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May-16-07

Student Loan Consolidation

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I graduated from Washington State University back in the early 1990’s and the major funding I had going through school were student loans. At the time we were a family that made enough money not to qualify for student aid so my parents took out student loans to help pay for my education. We were fortunate in that I was able to help pay down many of my student loans shortly after graduating. But todays kids and when my kids go to college they are estimating that a four year degrees at a public college will be over $100K . The cost of a four year degree has risen substantially and now you more student loan consolidation options as more and more parents are extending their debt. The great thing about the student loan debt consolidation programs is that it can help those struggling graduates and parents pay down their debt faster without incurring a huge interest payment.

There are many student consolidation loan programs out there so you need to make sure and look at the fine prints and find out if there are any pre-payment penalties. Believe it or not some companies will actually penalize your for paying off the loan earlier. The reason for this is that they are counting on this cash flow and interest that the loan brings so they want you to stay in that loan as long as possible.

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