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From what I have heard, while doing some dental residencies we are eligable to defer our loans. Does any residency qualify, or are there certain restrictions?
tx oms said:Your loans, by law, can be deferred. However, medical residents can only put their loans in forebearance (not deferment). Most banks/loan agents are unaware of the distinction and their computer systems are set-up to reject your request for deferment. The customer support people on the phone and their supervisors are also unaware that the law makes a distinction. Therefore, you will face great frustration in trying to get your loans deferred rather than forbearred. I finally involved the ombudsmen from the US Dept of Education and was able to enter deferrment.
1-16-17-32 said:Yeah, my plan was to consolidate all my unsubsidized loans, but to defer any subsidized loans I have because I am doing a hospital based dental residency. This way I am getting the best rates I can on some of my loans, while not having to start paying interested on my subsidized loans (which I would have to if I was consolidating them).
Does this sound logical? Or maybe it pays to consolidate all loans so that I can get good rates on my subsidized loans as well, though I will have to start paying them back and paying interest?
DcS said:Also for those who have graduated or have undergrad loans, consolidate NOW. The T-Bill which is currently at an all time low is expected to significantly raise when it's auctioned in late may. The new loan rate that will be set this summer will be significantly higher. Unfortunately for us 2006s we get screwed by a year.
groundhog said:You don't get hosed by a year. You get tubed by the white house yahoos who are running a huge federal budget deficit in order to goose the domestic economy and sustain a foreign war at the same time. Johnson and Nixon did the same thing...."guns and butter" brings on inflation and high interest rates every time.
texas_dds said:we had this same harvard mba student come to speak to us tonight: probably one of the more important lectures ive ever been to. in a nut shell, consolidating is GOOD but you have to know what you are doing. basically these mba students are doing something really great: they have a free service to graduate students (us!) that will walk you through the loan consolidation process that is best for you depending on what kinds of loans you have, and represent other similar students as a group (high loan balance, low default rate - basically valuable loan customers) - they have used this as bargaining leverage against lenders to obtain the most student friendly consolidation terms available anywhere. 2005 grads, this is ESPECIALLY important for you to know right now and do things right.
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