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Is It Smart to Extend the Repayment Term on Your Consolidated Student Loan?

One of the benefits of student loan consolidation is that you can extend the repayment term from the standard 10 year repayment period out to 30 years. But is this a good idea? Pro: As Much As A 53% Lower Monthly Payment Extending the student loan repayment Read More...

Advice for Students Entering Grad School

An excellent choice for many college graduates and especially those who are entering graduate school this fall is to consolidate their loans before they enroll. Recent legislation to reduce lender subsidies means many of the borrower discounts lenders Read More...

AVOIDING STUDENT LOAN DEBT STRESS

The following article by Chris Studer , Chief Executive Officer of ScholarPoint Financial, Inc. is courtesy of Higher Education Washington, Inc. http://www.hewi.net/ Financial Aid Advice  7/26/07 AVOIDING STUDENT LOAN DEBT STRESS Recent graduates are Read More...

Calling all Procrastinators…

There is still time for procrastinators to consolidate their student loans before the clock strikes twelve on June 30, 2007. That’s when interest rates on existing, variable-rate federal student loans will jump 0.08 percent raising the rates from 6.54 Read More...

FIVE TIPS FOR NEW COLLEGE GRADS

For those newly minted college grads with student loan debt, ScholarPoint offers five tips on how to save money by consolidating student loans . Although most people understand that consolidating college loans can help them lower their monthly payments, Read More...

First of July is as Important as the Fourth

It's Time to Declare Independence from High Student Loan Payments As Americans prepare to celebrate the Fourth of July, newly minted college grads with student loan debt need to prepare for the First of July. That’s the day when the government recalculates Read More...