Incoming full-time Analysts: How much debt (student loan/cc debt) do you have?
Thought this would be interesting to see. How much in student loans did you take out? Do you have any existing credit card debt? If so, are you paying interest?
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about 5k student loans which were paid off completely with signing bonus. Credit Card debt amounts to 700 - 800 a month which is paid off in full month to month. (Food, gas, alcohol, eating out, etc).
May I ask what you are going into? IB? SnT? CF?
Corp Fin rotational program.
I was blessed in that I was able to go through college with minimal debt because of my parents. Let me know if you have any further / more specific questions.
Which role and where (location)?
Kids with student loans are cucks.
Welcome to indentured servitude!
Had a boatload of student debt, can confirm I'm part cuck part indentured servant
Yeah but you work in private equity
None. Went to my state University, did a ton of scholarship applications in high school, and my family was poverty level growing up so not much in terms of tuition costs. Scholarships really, really helped with the room/board though.
How the hell did the above get a monkey shit? This fucking site sometimes.....
Lmao I was wondering the same.
There are a lot of keyboard warriors on here... They are likely throwing MS at "state school."
Props to justphresh.
It's that innate feeling that people get that they have to take you a notch down. Agreed, it is annoying when good post get MS.
I haven’t seen one even halfway legit reason for MS, anywhere on the thread. Please, someone tell me why you mad, I think it’s an interesting thread.
I was going to share my stats but I need to know which industry/SL//CC debt threshold, help from parents, etc is going to ‘deserve’ poo
Wow, that like, ruined my day. How am I going to explain my SB:MS ratio to my children?
The people throwing MS at me don't have time to explain their answers because they're still trying to figure out how to use toilet paper and come from countries where you can still light women on fire.
Agreed - so laughable.
I wanted to throw monkey shit at this comment but I alredy wasted all my MS on the shmuck that works in CF. Guy is a waste of MS>
Same here - grew up solidly middle class, right in the not-so-sweet spot where we were too rich to get need-based financial aid but not rich enough to pay full tuition at a target school like Stern. Ended up going to my state university for $2k a year after scholarships and came out the other end with an EB offer. No ragrets.
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Waiting for that sweet signing bonus to drop in my account around March. Will have a 9 month grace period after graduation (before interest starts kicking in) so will pay the ~7k off piecemeal.
Aren't bonuses taxed at 40%? 10k with 40% tax = 6k?
Nope just ordinary income and dependent on bracket
$50K student debt $2K Credit card debt
$50k in student debt. I made a deal with my parents so they pay the half and I pay the other. It has to be paid over 4 years so they are paying the first 2 years to let me some time to save some money on my first months working. It's a pretty nice deal I had with them because it made me responsible from day 1 in college in term of money and I'm not completely alone against a 50k student debt.
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Investment Banking? What city?
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30k student debt, no credit card debt; that's asking for trouble given the 20-25% interest rates charged on late payments.
Honestly, I think people overemphasize the lump sum of the debt and panic instead of analyzing it. No, it's not ideal to have, but it's fairly doable for anyone to set up a repayment schedule and have regular payments set up to get rid of the debt. Its the same set up as car payments or house payments or insurance.
Given the state of the market, I'm planning to focus more on my debt bc that's effectively a 6-7% "return" on my principal once I graduate and start working. My living expenses will be fairly low given my industry anyway, so I should have paid off my debt within 5 years.
Where do you plan on living though?
Non NY/SF major city. I'm exaggerating slightly with the 5 years thing (I'm probably going to divert my funds into some investments still), but I'm in a good spot. I've done some basic financial projections on my reoccurring expenses, COL factors, etc, and I'll have more than enough to pay off debt fairly quickly. To be fair though, I've worked throughout college and have saved up a good chunk, and my firm is fairly generous with comp.
Starting full time in July as an IB analyst. $10.5K in ~4.25% subsidized federal student loans, might end up being lower. No CC debt, I use a charge card so I can’t carry a balance.
