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Do lenders no longer offer residency Deferment? My lender (Sallie Mae) only gave me the option of Forbearance...I thought most lenders allowed a 2-year deferment at the start of residency?
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The rules changed in 2009 - there's no avoiding payments in residency now.
Here's a pretty good overview of events in the last 3 years from the AMA: http://www.ama-assn.org/ama/pub/abo...low-section/advocacy-policy/student-debt.page
A deferment eligibility sheet from AAMC: https://www.aamc.org/download/253176/data/defermentchart.pdf
An overall timeline from AAMC: https://www.aamc.org/download/48756/data/timeline.pdf
Here's a pretty good overview of events in the last 3 years from the AMA: http://www.ama-assn.org/ama/pub/abo...low-section/advocacy-policy/student-debt.page
A deferment eligibility sheet from AAMC: https://www.aamc.org/download/253176/data/defermentchart.pdf
An overall timeline from AAMC: https://www.aamc.org/download/48756/data/timeline.pdf
