There are multiple avenues that student can take to reduce the amount of money that they need to borrow to cover their education costs. Two of the most popular ways would be to apply for grants or scholarships. These two options are the best to try because these do not need to be re-paid back. Applying for scholarships and grants are very easy and usually require you to write an essay stating why you feel you should get the scholarship. Another option is to use money from your savings account. The more money you put into your education, the less you will need to borrow toward your education cost. Because of my current financial situation, I thought that I had no choice but to borrow more than what I wanted to cover my education expenses. I had no money in my savings account and had a real hard time trying to find scholarship that I was qualified to apply for. I am still having troubles with that aspect to this date. It seems that most of the scholarships require you to have a GPA score which I have not acquired yet at this time. I did however managed to cut down a big chunk of my education costs by applying for a Pell grant for which I was approved. This has saved me a large amount of money that I will not have to pay back after I graduate. I intend to keep trying to get scholarships and using that scholarship money to pay off my student loans while I am attending school. The most important thing that we all need to keep in mind is that 6 months after we graduate, we will need to start paying off the loan. It is also important that we make sure that the payments are not delinquent or go into default. To make sure this doesn’t happen is quite simple. We need to make sure that we make our payments on time. Now the question is how do we make our payments manageable so that these issues do not arise? While there are many different types of payment options,