Oh please it's not so bad. The monthly payments are well within the realm of affordability, and most people are going to be making more than enough to cover the payments and then some. I graduated with $30k or so of student loans, basically the price of a decent car. Admittedly I was able to bankroll my degree somewhat with co-op jobs, but that figure is more or less average around these parts. Minimum payments on a sum like that is peanuts. Two years out of school I got sick of making payments every month and just paid the damn things off and never looked back.

"Beating the college bubble"...whine whine whine. If you're working a job that pays somewhat more than flipping burgers, you shouldn't even be noticing your monthly payments.