Entries tagged Student-Loans

What You Should Know About Student Loans

Published: Aug 25th, 2010 | Author: morgan Add Comment

If college were not so expensive, then many people would not need student loans to help them pay for expenditures. A student loan can help you pay for the things you must have, which scholarships and Federal grants do not cover.

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Get Your Answers About Student Loans

Published: Aug 19th, 2010 | Author: morgan Add Comment

Not many people can get through college without incurring some form of debt. Even with full academic scholarships there can be unforeseen expenses that can mean the difference between a semester of studying and one spent working a part-time job. The sad reality is that most parents never save enough money for their children to attend school.

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Unemployed Student Car Loans – Learn How To Get Yours Now

Published: Aug 18th, 2010 | Author: morgan Add Comment

If you are a student, you probably have limited or no credit (or perhaps even bad credit) but still yet you need a car to get your from Point A to Point B and back again. Walking everywhere is time consumptive and sometimes not weather-permitting. Having a car is definitely a great luxury for a student, but getting the car loan you need is probably something that you do not think can happen – but you are in for a surprise! There are lenders willing to loan money to students just like you to get the car they need today – even if you are unemployed.

Paying For Your Car

Most lenders are educated people. They know that students have some source of income, whether it be in the form of student loans and grants, or if its work-study or income from your parents. That means that there are lenders who will help you get the car you need to make your way around your campus and beyond – without any employment record. And since your government loans and grants are for use for education purposes, its perfectly okay to use them to help make your car payments. (more…)

Using Student Loans Services For Your Education

Published: Aug 17th, 2010 | Author: morgan Add Comment

Students entering college face a wide variety of choices when it comes to an education loan. The college or university can help answer some questions, but often are not equipped to answer questions about interest rates and repayment options.

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CitiAssist Loans

Published: Aug 7th, 2010 | Author: morgan Add Comment

Most of the larger banks and some of the smaller private lending institutions offer various forms and options of both federal and private student loans. Citibank student loans are available under the CitiAssist Loan program, which provides a wide range of student loans for undergraduate, graduate, law and health professions and residency loans. Each of these Citibank student loans is designed to provide funding to students in different types of academic settings with qualifying requirements and either a co-signer or a good, solid credit score.

Understanding the different options with Citibank student loans requires both a good understanding of your future academic and career goals as well as a knowledge of you projected current and future income for setting realistic repayment options and deferment dates for the loan. The different Citibank student loans include:

  1. * Undergraduate loans – to qualify for an undergraduate loan the student must be eligible for enrollment at least part-time at a fully accredited college or university as well as be at least 18 years of age and have a United States citizen as a co-signer if necessary. The co-signer as well as the student must have a valid US social security number. There are no minimum loan amounts and no maximum loan amounts, although the school will provide the cost of tuition, then any other financial aid already granted will be subtracted, leaving the total maximum amount of the loan. (more…)

What Are PLUS Student Loans?

Published: Jul 28th, 2010 | Author: morgan Add Comment

College expenses are high; there is little argument over that. Students and parents of students often need financial help in order to get into and subsequently get through the years of education that leads to an advanced degree. Thankfully, there is a somewhat new student loan program available that help out with these costs.

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Can Student Loans Debt Be Discharge By Filing Bankruptcy?

Published: Mar 30th, 2010 | Author: morgan Add Comment

Student loan is a kind of debt that many Americans are facing in this present sour economy. With shrinking job market, student loan delinquencies are at higher rate since the financial crisis. The federal student loans issued by federal government are much better than private loans as the former offers some payment modification options to ease payments as bankruptcy will rarely wipes out the debt.

According to present bankruptcy laws, student loans are not usually discharged, but it is not impossible to do so if you can really take your hardship that will be affect you and your dependents. When you file bankruptcy, you need to take your hardship effectively to judge dealing your case.

In this case, the court uses different methods to evaluate whether the borrower showed hardship exists in reality. (more…)

Need to Consolidate School Loans? Read the Fine Print

Published: Feb 9th, 2010 | Author: morgan Add Comment

While higher studies can mean a commercially rich career, the money it requires to study further is not easy to come by for many. Ninety percent of students pursuing higher studies depend on student loans. It is also a heavy financial burden to carry with you and manage smartly until you can settle on a career go pay it back. Most students end up juggling multiple loans from multiple institutions with various interest rates and repayment schedules. It can become nuisance when you have huge study loads and exams to handle as well. Consolidating your loans into one single account can make life easier.

The Loan Consolidation program allows students to consolidate various educational loans under one single scheme and a fixed interest rate. You cannot consolidate school loans before you graduate. Students who are married cannot consolidate school loans. Parents can consolidate school loans as well. However, before you decide to consolidate, you should know the pros and cons of it and decide whether consolidation will work for you or not. (more…)

Private School Loan Consolidation – Pros and Cons

Published: Feb 7th, 2010 | Author: morgan Add Comment

As the cost of college education increases, many students and parents turn to college student loans to help tackle the cost. Covering the cost of tuition, dorms, books, transportation, food and other expenses is often times a difficult challenge for students to overcome.

As students take on financial aid in the form of student loans, it’s not uncommon for a single student to have multiple loans as they move closer to graduation. Payment becomes due after a six to nine month grace period which begins at graduation.

Consolidation can be a solution that reduces the financial stress of managing multiple student loans as they come due. Private school loan consolidation is the process of combining multiple private student loans (as opposed to federal) into a single consolidated loan. (more…)

College Loan – How to Combine Your Private Student Loans

Published: Jan 16th, 2010 | Author: morgan Add Comment

Paying bills today seems tougher than ever before. It feels like our money is shrinking. This is one of the results of a bad economy. So many of us are losing our jobs due to companies going out of business, companies down sizing, companies giving salary cuts or for some of us just losing our job. When we pay our bills each month one bill that is facing a great number of us is our student loans. They seemed like a great means of getting an education back when we were in school but now they seem like a noose around our necks. In this article I will give you some tips on how you can possibly combine your private student loans.

First, combine all the information you can about your private student loans. They were probably issued through different companies, while you were attending college.

Second, now that you have gathered the information you may want to look how if you combine these loans you can perhaps achieve a lower payment a lower interest rate. (more…)