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June 21, 2008 at 7:16 PM #226476June 21, 2008 at 8:43 PM #226506RaybyrnesParticipant
There are some ways out of this. If your 18 year old enlists in the military, gets married or has a child then mom and dad are out of the equaision. Technicalities but important none the less.
Side note with respect to loan forgiveness. If you child is not at a DIRECT LENING school as opposed to schools using the FFELP program they will have to consolidate the loans with the Direct lending program to qualify for the Loan Forgiveness.
With that in mind understand that any borrower incentives offered now would be lost if the loans wer consolidated so there are some trade offs.
Additionally if there is any waiver of origination fees you typically need to keep you loans with that organization for 2 years or they will charge you back on the fee. It is spelled out in the paperwork and makes sense becasue they would lose money if they paid the fee never collected a dollar and then had someone buy the loan out.
Good Luck
Would not have used all of the 529 during the first 2 years might have had the student borrow and spread the 529 monies out over the 4 years. Market is tanking so might have worked to your advantage.
June 21, 2008 at 8:43 PM #226334RaybyrnesParticipantThere are some ways out of this. If your 18 year old enlists in the military, gets married or has a child then mom and dad are out of the equaision. Technicalities but important none the less.
Side note with respect to loan forgiveness. If you child is not at a DIRECT LENING school as opposed to schools using the FFELP program they will have to consolidate the loans with the Direct lending program to qualify for the Loan Forgiveness.
With that in mind understand that any borrower incentives offered now would be lost if the loans wer consolidated so there are some trade offs.
Additionally if there is any waiver of origination fees you typically need to keep you loans with that organization for 2 years or they will charge you back on the fee. It is spelled out in the paperwork and makes sense becasue they would lose money if they paid the fee never collected a dollar and then had someone buy the loan out.
Good Luck
Would not have used all of the 529 during the first 2 years might have had the student borrow and spread the 529 monies out over the 4 years. Market is tanking so might have worked to your advantage.
June 21, 2008 at 8:43 PM #226492RaybyrnesParticipantThere are some ways out of this. If your 18 year old enlists in the military, gets married or has a child then mom and dad are out of the equaision. Technicalities but important none the less.
Side note with respect to loan forgiveness. If you child is not at a DIRECT LENING school as opposed to schools using the FFELP program they will have to consolidate the loans with the Direct lending program to qualify for the Loan Forgiveness.
With that in mind understand that any borrower incentives offered now would be lost if the loans wer consolidated so there are some trade offs.
Additionally if there is any waiver of origination fees you typically need to keep you loans with that organization for 2 years or they will charge you back on the fee. It is spelled out in the paperwork and makes sense becasue they would lose money if they paid the fee never collected a dollar and then had someone buy the loan out.
Good Luck
Would not have used all of the 529 during the first 2 years might have had the student borrow and spread the 529 monies out over the 4 years. Market is tanking so might have worked to your advantage.
June 21, 2008 at 8:43 PM #226460RaybyrnesParticipantThere are some ways out of this. If your 18 year old enlists in the military, gets married or has a child then mom and dad are out of the equaision. Technicalities but important none the less.
Side note with respect to loan forgiveness. If you child is not at a DIRECT LENING school as opposed to schools using the FFELP program they will have to consolidate the loans with the Direct lending program to qualify for the Loan Forgiveness.
With that in mind understand that any borrower incentives offered now would be lost if the loans wer consolidated so there are some trade offs.
Additionally if there is any waiver of origination fees you typically need to keep you loans with that organization for 2 years or they will charge you back on the fee. It is spelled out in the paperwork and makes sense becasue they would lose money if they paid the fee never collected a dollar and then had someone buy the loan out.
Good Luck
Would not have used all of the 529 during the first 2 years might have had the student borrow and spread the 529 monies out over the 4 years. Market is tanking so might have worked to your advantage.
June 21, 2008 at 8:43 PM #226446RaybyrnesParticipantThere are some ways out of this. If your 18 year old enlists in the military, gets married or has a child then mom and dad are out of the equaision. Technicalities but important none the less.
Side note with respect to loan forgiveness. If you child is not at a DIRECT LENING school as opposed to schools using the FFELP program they will have to consolidate the loans with the Direct lending program to qualify for the Loan Forgiveness.
With that in mind understand that any borrower incentives offered now would be lost if the loans wer consolidated so there are some trade offs.
Additionally if there is any waiver of origination fees you typically need to keep you loans with that organization for 2 years or they will charge you back on the fee. It is spelled out in the paperwork and makes sense becasue they would lose money if they paid the fee never collected a dollar and then had someone buy the loan out.
Good Luck
Would not have used all of the 529 during the first 2 years might have had the student borrow and spread the 529 monies out over the 4 years. Market is tanking so might have worked to your advantage.
June 21, 2008 at 11:03 PM #226582sd_bearParticipant[quote=TuVu]
Don’t know if you’re aware of it, but even if you disown your kid or stop claiming him/her as a dependent, the kid’s parents have to file FAFSA until the kid is 25 or older, unless the parents are too disabled to work. I don’t think I saw it on this blog, but on another, where a poster whose parents were upper middle class, was shown the door at age 18…”You’re on your own, son,” evem though he had good grades and was in no way a troublemaker. He had friends in a similar predicament. They couldn’t get help from the feds or the state. This particular poster worked manual/retail jobs till he was 26, then was able to apply to FAFSA on his own. He got a graduate degree and, in his early 30s now, is doing just fine.Thanks again.[/quote]
This can’t be true. We just filed my fiance’s FAFSA two weeks ago and she is 23 and her parents did not have to do a thing. She qualified for the max available for graduate loans. Perhaps it is different for undergrad?
