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How to read your financial aid award letter and understand the true cost of your dream school

To determine how much a school will actually cost, you'll need to subtract your gift aid and aid that needs to be repaid from the cost of attendance.

student loans - Business Insider
11:54am PDT - March 30th, 2022

3 difficult money conversations 'Queer Eye' host Tan France had with his husband before getting married

Before getting married, fashion icon Tan France and his husband talked about money values they want to pass down to their kids one day.

student loans - Business Insider
11:38am PDT - March 30th, 2022

3 common mistakes people make applying for Public Student Loan Forgiveness that disqualify them immediately

Public Student Loan Forgiveness applications get denied because of misspelled words, missing the payment requirement, or missing documents.

student loans - Business Insider
11:17am PDT - March 30th, 2022

They Missed Student Loan Payments. Years Later, They’re Stuck in Credit Hell

Thanks to a mysterious 1986 law, credit reporting on student loans is mandatory. For millions of Americans, that’s meant financial disaster.

student loans - Vice News
5:10am PDT - March 30th, 2022

Possible Finance installment loans review: Extremely high interest rates make it a poor option for most borrowers

Possible Finance personal loans have APRs ranging from 151% to 249%. They may be a useful alternative to payday loans.

student loans - Business Insider
8:25am PDT - March 29th, 2022

The CFPB safeguards consumers against unfair and abusive practices by financial services companies

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) is a federal agency designed to protect consumers when it comes to financial products and services.

student loans - Business Insider
11:34am PDT - March 28th, 2022

Extending the student-loan payment pause is a 'shortsighted' and 'unfair deal for the vast majority of Americans,' a GOP senator says

GOP Sen. Joni Ernst said the bill she proposes will ensure borrowers know the estimated cost of interest on their student loans before signing.

student loans - Business Insider
11:12am PDT - March 28th, 2022

Why Federal Student Loan Payments Probably Won’t Restart This May

After more than a two-year pause on federal student loan repayments, the moratorium—which former President Donald Trump signed into law in March 2020 and has been extended several times—is slated to expire on May 1. If that happens, federal student-loan borro…

student loans - Time
1:33pm PDT - March 25th, 2022

5 strategies a millennial couple used to pay off $126,000 of debt in 4 years

The McCalls lived on one partner's salary while dedicating the other partner's salary to debt repayment. They also sold investments to pay down debt.

student loans - Business Insider
10:37am PDT - March 24th, 2022

These 9 steps will help get your bank loan approved and keep you on track to repaying it

Getting your credit score and understanding what's in your credit report are among the key steps to take when seeking a personal loan from a bank.

student loans - Business Insider
10:21am PDT - March 24th, 2022

'The bottom fell out': For years, Latino college enrollment was on the rise. Then came the pandemic.

The rate of new Latino college students was soaring before the pandemic. Then Hispanic students started dropping out in record numbers.

student loans - USA Today
2:49am PDT - March 24th, 2022

Figure personal loans review: Money is available quickly, but the lender has a high minimum loan amount

You must borrow at least $5,000 with Figure, so it isn't a good option if you only need a bit of cash. You can get your money as soon as the next day.

student loans - Business Insider
2:31pm PDT - March 23rd, 2022

Private lenders lobby to restart federal student loan payments

The emergency relief has suspended monthly payments and interest for roughly 40 million federal loan borrowers for the past two years.

student loans - Politico
3:56pm PDT - March 18th, 2022

Dems fret Biden’s inaction on student debt will burn in midterms

Youth turnout could be diminished if Gen Z and Millennials don't see executive action on student loans.

student loans - Politico
3:00pm PDT - March 18th, 2022

AOC has a message for student-loan borrowers hoping for debt forgiveness: 'Keep bullying the White House'

Her comments follow Sen. Chuck Schumer's plea for Americans to write to the White House every day regarding broad student-loan forgiveness.

student loans - Business Insider
9:13am PDT - March 18th, 2022

7 people who paid off thousands in student loans share 4 changes that made the biggest difference

Some people went to extremes to avoid paying rent. Married couples lived frugally on one person's income while focusing the other's salary on debt.

