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    I paid off my master’s degree (10K)!! Student Loans

    I paid off my master’s degree (10K)!! Student Loans


    I paid off my master’s degree (10K)!!

    Posted: 01 Feb 2021 08:32 AM PST

    I am so happy to have paid off my loan with the highest interest rate (6.6%). I am so blessed to have been able to make payments during 0% interest and as a result to have saved a whopping 7 thousand dollars in interest over the course of the loan by paying it off early!!

    It feels like such a huge weight off to not owe anything for my mater's degree (so now I can feel like my degree was 100% worth it).

    I am lucky enough to be dual income household and to be able to use $1,500 every month of my $3,200 take home income for loans. I understand this is not most people's situation.

    I still have 37K in student loans left to go. Next I will be tackling my 15K car loan and using my leftover income to pay $400 extra a month towards my 11K Perkins loan which is not included in the CARES act (5%).

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    Trying to figure out where my stimulus is and what's happening with my tax return and I need to verify my student loan account has anyone found a real solution. I've been searching for months literally! How you gonna verify its me if I don't even know it. Dayum

    Posted: 02 Feb 2021 01:25 AM PST

    Insane error messages on studentloan.gov

    Posted: 01 Feb 2021 09:02 PM PST

    Trying not to lose my mind! After carefully researching payment plans and reading ALL the fine print, I am receiving an error message on the very last page of my consolidation application w studentloan.gov. I keep getting sent back to the "references" page in an endless loop.

    I called and was told it's likely a "problem with Macbooks" and that I should use another device. How can this be possible?!?!?! The only other device I have is my iPhone, and that seems like it would pose more problems.

    Has anyone faced this? Any advice would be welcome!

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    Hey guys! In need of some advice.

    Posted: 01 Feb 2021 08:06 PM PST

    So here's me situation. I have about 5,000 in Parent Plus loans that I have to pay starting March and 4,300 to pay for my regular student loans. I have already graduated college (Dec 2020) and am applying to medical school this year.

    1. any general tips? Am I in a bad spot?
    2. I am going to pay my parent loan first. However I need an extension of 6 months at least since my mom and I are not working cuz of COVID. Is this possibly? So worried I am the only one that can work my mom cares for my elderly grandmother.

    Best, and thanks for the help!

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    Feeling desperate and need advice

    Posted: 01 Feb 2021 06:59 PM PST

    Originally I took out several federal Stanford loans and once I graduated, consolidated them. They were bought by AES and they switched to an ineligible loan that didn't qualify for loan forgiveness. I have worked in a qualifying loan forgiveness field for over 23 years. Is is possible to refinance my loan to a qualifying loan? I originally took out $29,000 loans. When I graduated I consolidated the loans, but had to forebear, which racked up the interest so that I owed about $40,000 + . I have literally paid over $66,000 on the loan and still owe $32,000. Please give me advice on what I can do. I can't sustain this any longer. My monthly payments I have been making almost 15 years has been $405 per month.

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    Refinancing while in school?

    Posted: 01 Feb 2021 06:29 PM PST

    So I'm currently finishing up my PhD (should be graduating next spring) and I want to consolidate my loans from my undergrad. IS this a lost cause? It seems like most companies I've tried have said I don't make enough yet even though I'm still in school and will be making substantially more when I graduate. Do I just need to wait until next spring? And if you have done this while in school what company did you use?

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    Refinancing Student Loans

    Posted: 01 Feb 2021 05:45 PM PST

    Any tips/recommendations for refinancing student loans?? Currently have 2 separate private loans and my interest rate for one of them, Discover Loans, is ridiculous at about 8%. Would really appreciate any insight on refinancing!!

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    If you have Wells Fargo student loans, they will be taken over by Firstmark. Not sure what this means

    Posted: 01 Feb 2021 08:13 AM PST

    When I tried to sign in to my loans today it had this message:

    As of January 28, 2021 at 6:00 PM Central Time, we are no longer accepting new applications for Wells Fargo private student loans or Wells Fargo Private ConsolidationSM loans.

    Already applied?
    If you are a borrower or cosigner with an application in progress, please call us at 1-800-378-5526 Mon – Fri: 9:00 am – 5:00 pm Central Time, or login to check your application status or sign loan documents.

    Need help with repayment?
    Existing customers can call 1-800-658-3567 Mon – Fri: 7:00 am – 8:00 pm Central Time or view payment options, learn about repayment, or get answers to your payment questions.

    General student loan questions?
    Visit CollegeSTEPS® for guidance to help you manage your money confidently during college.

