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How to Tell Which Type of Old Student Loan You Have
The authoritative answer is in your federal student aid account, which lists every federal loan in your name by its official type, its…
What Is an FFEL Loan, and How Is It Different From a Direct Loan?
An FFEL loan is a federal student loan made by a bank or other private lender under a federal guarantee, through a programme that stopped…
How to Fix a Student Loan Billing Error or a Misapplied Payment
Fix a student loan billing error by disputing it in writing with your servicer, loan by loan, with the bank record of the payment attached…
Disability and Closed School Discharge: How to Cancel a Federal Student Loan
A discharge cancels a federal student loan because of your circumstances rather than years of payments, and the two most used grounds are…
Repayment Assistance Plan or Tiered Standard: Which Plan Should You Pick?
Any loan disbursed from 1 July 2026 is repaid under one of exactly two plans: the Repayment Assistance Plan or the Tiered Standard Plan…
FAFSA Borrowing Limits After 1 July 2026: The $257,500 Lifetime Cap
From 1 July 2026 federal student borrowing carries a lifetime cap of $257,500 that nothing reopens, Grad PLUS is closed to new borrowers…