Category: Student Loans

December 11, 2007

Good news on medical student loans and deferment

Filed under: Student Loans - 11 Dec 2007

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The student loan deferment program is intact for now. News can be found on the AMA website here.  Basically what this means is that at least for now and …

Popularity: 78% [?]

December 8, 2007

Medical student and resident end of year tax saving strategies

Filed under: Student Loans, taxes - 08 Dec 2007

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Gettin toward the end of the year, you need to remember that the fiscal year ends with the year as well. What this means is that there are some things …

Popularity: 83% [?]

October 25, 2007

Economic hardship deferments and new legislation that sucks for residents

Filed under: Student Loans - 25 Oct 2007

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I got a letter a few days ago from Great Lakes about my grace period that is about to expire on my loans. This made me think that there are …

Popularity: 88% [?]

September 10, 2007

Pros and Cons of military service to pay for medical / professional school- HPSP (the health professional scholarship program)

Filed under: Student Loans - 10 Sep 2007

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about 5 years ago I was actually contemplating joining the military to help pay for medical school. I applied to a bunch of schools and one of them was the …

Popularity: 78% [?]

June 13, 2007

Looking a little closer at the student loan repayment interest rates

Filed under: banking, Student Loans - 13 Jun 2007

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I find that learning about interest rates is probably one of the most boring of topics. However, to fully understand your student loans and other loans and …

Popularity: 24% [?]

June 12, 2007

USA Today: Young in Debt series week 1/2…how does it apply to us?

Filed under: article reviews, Student Loans - 12 Jun 2007

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The USA today has a wonderful 6 part series dedicated to the finances of young people. For people like us who are recently out of school …

Popularity: 14% [?]

June 10, 2007

NY times: Private Loans Deepen a Crisis in Student Loan Debt - Welcome to our world…

Filed under: article reviews, Student Loans - 10 Jun 2007

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The new york times article published on 6/10/2007 written by Diana Jean Schemo discusses the crisis of private loans on student debt load. The biggest issue …

Popularity: 12% [?]

June 5, 2007

10 important overall strategies you can take to minimize student debt, maximize return

Filed under: Student Loans, taxes - 05 Jun 2007

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As student loans are the biggest debts that we have facing us after medical school or any professional school, I want to let you know the general strategy …

Popularity: 25% [?]

June 1, 2007

6 important things you need to know about your Perkins Loan

Filed under: Student Loans - 01 Jun 2007

When I calculated my entire loan amount, I totally forgot about my perkins loan that I had through my school, tulane. Thank goodness I finally remembered because my school as well as …

Popularity: 8% [?]

May 31, 2007

Understanding the Grad Plus Loans and FFELP. And what is an origination fee?

Filed under: Student Loans - 31 May 2007

In addition to the Stafford Loans, the grad plus loans have become increasingly popular for medical students. Based on Wikipedia and other sources… As of July 1st of 2006, federal grad PLUS …

Popularity: 11% [?]

May 30, 2007

Understanding Medical Student Loans- Series - Part 1. how much does it cost?!

Filed under: Student Loans - 30 May 2007

Probably the biggest hurdle that we all must go through as professionals or future professionals is the enormous cost of education. Be it dental school, medical school, law school, pharmacy school, etc…the …

Popularity: 9% [?]