Graduates - Class of 2017 - Congratulations!

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Are you graduating in 2017?

Sending a shout out to all of you: it's time to CELEBRATE!!!

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hygebeorht said:
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Fun fact: student loan exit counseling suggested that to handle my debt load, I should seek a starting salary of $220,000+ :laugh:
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I think mine was $500k+. Yeah, I'll just go ahead and negotiate that into my contract right away. Speaking of... can I not do anything about my loans until the day I graduate? I really just want to get the ball rolling with consolidating and applying for REPAYE.
 
Rwwilliams said:
I think mine was $500k+. Yeah, I'll just go ahead and negotiate that into my contract right away. Speaking of... can I not do anything about my loans until the day I graduate? I really just want to get the ball rolling with consolidating and applying for REPAYE.
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Yeah, it isn't until official graduation. If you're lucky the status will change from 'in school' to graduated/in grace within just a few days (I think mine changed about three days later...I have FedLoan Servicing), but I think it can take up to a month for it to change and it's all on how fast your school and servicer deal with it. Nothing you can do. 🙁
 
JaynaAli said:
Yeah, it isn't until official graduation. If you're lucky the status will change from 'in school' to graduated/in grace within just a few days (I think mine changed about three days later...I have FedLoan Servicing), but I think it can take up to a month for it to change and it's all on how fast your school and servicer deal with it. Nothing you can do. 🙁
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Ugh, this is stressful considering I have the worst loan servicer - Navient.... I hope they change it ASAP so I can consolidate with a different company!
 
JaynaAli said:
Yeah, it isn't until official graduation. If you're lucky the status will change from 'in school' to graduated/in grace within just a few days (I think mine changed about three days later...I have FedLoan Servicing), but I think it can take up to a month for it to change and it's all on how fast your school and servicer deal with it. Nothing you can do. 🙁
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Oh geez, really? I'm trying to start my repayment essentially the day of or day after graduation because apparently it cuts down on almost a couple thousand in interest... I wonder if I can call them and speed it up after I graduate. I have Greater Lakes and apparently they're one of the less bad servicers.
 
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Rwwilliams said:
Oh geez, really? I'm trying to start my repayment essentially the day of or day after graduation because apparently it cuts down on almost a couple thousand in interest... I wonder if I can call them and speed it up after I graduate. I have Greater Lakes and apparently they're one of the less bad servicers.
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do you mean great lakes?

I have them, too. They've been pretty good, actually.
 
Filly Bay said:
My loans are through navient. Does this mean I should move them? I'm not even sure how I would go about that.
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Yes. Once you consolidate, you have an option to move them to another servicer, I believe. I would highly recommend posting on the VIN Student Debt forum. Tony Bartels is amazing and incredibly patient.
 
JaynaAli said:
Yeah, it isn't until official graduation. If you're lucky the status will change from 'in school' to graduated/in grace within just a few days (I think mine changed about three days later...I have FedLoan Servicing), but I think it can take up to a month for it to change and it's all on how fast your school and servicer deal with it. Nothing you can do. 🙁
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I also have FedLoan Servicing. So far, I haven't had any problems. Keeping my fingers crossed.
 
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Kpowell14 said:
Congrats everyone, We did it!! It's hard to believe that 4 years have already passed!
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@Kpowell14 I found you in the Watering Hole celebrating with some of the other newly-minted veterinarians from SDN - great work to you, too!

CONGRATULATIONS to DOCTOR KPOWELL14, DVM!!!


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