When I graduated in 2002 I was the only member of my class of 38 Civil Engineering students that had a job and no student loans. The other 37 didn’t have jobs but really enjoyed living the college life with their student loans.
Not only did I not have any loans, I was married, I had a mortgage payment, 2 car payments, utilities, insurance, and child support. Knowing that I would be graduating that June , my now ex-wife, decided to quit her job in April! That was the worst squeeze of my life at the time, but I knew that my salary would double as I had already secured gainful employment upon graduation.
That sounds very stressful.