The college loan ? a good way to get rid of money problems during collegePosted by Nick Niesen on November 8th, 2010 Many people face great money problems when it comes to paying for college studies. But there is a good solution for those problems and it is called college loan. People all over the U.S. have been given the opportunity to continue their studies, through college loan programs, even if their incomes are modest ones. What should you know about ?college loan? chances? Well, first of all, there are various types of college loan. Secondly, you will want to give your expenses some thought if you are interested in covering them with your college loan. Depending on these expenses, you?ll have to choose the college loan that suits you the best. Most of the students ask for a college loan in order to pay their tuition and their courses, but you can also use the money from your college loan in order to pay for your room, your school supplies, your books, etc. Some college loans can be used for anything; as long as you pay your lender. He doesn?t care what you spend the money on. Of course, you shouldn?t forget that college loans must be paid back and with interest, too. Here?s a list of the types of college loan: If in the past, a student could consolidate his loan only after graduation, nowadays students have the possibility to use in-school consolidation loan. The in-school consolidation loan means that students who have not yet graduated have the chance to consolidate their loans. The repayment of the in-school consolidation loan is due to begin after the student leaves the school, just like with any consolidation loan. However, the difference consists in the fact that the in-school consolidation loan requires the borrower to give up the ?grace period? of six months following school during which no payments are required. In-school consolidation loan is a good option for returning medical, b-school students and law students who have high loan balances and for whom in-school consolidation loan can result in the saving of thousand of dollars. Those students who already have a loan may consider refinancing, but this can be an option only for those who made their monthly loan payments on time. What you should take into consideration about refinancing is that it extends the period to pay off your college loan, thus you get to pay more. A good solution would be to pay more towards your monthly bill and, this way, you get out of debt quicker and at a lower rate. If you can?t keep up with your monthly payment, you should, also, consider a college loan deferment. This means that you get a suspension of payments due to very special reasons, like the fact that you are unemployed or in a rehabilitation training program for people with disabilities or suffering from economic hardship. Like it? Share it!More by this author |