorted my repayment schedule by 28 months!
Through this change. I will pay off my Edulink loan 21 months sooner and my NSLCS loan 7 months sooner then previously scheduled!
  • 28 months is 2.3 years
I will continue to make changes and put more money towards these loans as it becomes available through cutting expenses, and paying off other debt - but I feel really good about these changes.

I will be revising/updating my budget for June in the next week and posting the changes as well as posting my goal updates.

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1 comment:

  1. Jamie25 May 2009 at 13:49

    I know exactly what you mean! From the beginning of repaying my student loan I've been making overpayments. My loan was $11,000 and the minimum payment was $100. I've been paying $150 per month instead. That cut the years of repayment from 11 to 6! 5 years less!!! I'm currently in year 6 of 6 and the loan will be paid off in November.

    Little things really do make a big difference!

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