    Wells Fargo is exiting the student loan business – we are selling and transferring our student loans. This means that in the coming months, Wells Fargo private student loans will be transitioned to a new loan holder and repayment will be managed by a new loan servicer, Firstmark, a division of Nelnet. More information will be delivered directly to our customers as soon as it becomes available.

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    Scholarship advice?

    Posted: 01 Feb 2021 04:35 PM PST

    Just was accepted into a Sports Management masters program (🎊). Now begins the fun part, which is figuring out how to finance my degree. I have a good amount of loans outstanding from undergrad (graduated ~2 years ago). Anyone have any advice on financial aid / any scholarship programs I can apply to?

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    Recently Accepted to Grad School, will taking on a small (15k) auto loan affect my chances/rates of Stafford & Grad Plus Loans?

    Posted: 01 Feb 2021 03:16 PM PST

    I was recently accepted to graduate school and will need to take out federal Stafford and Grad Plus loans to pay for school. I have good/brand new credit and to improve upon it my dad suggested I get a used car ~$15k and finance $10k of the cost. My parents would reimburse me for the monthly car payments. I'm just worried that having a $10k auto loan might affect my chances or increase interest rates of the Stafford and Grad Plus loan.

    Any advice is greatly appreciated!

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    Can I still use my Pell Grant money if I am no longer a student?

    Posted: 01 Feb 2021 01:16 PM PST

    I graduated in November and didn't realize I had nearly $24k in my pell grant (fafsa). I know this money is supposed to be used for school supplies but I didn't end up using it. Now that I am graduated can it be applied to my student loans (great lakes/sallie mae)? Or should I just withdraw it and use it on a car which I need.

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    FAFSA State Deadline 1/15, submitted 1/31

    Posted: 01 Feb 2021 06:30 AM PST

    Is that going to be a problem?

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    How many payments should I make before trying to refinance?

    Posted: 01 Feb 2021 08:17 AM PST

    I'm just curious. I have a small credit history and only recently started to pay back more loans. I know that most places won't let you refinance when you've just started to make payments.

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    Can I get student finance for my master's if I Repeated a year during my undergraduate degree?

    Posted: 01 Feb 2021 10:40 AM PST

    Hi,

    I'm honestly confused. I'm not sure whether student finance will give me a loan for my master's when I repeated a year during my undergraduate degree, and took out another student finance loan for that year.

    Does anyone know? Thanks. :)

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    How do I get a loan? Does it effect fasfa?

    Posted: 01 Feb 2021 05:10 AM PST

    I have decided to take out some schools loans so that I can get my degree faster. I work more than full time and so far I have been working on my associates degree for a little over three years 🙃🙃 I can only do roughly two classes at a time which is taking forever, and im honestly not getting the best grades, probably c average. The only way I can work less is if I have some loans to cover some living expenses. I currently get maximum fasfa so going to school is almost free for me. (I basically only pay for books). Will I still be able to get a loan? If so will it effect my fasfa? How do I even go about getting a loan? I'm thinking 10k per year as that would atleast cover rent..I should be able to work enough to pay my other bills.

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    Anyone wait until they’re 24 to claim full aid benefits? Or anyone start late in general? Also how’d you pay off your loans?

    Posted: 31 Jan 2021 11:56 PM PST

     Hi everyone I'm coming on here to ask if any of you had to postphone school to claim dependence at 24 so you could get aid and not be trapped in loan debt forever. Or has anyone graduated later than planned? All stories welcomed. I come from a single mother working class family where my mom basically lives paycheck to paycheck, and only has a 401k she needs to retire on. We live In New Jersey where everything is so damn expensive that social security alone is literally your whole months rent IF you're lucky. A crappy studio here can go for $1500. My mom couldn't take out loans in her name (parent plus) because on top of her own debt, she needs that money to retire on. I'm almost half way done with school and I'm 22 and work part time to help pay for books, my train and bus transportation, food, cell phone bill, and frequent doctors visits as I'm diabetic and need to pay for my medicine and visits at a specialist. If I play it smart and keep this up I'll only be in about 7k worth of debt. Neither my mother or I drive or have even been on vacations in our whole life and after I graduate and get my own place I'd love to get a car and finally be able to live like a "normal" person and take some small trips even within the country to maybe Cali or Florida. Do any of you guys have similar stories? We fell into the middle class category where my mom "made too much money to quality for aid, but was too poor to pay for college" Ofcourse my part time job check isn't nearly enough to cover my school fee because even schools in this state are like 13,000 a year state public schools. I could never work full time and go to school full time as I know literally that I am not a strong enough person mentally or physically to do so. Any advice at all? Stories? Recommendations. I guess I want to know Atleast I'm not alone...Thank you all! 🙏 
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