by Gen Dobson | Nov 20, 2013 | budgeting, College cost, Debt, Debt Management, Degrees of Success, Delinquency, Department of Education, financial crisis, Late Payments, No money, Planning, Student Loan Debt, Student Loan Management, Uncategorized
Budgeting your student loans is crucial. By Genevieve Dobson Just like any other debt you owe you have to plan on how you will pay back your student loans. Key to success with handling student loan debt or any debt is sitting down and calculating how much you owe and...
by Gen Dobson | Nov 12, 2013 | Degrees of Success, Department of Education, Direct Loans, Student Loan Consolidation, Student Loan Debt, Student Loan Management, Uncategorized
Do you really know why you think you want to consolidate? By: Genevieve Dobson Back around 2004/2005 consolidation of Federal loans was a no brainer. You were taking a variable rate loan and locking it into a rate of around 2.875%. Plus if you did your research...
by Gen Dobson | Nov 6, 2013 | Debt Management, Department of Education, Direct Loans, FAFSA, Financial Aid, Higher Education, Planning, Servicer, Student Loan Debt, Uncategorized
Now where oh where are your student loans now? By: Genevieve Dobson Do you remember when you filled out that student loan application with your school? Yeah, Probably not. Let me refresh your memory. When you took out your student loans you would have first...
by Gen Dobson | Oct 1, 2013 | American dream, Default, Degrees of Success, Delinquency, Department of Education, Higher Education, Late Payments, No Jobs, No money, Sallie Mae, Student Loan Management, Uncategorized
Its time to take a stand against the dragon By: Genevieve Dobson The media, the universities and the lenders all realize how much trouble students are in but other than a bunch of talk nothing is being done about it. It’s as though we see the dragon sitting on...
by Gen Dobson | May 31, 2013 | College, Credits, Debt, Default, Degree, Department of Education, Dropout, Financial Aid, Goals, Graduating, Major, Planning, Prerequisite, Uncategorized
Being Well Prepared is important?! By: Genevieve Dobson Ahhh, who knew being well prepared was so important (besides your mom, your dad, your grandparents and maybe a few aunts and uncles) but whose counting. The important thing is that you know now and hopefully you...