Subject: How Families Navigate the Student Loan Process

Learn from one student's mistakes when borrowing student loans, how other families are applying for loans, and register for our upcoming events.

Lending an Ear

A weekly guide to financing college.

July 9, 2023

Learn from This Student's Mistakes When Taking on Student Debt

A student in our community shared what she wished she'd done differently when she started college, and was paying off student loans. Read HERE and find out how to avoid the same mistakes.

How Families Navigate the Student Loan Process

In an attempt to find out what really happens when parents go through the student loan process, we asked members of our Paying for College 101 Facebook group to share their experiences. Read what they revealed HERE.

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Private Lender Suggestions

(Variable APRs as of 7/5/2023)


Note: We recommend you borrow federal student loans first. Once you've exhausted your federal loan eligibility, carefully compare your options from private lenders. 

 

➡️ Ascent (Cosigned) 5.94% - 15.83%*

 

➡️ SoFi 5.49% - 13.97%*

 

➡️ College Ave 5.29% - 15.99%*

 

➡️ Sallie Mae 6.12% - 16.45%*

 

➡️ Citizens (through Credible) 5.98% - 14.05%*

 

*Rates are based on automatic payment discounts of 0.25 percentage points. 


Before you commit to a private lender, check out Juno to see if you're getting the best loan rate available for your credit profile.

We're Here to Help You!

📊 Download our FREE Student Loan Comparison Spreadsheet.


🐻 Use Mama Bear Legal Forms to make sure you can help your student in an emergency. Enter promo code Road2College & save 20%.


💰 Compare your student's college offers to what other student's have received with our FREE Compare College Offers tool.


🎓 Protect your college investment with GradGuard tuition insurance.


📽️ Watch our Financing College videos.


💻 Join our free PFC101 Facebook group and connect with other parents on the paying for college journey.


Download our FREE Student Loan Tip Sheet.

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Our R2C Content Team is dedicated to helping families navigate the

ever-changing world of college admissions and financing. 

Lending an Ear is written & edited by Becca Blauch.

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