student loans - Business Insider
8:10am PDT - March 18th, 2022

US Bank auto loans review: Great rates on used cars, but a fee for paying off your loan within a year

US Bank has lower starting rates on used cars and refinanced loans than competitors, but you'll pay a $50 minimum fee if you repay your loan early.

student loans - Business Insider
1:52pm PDT - March 16th, 2022

RISE credit loans review: Loans come with extremely high interest rates and aren't available in every state

RISE loan APRs may go as high as 299%, depending on your credit score and state of residence. Loans are unavailable in 20 states and Washington, DC.

student loans - Business Insider
9:16am PDT - March 15th, 2022

A student-loan company that just took over 5 million borrowers' accounts has 'a growing list of scandals and abuses,' report says

Maximus, which took over Navient's portfolio, says it's just "back-end IT support" for federal loans and not responsible for borrowers' ability to pay.

student loans - Business Insider
8:49am PDT - March 15th, 2022

A 25-year-old who paid off $25,000 of student loan debt in 16 months wishes she'd done 2 things differently along the way

Imani Porter paid off $25,000 of student-loan debt in 16 months. She wishes she'd invested some of that money instead.

student loans - Business Insider
9:20am PDT - March 14th, 2022

I wanted to go to a private college, but graduating from a state school instead was the best financial decision of my life

When I was 17, my parents insisted that state school was my only option for college. I'm debt-free now at age 28 and can't agree more.

student loans - Business Insider
1:33pm PST - March 11th, 2022

Student loans can leave you burdened with debt for years. Here's how to avoid them.

Top tips include organizing schools based on financial fit, applying for different types of gift aid, and using a 529 plan for college expenses.

student loans - Business Insider
8:00am PST - March 11th, 2022

Billionaires made enough during the pandemic to pay off everyone's student loans

Forget cancelling student debt. Americans for Tax Fairness found that billionaires' collective wealth grew by 57%, or $1.7 trillion, since March 2020.

student loans - Business Insider
7:55am PST - March 11th, 2022

A physician's assistant who paid off $161,000 in student loans shares 3 crucial steps she took to tackle her next financial project: having a baby

After paying off $161,000 in student loans, Kristin Burton used three strategies to save up for the birth of her first baby.

student loans - Business Insider
6:18am PST - March 11th, 2022

Understanding how interest rates affect the stock market

When interest rates rise, the stock market typically falls due to higher costs and lower profits. When they're cut, it's a catalyst for growth.

student loans - Business Insider
12:26pm PST - March 10th, 2022

RT @TokenIntellect: 10/ "Republicans didn't lie for your vote!" Well, actually… considering how many anti-cancel trolls repeat the same lie…

Money N Vision (@MoneyVisCoach)
7:50pm PDT - July 24th, 2023

The "American Dream" has it all twisted - Go to school and build up $50K in student loans - Buy a brand new car for $1,000/mo - Take out a $75K loan to get married - Stretch for a BIG house No wonder everyone works until they are 70

Dividend Seeker (@DividendDolla1)
7:48pm PDT - July 24th, 2023

Just figured out my fucking student loans don’t cover all of tuition for some fucking reason so now I have to call the financial aid office tomorrow and hopefully have them tell me it’s a mistake because I don’t want to have to take out private loans that is so scary

Spilly Cave’s #1 Fan (@NickelNemo)
7:48pm PDT - July 24th, 2023

RT @TexasTribune: A U.S. Department of Education review identified 804,000 borrowers across the country with loans taken more than two deca…

DHH (@dhhutzler)
7:47pm PDT - July 24th, 2023

RT @TokenIntellect: 5/ Third, even with the rising cost of tuition ~55% of college students don't take out student loans, yet the faux popu…

Money N Vision (@MoneyVisCoach)
7:47pm PDT - July 24th, 2023

RT @PaulaRed62: @ToniLL22 And people pay for this with student loans that they want us to repay. Ridiculous

