Students cram to beat July 1 loan deadline (The Indianapolis Star)
Mail is pouring in at the Sallie Mae in Fishers—the company's biggest facility for handling student loan consolidation applications.
Publ.Date : Tue, 28 Jun 2005 08:16:59 GMT

ScholarPoint.com Offers Innovative Online Paperless Option for Student Loan Consolidation (Market Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
Interest rates on student loans will increase by 1.93% on July 1—the largest single-year increase in the 40-year history of the federal student loan program. According to Chris Studer, Founder and CEO of ScholarPoint Financial, current and former students can beat the July 1 increase and save thousands of dollars in interest by rolling outstanding student loan debt into a fixed-rate federal
Publ.Date : Fri, 24 Jun 2005 12:00:00 GMT

Federal Student Loan Rates To Jump July 1st (WBBM)
- CHICAGO —An important deadline is coming up for college kids on federal student loans. WBBM Newsradio 780's Michele Fiore reports… It's been a good ride for college kids taking out loans.
Publ.Date : Tue, 28 Jun 2005 13:19:30 GMT

The Independent Florida Alligator (Independent Florida Alligator)
Student loan interest rates will be on the rise starting July 1. The Federal Stafford loan rate will rise from 3.37 percent to 5.3 percent during in-school, grace and deferment periods.
Publ.Date : Tue, 28 Jun 2005 05:37:21 GMT

Deadline Looms to Lock-in Student Loan Rates (WBKO-TV Bowling Green)
Time is running out for students looking to lock-in record low interest rates. June 30 is the deadline to apply for consolidation loans. After July 1 all loans will be subject to the new interest rates, some of them jumping two percentage points.
Publ.Date : Tue, 28 Jun 2005 02:03:37 GMT

Students must hurry to lock in low loan rate (The Arizona Republic)
ATLANTA - Students are getting a chance to cut interest rates by consolidating their federal education loans while still in school, but they must hurry. Their opportunity to lock into one of the lowest interest rates in 40 years expires at midnight Thursday.
Publ.Date : Mon, 27 Jun 2005 04:49:01 GMT

Deadline coming soon on student loan rates (Corvallis Gazette Times)
WASHINGTON Luis Campillo, a Brown University alumnus with $25,000 in student loans to repay, is unsure whether to consolidate them before the interest rates on such loans go up. And he along with millions of other college students and graduates has less than a month to figure it out.
Publ.Date : Mon, 27 Jun 2005 05:25:19 GMT

Rush is on to beat student loan rate hike (Northwest Herald)
A financial aid adviser at McHenry County College calls it the "consolidation frenzy." People with student loans have been hit with a barrage of letters and telephone calls warning them that their time is running out.
Publ.Date : Fri, 24 Jun 2005 08:35:04 GMT

Deadline coming soon on student loan rates (Corvallis Gazette Times)
WASHINGTON Luis Campillo, a Brown University alumnus with $25,000 in student loans to repay, is unsure whether to consolidate them before the interest rates on such loans go up. And he along with millions of other college students and graduates has less than a month to figure it out.
Publ.Date : Sat, 25 Jun 2005 02:25:50 GMT

Consolidation talk rises along with interest rates (Waterloo Cedar-Falls Courier)
CEDAR FALLS —- The era of historically low interest rates is ending, and students across the nation are scrambling to take advantage of last-minute consolidation plans that could save them thousands over the life of a loan.
Publ.Date : Thu, 23 Jun 2005 17:33:50 GMT

Deadline coming soon on student loan rates (Corvallis Gazette Times)
WASHINGTON Luis Campillo, a Brown University alumnus with $25,000 in student loans to repay, is unsure whether to consolidate them before the interest rates on such loans go up. And he along with millions of other college students and graduates has less than a month to figure it out.
Publ.Date : Thu, 23 Jun 2005 00:41:18 GMT

Call 4 Action: Student Loan Consolidation (WTAE ThePittsburghChannel.com via Yahoo! News)
Call 4 Action reporter Meghan Jones says the chance to save money on student loan repayment is running out for some people.
Publ.Date : Mon, 20 Jun 2005 22:22:41 GMT

How to shop student consolidation loans (Bankrate.com)
If you're interested in consolidating student loans, the clock is ticking. Student loan rates will increase July 1. That fact, plus a recent Department of Education decision that allows in-school students to consolidate, has a lot of scholars shopping for deals.
Publ.Date : Mon, 20 Jun 2005 11:41:34 GMT

How to shop student consolidation loans (Bankrate.com)
If you're interested in consolidating student loans, the clock is ticking. Student loan rates will increase July 1. That fact, plus a recent Department of Education decision that allows in-school students to consolidate, has a lot of scholars shopping for deals.
Publ.Date : Mon, 20 Jun 2005 11:34:01 GMT

Their best interest? (Elkhart Truth)
Their best interest? As the deadline to lock in the lowest interest rates in history for federally guaranteed student loans fast approaches, loan borrowers are being bombarded with information regarding consolidation.
Publ.Date : Tue, 21 Jun 2005 05:47:17 GMT