Before you sign up for that loan...

<p>This web site has a neat calculator that can give you a pretty accurate picture of what it means to pay back your student loan.</p>

<p><a href="http://www.finaid.org/calculators/loanpayments.phtml%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.finaid.org/calculators/loanpayments.phtml&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>It will give you estimated monthly payments, and how much interest you'll be paying over the life of the loan.</p>

<p>It's just a good way to check and make sure you really can live with whatever size loan you are tempted to sign for.</p>