Are you a college student, or recent graduate, and in debt? (Poughkeepsie Journal)
It’s important that you know the amount of debt that you have taken small loans and debts can add up to a sizable lot. For example if you have taken 5 $100 loans, it amounts to $500 debt. A sizable amount of loan to repay for many people. Not only does the principal have to be paid but also the interest payments.
Are you a college student, or recent graduate, and in debt? (Poughkeepsie Journal)
These days, who doesn't owe a hefty sum to college tuition lenders? Thanks to soaring tuition costs, borrowing has become an inescapable fact of college life. According to The Project on Student Debt, students carried an average $19,200 in debt in 2004, twice the amount they carried a decade before. Contact the Poughkeepsie Journal and tell us how you or your children are dealing with student ...
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Bill proposes tuition loan help for student-soldiers serving in Iraq (San Francisco Chronicle)
National Guard medic Patrick Campbell was a year into law school at Catholic University in Washington, D.C., when he volunteered for a deployment to Iraq. Upon his return, the California native found his student loans in default. "I was getting two letters a...
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High-rate loan debts burden recent grads (Detroit Free Press)
Michael Haynes had lots of decisions to make during his freshman year at Eastern Michigan University -- which classes to take, where to live, what books to buy. Today, saddled with more than $80,000 in student loan debt, the 22-year-old senior wishes he had spent more time deciding how to borrow.
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Federal curbs urged for student credit card debt (Chattanooga Times Free Press)
UTC counselor Donna Cooper recalls three students: one filed for bankruptcy, another carried 25 credit cards and another was $25,000 in debt.
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Why You Should Consolidate Your Student Loans (Richfield Reaper)
(ARA) - The days and weeks after graduation are supposed to be one of the best time periods in a young person's life. Years of hard work have finally paid off, and they are embarking on a new chapter in their lives.
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Schools want to ease your tuition struggles (Bankrate.com via Yahoo! Finance)
By using grants and making other changes to financing, many colleges are trying to help students graduate debt free.
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A few lenders dominate college-loan business (The Burlington Free Press)
Federal officials and student groups are concerned that some schools may be improperly steering borrowers to lenders the schools prefer to use, regardless of whether it's the best deal for the student.
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Scrambling for higher education (Montreal Gazette)
University student Dan Smeby has so far resisted the siren song of debt.
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Federal officials probe schools with one dominant student lender (The Clarion-Ledger)
College students trying to cover the soaring cost of a postsecondary education have more than 3,000 federally qualified lenders to choose from - at least in theory.
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Control by a few student lenders hikes concerns (Journal and Courier)
WASHINGTON -- Purdue University steers more than 80 percent of students to its preferred lender -- Sallie Mae -- for their students loans, a practice that has raised the eyebrows of some federal officials.
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Are you a college student, or recent graduate, and in debt? (Poughkeepsie Journal)
If you own a home, you're in even better shape. Why? Because you have collateral that can be used in order to get that loan. You can either refinance your mortgage or shop for a home equity loan. While these do put your home in danger if you can't make your payments, they will reduce your monthly outflow, possibly to a considerable amount.
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