Be Careful with Student Loans

Posted by admin on February 8th, 2009 and filed under Student loans | 1 Comment »

This video from CNNMoney gives good advice on how to protect yourself if you need student loans to pay for school. Be especially careful of private student loans which charge higher interest rates and are known to have hidden fees.

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Default: the Student Loan Documentary

Posted by admin on January 21st, 2009 and filed under Student loans | No Comments »

Default: The Student Loan Documentary is a feature-length documentary chronicling the stories of borrowers from different backgrounds affected by the private student lending industry and their struggles to change the system.

In 2005 private student loans were exempted of ALL consumer protections. No matter when their loans were taken, many borrowers now find themselves in a paralyzing predicament of repaying two, three or multiple times the original amount borrowed, with no bankruptcy protection, no cap on fees and penalties and no recourse to the law. The consequences are dire, with stories of borrowers in financial and emotional ruin.

www.defaultmovie.com

A film by Aurora Meneghello and Serge Bakalian

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Scholarships for Latinos

Posted by admin on January 19th, 2009 and filed under Student Re-finance | No Comments »

Learn more at http://www.SaberhHacer.com – Don’t let the cost of college be a deterrent to applying. Many organizations and companies offer scholarships specifically for Latinos. Here’s where to start looking.

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CWN ALERT: Sallie Mae Misrepresenting Status of Student Loan

Posted by admin on January 17th, 2009 and filed under Student loans | 23 Comments »

http://consumerwarningnetwork.com has the details: Instead of helping people achieve their dreams of using education to better their lives, Sallie Mae, America’s largest college student loan corporation, is apparently doing what it can to destroy those dreams through misrepresentation and manipulation. Students are seeing their FICO scores drop as much as 130 points when recent credit reports are pulled.

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Student Loan Tricksters – Trailer

Posted by admin on January 1st, 2009 and filed under Student loans | 25 Comments »

Trailer provides a sampling of our efforts (Student Loan Tricksters) to expose the corrupt world of student educational loans and how these lenders, and our own government, are destroying hundreds of thousands of lives every year. Full documentary to follow.