June 21, 2008 at 11:03 PM #226565sd_bearParticipant[quote=TuVu]
Don’t know if you’re aware of it, but even if you disown your kid or stop claiming him/her as a dependent, the kid’s parents have to file FAFSA until the kid is 25 or older, unless the parents are too disabled to work. I don’t think I saw it on this blog, but on another, where a poster whose parents were upper middle class, was shown the door at age 18…”You’re on your own, son,” evem though he had good grades and was in no way a troublemaker. He had friends in a similar predicament. They couldn’t get help from the feds or the state. This particular poster worked manual/retail jobs till he was 26, then was able to apply to FAFSA on his own. He got a graduate degree and, in his early 30s now, is doing just fine.Thanks again.[/quote]
This can’t be true. We just filed my fiance’s FAFSA two weeks ago and she is 23 and her parents did not have to do a thing. She qualified for the max available for graduate loans. Perhaps it is different for undergrad?
June 21, 2008 at 11:03 PM #226537sd_bearParticipant[quote=TuVu]
Don’t know if you’re aware of it, but even if you disown your kid or stop claiming him/her as a dependent, the kid’s parents have to file FAFSA until the kid is 25 or older, unless the parents are too disabled to work. I don’t think I saw it on this blog, but on another, where a poster whose parents were upper middle class, was shown the door at age 18…”You’re on your own, son,” evem though he had good grades and was in no way a troublemaker. He had friends in a similar predicament. They couldn’t get help from the feds or the state. This particular poster worked manual/retail jobs till he was 26, then was able to apply to FAFSA on his own. He got a graduate degree and, in his early 30s now, is doing just fine.Thanks again.[/quote]
This can’t be true. We just filed my fiance’s FAFSA two weeks ago and she is 23 and her parents did not have to do a thing. She qualified for the max available for graduate loans. Perhaps it is different for undergrad?
June 21, 2008 at 11:03 PM #226409sd_bearParticipant[quote=TuVu]
Don’t know if you’re aware of it, but even if you disown your kid or stop claiming him/her as a dependent, the kid’s parents have to file FAFSA until the kid is 25 or older, unless the parents are too disabled to work. I don’t think I saw it on this blog, but on another, where a poster whose parents were upper middle class, was shown the door at age 18…”You’re on your own, son,” evem though he had good grades and was in no way a troublemaker. He had friends in a similar predicament. They couldn’t get help from the feds or the state. This particular poster worked manual/retail jobs till he was 26, then was able to apply to FAFSA on his own. He got a graduate degree and, in his early 30s now, is doing just fine.Thanks again.[/quote]
This can’t be true. We just filed my fiance’s FAFSA two weeks ago and she is 23 and her parents did not have to do a thing. She qualified for the max available for graduate loans. Perhaps it is different for undergrad?
June 21, 2008 at 11:03 PM #226522sd_bearParticipant[quote=TuVu]
Don’t know if you’re aware of it, but even if you disown your kid or stop claiming him/her as a dependent, the kid’s parents have to file FAFSA until the kid is 25 or older, unless the parents are too disabled to work. I don’t think I saw it on this blog, but on another, where a poster whose parents were upper middle class, was shown the door at age 18…”You’re on your own, son,” evem though he had good grades and was in no way a troublemaker. He had friends in a similar predicament. They couldn’t get help from the feds or the state. This particular poster worked manual/retail jobs till he was 26, then was able to apply to FAFSA on his own. He got a graduate degree and, in his early 30s now, is doing just fine.Thanks again.[/quote]
This can’t be true. We just filed my fiance’s FAFSA two weeks ago and she is 23 and her parents did not have to do a thing. She qualified for the max available for graduate loans. Perhaps it is different for undergrad?
June 22, 2008 at 12:58 AM #226611RaybyrnesParticipantIt is different for grsd school. Limits change aswell. Shoul be eligible for up 20500 with up to 8500 being subsidized and up to 12000 being unsubsidized, She can borrow on her own for any additional amount need through the Grad Plus Program.
June 22, 2008 at 12:58 AM #226627RaybyrnesParticipantIt is different for grsd school. Limits change aswell. Shoul be eligible for up 20500 with up to 8500 being subsidized and up to 12000 being unsubsidized, She can borrow on her own for any additional amount need through the Grad Plus Program.
June 22, 2008 at 12:58 AM #226579RaybyrnesParticipantIt is different for grsd school. Limits change aswell. Shoul be eligible for up 20500 with up to 8500 being subsidized and up to 12000 being unsubsidized, She can borrow on her own for any additional amount need through the Grad Plus Program.
June 22, 2008 at 12:58 AM #226568RaybyrnesParticipantIt is different for grsd school. Limits change aswell. Shoul be eligible for up 20500 with up to 8500 being subsidized and up to 12000 being unsubsidized, She can borrow on her own for any additional amount need through the Grad Plus Program.
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