SaltyGoat (@SaltyGoat17)
7:47pm PDT - July 24th, 2023
RT @MacDoesIt: I deadass forgot I still had student loans until the government just emailed me about them… https://t.co/UyuSWw1cWo

RT @MacDoesIt: I deadass forgot I still had student loans until the government just emailed me about them… https://t.co/UyuSWw1cWo

Kaitlyn (@kwisamazing)
7:46pm PDT - July 24th, 2023

RT @MoneyVisCoach: This is a very informative thread that I recommend all those with student loans and those thinking on taking out this ty…

JAbrontheGreat (@abrongreat)
7:46pm PDT - July 24th, 2023

RT @PaulaRed62: @ToniLL22 And people pay for this with student loans that they want us to repay. Ridiculous

ThousandEagles (@1776Eagles)
7:46pm PDT - July 24th, 2023

RT @PaulaRed62: @ToniLL22 And people pay for this with student loans that they want us to repay. Ridiculous

UnitedWeStand369 (@UnitdWeStand369)
7:45pm PDT - July 24th, 2023

RT @PrezLives2022: Here’s how you know that Republicans don’t work for the people Biden has accomplished more than any president in modern…

Gemma (@whosyourdandy22)
7:45pm PDT - July 24th, 2023

I take solace in the fact that I'm closer to having FUCK YOU money than most people. I don't have student loans, my car is paid for (although 20 years old with over 250,000 miles), my mortgage is less than $25K, and have less than $20K in personal loans and credit cards.

David J. Hemphill (@davidjhemphill)
7:44pm PDT - July 24th, 2023

RT @Jambreman: pay that much in rent, she should look into buying. She contacted a mortgage lender & was told that her DTI was too high. Sh…

bessieglass (@bessieglass11)
7:44pm PDT - July 24th, 2023

RT @Sportz_DC: @RoKhanna This is idiotic. If forgiving student loans is beneficial then forgiving mortgages would absolutely make the econo…

Ultra MAGA !David Oothoudt 1776 (@OothoudtDavid)
7:43pm PDT - July 24th, 2023

RT @jmask: Be careful. If it sounds too good to be true, it usually is. Totalitarian leaders like to disguise these jars as: - CRB (Exten…

FedUpSince2015 (@Markandstacey)
2:59pm PDT - July 23rd, 2023

RT @LisaAnsell2: @SecCardona @POTUS any meaningful path forward MUST include: 1) Process ALL PSLF applications now-no further delays for ou…

JAbrontheGreat (@abrongreat)
2:59pm PDT - July 23rd, 2023

RT @LisaAnsell2: @SherrodBrown 45M Americans across all demographics want to know where you stand on #CancelStudentDebt and the return of c…

JAbrontheGreat (@abrongreat)
2:59pm PDT - July 23rd, 2023

RT @DaveEDanna: Some of my distant family didn't make it out of Europe to the United States. Grandpa was a janitor. Dad never graduated c…

Ross (@rsmith_72)
2:59pm PDT - July 23rd, 2023

RT @LisaAnsell2: @InverseTheCons Wow such ignorance- even when bankruptcy protections still existed for student loans, the number of borrow…

JAbrontheGreat (@abrongreat)
2:58pm PDT - July 23rd, 2023

RT @LisaAnsell2: @ThatConservativ @RyanLEllis @NRO @brad_polumbo @StudentLoanJus1 The root of this crisis has been the removal of the const…

JAbrontheGreat (@abrongreat)
2:58pm PDT - July 23rd, 2023

RT @LisaAnsell2: @SecCardona unless and until the constitutional right of bankruptcy is returned to student loans, we will never see meanin…

JAbrontheGreat (@abrongreat)
2:57pm PDT - July 23rd, 2023

RT @LisaAnsell2: If @RepTenney were truly committed to a strict adherence to the Constitution, why isn't she advocating for the return of t…

JAbrontheGreat (@abrongreat)
2:57pm PDT - July 23rd, 2023

RT @LisaAnsell2: Thank you @caroljsroth for recognizing the necessity of the return of the constitutional right of bankruptcy back to stude…

JAbrontheGreat (@abrongreat)
2:57pm PDT - July 23rd, 2023

RT @rweingarten: Hmm- is this why the GOP has a war on those who rely on student loans and those who go to college and/ or trying to afford…

Bucko (@Bucko581)
2:56pm PDT - July 23rd, 2023

RT @ITGuy1959: @POTUS You created runaway inflation and want the working class to pay off other people’s student loans. Stop “helping” us.

