Defaulting on your private student loans has severe and long-lasting consequences. Avoid them by informing the Servicing Center if you think you’ll have problems meeting your repayment terms. It’s also very important to inform the Servicing Center if your address or telephone number changes so that your payment notices will continue to reach you, and the Center can contact you when necessary.
You’ll receive more detailed information about College Loans options at exit counseling and from the College Loans Servicing Center, so you can select the plan that’s right for you. You’ll be told what your monthly repayment amounts would be under each plan. Once you’ve selected a plan, the Servicing Center will send you a repayment schedule for all your College Loans, listing the plan you selected, your monthly payment amount, and the date your payments will be due. (If you don’t choose a plan, you’ll be placed in the Standard Repayment Plan.)
Repayment will be simple because the U.S. Department of Education is your lender and will remain your lender. Your payments will go to the Department’s Federal Student Loan Servicing Center. Although the Department has several Servicing Center locations (with separate addresses and telephone numbers), you’ll always have only one Servicing Center to deal with—even if you take out several Federal Student Loans or transfer from one school to another.
Your school will pay you in one of two ways:
Credit your account with the school for tuition, fees, and other allowable charges. If you have a contract with the school for room and board, the school may also credit your school account to pay for your room and board with Student Loan Repayment. Any remaining amount will be paid to you by check, given to you as cash, or—with your permission— transferred electronically to your bank account.
Applying for student loan consolidation is easy. Just fill out a Free Application for Federal Student Aid, which you can get from your school. Or, you may be able to apply electronically from your home computer or from a computer at a central location like your school or local public library, using FAFSA Express.You can get more information about downloading FAFSA Express. You might also be able to apply electronically through the financial aid office at the school you plan to attend.
The maximum amount you may borrow each academic year depends on your - year in school, the length of your academic program, whether you’re a dependent student or an independent student.
The chart on the following page shows the maximum annual and total amounts you may borrow. The amount you may borrow each academic year is also limited by - your school costs, the amount of other financial aid you’ll receive, (in the case of Direct Subsidized Loans) the Expected Family Contribution (EFC).
If you’ve decided to borrow money to help pay for your education after high school, the U.K. Department of Education offers a simple way to get a loan—through the William D. Ford Federal Direct Loan Program (“Direct Loans” for short). Here are some of this program’s benefits:
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