Grew up in a single parent household without a lot of money so my school was mostly paid for. My loans are mostly from sophomore and junior year, and I turned my federal work study into loans every year so I didn’t have to work. Might get a scholarship from my business school next semester that would lower that. Spending money came from the ~$50K I made working during the summers. Overall, my situation worked out well and I’m very grateful for it, because I know a lot of people’s are very different.
$100k SL Debt. 0 Credit card. Naively went to an expensive state school my freshman year for $55k+. Transferred for my sophomore year when I realized I could have the same amount of opportunities & fun at a different school for half the price. Incoming S&T analyst. Interested in this topic and best methods for paying these off as I begin work. +1 SB
Look at my post,
~$40K in student loan debt. My weighted average cost of debt is just over 4% so I’m more focused on having cash available to invest than paying down my debt as fast as possible.
WACC rules supreme
None - joined the military and used it to pay from bachelors to two graduate degrees. Not in IB but a data scientist working on risk management for cyber security.
No student loan but owe my parents about $120k or more. I plan on paying them back slowly. Even tho no loan on my books but it’s shitty feelz when you forever owe someone something even after you pay them back, because they bet their life saving on you
No student loan but owe my parents about $120k or more. I plan on paying them back slowly. Even tho no loan on my books but it’s shitty feelz when you forever owe someone something even after you pay them back, because they bet their life saving on you
I started with a $65k student loan, expected to pay back at the end of next year. Saved a lot on rents but it’s the annual bonus that pays down most of my debt. So in a way it feels like I’m making only the base salary on IB/PE hours in Manhattan. But it is what it is.
I was all geared up and ready to load myself with debt to do an MBA on the other side of the world with a wife and three kids, then very VERY fortunately received a full scholarahip including flights and living costs.
What was going to be an incredibly tough couple of years ended up being a great family experience with the extra money we had.
I now work for a BB in transaction services in case its useful and very fortunately, have no debt.
Incoming IB. No debt and a few grand in savings/stocks. Go to a state school and worked full time to pay and avoid debt. My parents combined income is just above the cut-off where I don't qualify for student aid, which really sucks, because they can't actually afford to help even if they wanted to. They make the equivalent of minimum wage.
Some notes which helped me and might be helpful to others reading this: - GPA isn't as high as it should be due to focusing more on work, but IMO there's a lot to be learned from working while in school (meet people, mature, etc.), just don't slack on the important assignments and keep it above 3.5 - Conservative spending habits unless hobbies or things I'm very passionate about (not blowing money on clothes every weekend or eating out every day) - Read a book called "Rich Dad Poor Dad" - Friends will be buying the latest clothes, taking trips, buying drinks and food frequently (social media doesn't help), it's hard not to give in and should totally indulge every once in a while, but don't make it a habit. Keep a long term focus in mind and learn to find fulfillment in non-Instagrammable things (see point below) - Learn to manage your time to balance school + work. Pick all your classes on certain days, have your work days and your study days sorted out. Whatever is left over spend with friends/family/hobbies (you will enjoy this time much more)
Might edit later with anything else that comes to mind.
Feel you on the cut-off situation. It's actually funny, because if one of your parents quit their job for the 4 years to put you below and if you qualified for half to full aid at a private school (~50k/yrish) then when you add up all the savings, make it "pre-tax" dollars it is normally more than that original job provided in income (i.e. it's more cost effective for one to be unemployed for the 4 years).
Great list btw
Exactly. Have friends collecting nice checks each semester after tuition and books are covered. Thanks sir
Coming out of college with no debt. Was fortunate to mostly be supported by parents, but also had a part-time job
Where are you going?
UC-Berkeley, but originally from the East Coast
Too much for my own good
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I have a very large loan and I don't know how to deal with it :(
hey, Disrop, how much exactly?
I have about 8k student loans I am working hard to pay it off and it's very heartfelt for me to hear that someone have problems with loans. In our days there are a lot of untrusted companies with a big interest rate and hidden fees. I am not very happy to have loans until payday but this company really helps students to take some money for their needs, I have taken 5k and 8k several times and i had no problems with approval and also I would like to say that they have very good customer service.
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