Academic Financial Solutions, a leading student loan debt consolidation company based in Tampa, Florida, alerts college graduates who graduated last May or June not to delay on college loan consolidation.
“Waiting to consolidate will be costly,†says Michael Babb, President of Academic Financial Solutions. “Many student loan borrowers don’t realize that their six-month grace period is [...]
You’ve got the college degree, and now you’re stressed about the debt.
“Even if your student loans exceed your annual salary — which is, unfortunately, a common phenomenon these days — you can knock down those debts and start to regain control of your financial life,” Lynnette Khalfani writes in her new book, “Zero Debt for [...]
Many college graduates are taking in a breath of fresh air this month after graduation, knowing that they no longer have to study for exams, give presentations or write papers. However, reality sinks in when grads think about paying back the student loan debt they have acquired. The median student loan debt for young adults [...]
If you plan to graduate from college this spring, your mailbox may soon be filled with congratulatory cards from family friends, checks from distant relatives and reminders from your alma mater that your diploma will be rescinded unless you pay your overdue parking tickets. But if you borrowed to pay for college, much of your [...]
Sallie Mae Senior Vice President Barry Goulding today testified at the Senate Banking Committee hearing, ‘Paying for College: The Role of Private Student Lending’ to demonstrate how Sallie Mae serves students and parents in the private education loan market.
Goulding emphasized Sallie Mae’s ‘1-2-3 approach’ to paying for college: 1) after tapping personal financial resources such [...]
OneSimpleLoan® http://www.OneSimpleLoan.com, a student loan finance and consulting firm specializing in student loan consolidation, today announced that President & CEO Paul J. Simino is a finalist for the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year® 2007 Award in the Florida region. According to Ernst & Young, the awards program was designed to recognize outstanding entrepreneurs [...]
It’s a good thing you got that college education. You can put it to good use navigating the complex maze that is the student loan industry as you consider whether to consolidate your federal student loans.
For those who have never done it, it’s a question that comes up every year in anticipation of the [...]
Combine the rising costs with increased pressure on schools to offer the most accurate and complete loan option information to families and/or students, and it is no surprise that Senator Ted Kennedy’s Student Loan Sunshine Act, a bill that - if passed - will require all higher education institutions that accept federal funds to publicly [...]
Recently, student loan companies and their representatives have come under fire for questionable business practices ranging from collection methods to marketing efforts. For student loan borrowers, financing their college education and choosing the best lender for their funds often is one of the most important decisions they will face in their college career. Investing considerable [...]
The Higher Education Act mandates that colleges cannot require students to fund Federal Family Education Loan Program loans through the preferred lenders suggested by their financial aid offices. Therefore, students and parents should keep in mind that it is their decision when it comes to which company funds their FFELP student loans including the subsidized [...]