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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…
How to Set Up Student Loan Autopay, and the Traps to Avoid
Setting up auto debit on a federal student loan means authorising your servicer to take the amount due from your bank account each month…
What Happens When Your Student Loan Is Transferred to a New Servicer?
When a federal student loan is transferred to a new servicer, the loan does not change: the balance, the interest rate, the repayment plan…
Is Forgiven Student Loan Debt Taxable? The Tax Side of Forgiveness and Discharge
Cancelled debt is treated as taxable income under federal law unless a specific exclusion applies, and student loan relief has moved in and…
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…
Federal Student Loan Forgiveness: Which Programmes Exist and Who Qualifies?
Federal student loan forgiveness is not one programme but several separate routes: income-driven forgiveness after a set number of…
What Happens to Your Student Loan Payment When Your Income Changes?
On a fixed plan nothing happens: the payment is set by the balance and the term, not by your pay. On an income-driven plan the payment is…
SAVE Has Ended: What Federal Student Loan Borrowers Should Do Next
SAVE ended by court order, so if you were on it you now have to move to a plan that still exists, starting with the first disbursement…
How Federal Student Loan Interest Is Calculated Each Day
Federal student loan interest accrues every day, using the published formula (balance times rate) divided by 365.25. On a $30,000 balance…
How Do You Choose a Federal Student Loan Repayment Plan in 2026?
Choosing a federal repayment plan comes down to one question: do you need the lowest total cost or the lowest monthly payment? Fixed plans…
What Federal Protections Do You Lose Permanently by Refinancing?
Refinancing a federal student loan with a private lender ends the loan, and with it income-driven repayment, statutory deferment and…
Federal Student Loan Limits: How Much Can You Actually Borrow?
Federal Direct Loans are capped both per year and for life, and a dependent undergraduate is limited to 5,500 dollars in the first year…
What an Extra $50 a Month Really Does to a Federal Student Loan
An extra payment is applied to interest first and then to principal, which shortens the loan and cuts the total interest without changing…
Which Student Loan Repayment Plans Can You Choose in 2026?
Which federal repayment plans you can choose in 2026 depends on one date: when your loans were first disbursed. SAVE ended by court order…
The Repayment Assistance Plan (RAP): How Your Federal Payment Is Worked Out
RAP is an income-based federal repayment plan that sets your monthly payment as a percentage of your adjusted gross income, rising from…
What Pausing Your Federal Student Loan Payments Really Costs
Pausing federal student loan payments does not pause the interest, so a twelve-month pause on $30,000 at 6.52% adds about $1,956. If that…
Getting a Federal Student Loan Out of Default: Rehabilitation or Consolidation?
Rehabilitation takes nine voluntary payments made within ten consecutive months and removes the default from your credit report, while…
Federal Student Loan Delinquency and Default: What Happens, and When
A federal student loan is delinquent the day after a missed payment and goes into default after about 270 days of non-payment, with credit…