Your latest financial aid award letter arrives, and you tear it open, eager to find out how much money you’re getting — but you’re met with disappointment. Maybe the offer’s less generous than the ones you’ve received from other colleges. Maybe it has way too many loans and not enough grants and scholarships. Maybe it … Continued
Can you name your student loan servicer? If the federal government’s new proposal goes according to plan, you won’t have to. The U.S. Department of Education announced Monday, April 4, 2016, that it wants to streamline the way grads pay off their federal student loans. The department plans to create an online student loan portal where … Continued
If you need a lower student loan payment but don’t know how to get it, answering five simple “yes” or “no” questions could now bring you closer to a plan. On Wednesday, the White House unveiled a new tool that shows which repayment options apply to you and how to sign up for them. It … Continued