Links

Looking for more information about student loans and student debt? Here are some helpful links. For more resources from the Project on Student Debt, click here.

Before Borrowing:

Federal Student Aid, U.S. Department of Education
You can also call 1-800-4FED-AID

FinAid! The Smart Student Guide to Financial Aid
A comprehensive online resource for information about all aspects of financial aid.

Ask the Aid Advisor
This is a section of Finaid! that allows you to email questions to a volunteer financial aid counselor.

Student Loans: Avoiding Deceptive Offers
The Federal Trade Commission's fact sheet on ways to recognize and avoid deceptive student loan marketing. 

Tips from Smith College's Women & Financial Independence program
This page includes some good general tips on student loans, and a longer list of links.

In Repayment:

Student Loan Borrower Assistance
This site from the National Consumer Law Center provides valuable information about repayment options, avoiding and getting out of default, dealing with collections agencies, and much more. It also includes policy briefs, legal case studies, sample documents, and promissory notes not found elsewhere on the web.

Federal Student Aid: Repaying Your Loans
If you have federal loans, this Department of Education web page will give you a sense of your options.

Federal Student Loan Ombudsman
If you have a federal loan problem that you feel is not being handled fairly, the Student Loan Ombudsman of the U.S. Department of Education may be able to help.

FinAid! The Smart Student Guide to Financial Aid
A comprehensive online resource for information about all aspects of financial aid.

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