Most people are eligible for
federal loan consolidation once they graduate, drop out of school, and / or drop below half time enrollment.
Not exact matches
Once research has been completed, and the decision to consolidate
federal student
loans with a Direct
Consolidation Loan has been made, the actual process of consolidating is relatively simple.
Once your goal has been set, compare the
federal government's Direct
Consolidation Loan program to U-fi and other private lender programs, to decide if consolidation or refinancing is right for you based on your financial goals and c
Consolidation Loan program to U-fi and other private lender programs, to decide if
consolidation or refinancing is right for you based on your financial goals and c
consolidation or refinancing is right for you based on your financial goals and circumstances.
If for some reason you left a previous
loan out of the student debt
consolidation process and then you decide that you want to include it, you can consolidate your student debt
once again combining the outstanding consolidated student debt
loan with the previous unconsolidated
federal student
loan.
Only in certain circumstances can
federal student debt be consolidated more than
once: If you have obtained an additional
federal student
loan after your previous student debt
consolidation was completed, you will be able to add the new
federal student
loan to the previous consolidated
federal student debt
loan and consolidate it
once again.
Once you sign in to StudentLoans.gov, you will be able to electronically complete the
Federal Direct
Consolidation Loan Application and Promissory Note.
Federal student
loans can only be consolidated
once unless a previously unconsolidated
loan is included in the new
consolidation.
Once you've successfully made three on - time payments following a default, you can apply for a Direct
Consolidation Loan through the
federal government.
Once you receive application approval, your current
federal loans will be paid off in less than 90 days and then you begin paying on the
consolidation loan.
You could either combine all or most of your
federal student
loans with a direct
consolidation loan once you leave school, but that may or may not save you money (more on that in a minute).
Take a look at our breakdown of private and
federal student
loans, how to get them, how to understand student
loan consolidation and ways to pay off your debt
once college is over.