E. Norm Astitz (@E_Norm_Astitz)
2:56pm PDT - July 23rd, 2023

RT @LisaAnsell2: If bankruptcy protections were restored to student loan debt, both sides of the aisle would care less if #CANCELSTUDENTDEB

JAbrontheGreat (@abrongreat)
2:54pm PDT - July 23rd, 2023

RT @WallStreetSilv: Lots of debt, 8 year truck loan, 10 year boat loan, no retirement savings, kids need student loans and one missed paych…

Yanis Boucherk (@ygboucherk)
2:54pm PDT - July 23rd, 2023

You want to help student loans it's simple lower the interest rate (people don't mind paying the original balance), work towards lower administration costs, and work towards free community college/trade schools with a voucher that can be transferred to any four year college https://t.co/vcG4UxAooE

Patrick Coyne (@PCoyne2)
2:53pm PDT - July 23rd, 2023

RT @TheTNHoller: ICYMI: “A lot of people are excited about this… Thousands of Tennesseans will benefit from $39 BILLION in student loans fo…

MakeGOPDisappear;BanVotingMachines (@baobann)
2:52pm PDT - July 23rd, 2023

https://t.co/7OxiZ2coqb With her student loan payments on hold for three years, Ashley Dorn, a public school music teacher, found another use for the money she saved during the morato...

William H (@William81576778)
2:52pm PDT - July 23rd, 2023

RT @Xongkuro: Chinese America, circa 2050. Fed nationalized, Israel lobby expelled, gay marriage repealed, gender reassignment surgery bann…

Nekka (@James350142631)
2:51pm PDT - July 23rd, 2023

RT @LisaAnsell2: "She stopped going to therapy to save on out-of-pocket copayments and talked to her mother about not being able to help he…

JAbrontheGreat (@abrongreat)
2:51pm PDT - July 23rd, 2023

Disgusting. She voted in line with her constituents. And hey, Democrats, the alternative was Joe Kent, a man so craven he is not suited for public office. https://t.co/hgmXOkCjgp

Benjamin Duchek (@benduchek)
2:50pm PDT - July 23rd, 2023

RT @crablegluver: @TheDemocrats When are you gonna work on caneceling student loans for everyone

(@ARIA2XTRA)
2:49pm PDT - July 23rd, 2023

RT @WOLF_Financial: You’re told to borrow $35,000 in student loans. So you can get paid $70,000/year for 45 years. So you can retire on a…

@AwazeDost stock and Forex trader (@AwazeDost9)
2:47pm PDT - July 23rd, 2023

RT @abrongreat: I really, truly hope that people are now finally starting to come around to the reality that returning bankruptcy rights to…

JAbrontheGreat (@abrongreat)
2:46pm PDT - July 23rd, 2023

RT @sdgrumbine: The worst part that I failed to address in this Rogue Scholar is that Investor grade shitheads are making money shorting st…

man in a pit (@ClimateWarDrums)
2:45pm PDT - July 23rd, 2023

RT @ITGuy1959: @POTUS You created runaway inflation and want the working class to pay off other people’s student loans. Stop “helping” us.

local diversity import #119198565 (@i_like_jalebi)
2:43pm PDT - July 23rd, 2023

RT @urbangaygriot: Don’t fucking email me again unless it’s to say my student loans are forgiven. Y’all about to really piss me off with th…

*roll for initiative* (@JeremyCushman)
2:40pm PDT - July 23rd, 2023

RT @POTUS: Last week, our Administration began notifying 804,000 borrowers – who have a total of $39 billion in federal student loans and h…

Steve Westerheide (@SteveWesterhei1)
2:40pm PDT - July 23rd, 2023