Craig borrows 4500 dollars a year to pay for
college expenses, starting on September 1, 2000 - the day he starts college - and ending on September 1, 2004. (i.e. that's 5 withdrawals total). After graduation,
he decides to go to graduate school in
mathematics, and his loans are deferred (i.e. they
still accrue interest, but no payments are due).
After graduation from graduate school, he needs to begin
paying off his loans. He will make monthly payments
for 12 years, and each payment will increase by 2.3 percent.
His payments will begin on July 1, 2007,
exactly 6 years and 10 months after he started college.
If he pays a nominal rate of 6.6 percent convertible
monthly for the entire life of the loans,
what will be the size of his first payment?
Answer = dollars.