Click on any of the icons below for a review of the student loan products offered by each company. Sign up with Earnest and receive a $200 bonus. Sign up with Laurel Road (formerly DRB) and receive a $300 bonus. Sign up with FRB to receive a $200 bonus. Sign up now and receive a … More A Comparison of Student Loans (2018 update)
Upon graduating from nurse anesthesia school in August 2014, I promptly looked into whether I would qualify for the Public Loan Forgiveness Program. After investigating the issue, I realized I wasn’t going to benefit from the program at all. When I did the numbers, I could either pay 5-7% on my federal student loans over … More SoFi Student Loan Review
Click on any of the icons below for a review of the student loan products offered by each company. Sign up now and receive a $200 bonus. Sign up now and receive a $300 bonus. Email Chris O’Book at cobook@firstrepublic.com and reference this blog to receive a $200 bonus. Sign up now and receive a … More A Comparison of Student Loans
I recently re-consolidated and refinanced my student loans because of a low interest rate offered through First Republic Bank, 1.95% APR over 5 years. I did the math and created a table comparing and contrasting my loans like before consolidation, after my first consolidation with SoFi and now, after refinancing with First Republic Bank. While not … More My Student Loan Profile, Aug. 2016 Update
This post is for the individuals who cannot qualify for the government’s Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program (PSLFP) and carry a high interest rate on their respective student loans. The average debt upon graduation for CRNAs is ~$100,000. Like many others, I had a mix of federal and private loans when I left school. … More How Consolidating/Refinancing Your Student Loans Will Save You $$$
My wife, who happens to be a nurse anesthetist as well, ended up refinancing and consolidating both her private and federal loans with this company. Earnest offers one of the lowest competitive rates on the market. In addition, there is a customized feature, called Precision Pricing, which Earnest provides to its customers and it’s one … More Earnest Student Loan Review
2017 update: DRB is now known as Laurel Road. Admittedly, I do not have much experience with Darien Rowayton Bank (DRB) as I’ve never banked nor refinanced my loans with them. However, several of my classmates have worked with them, so this review is based off of their personal experiences. Application Process The application can be … More Laurel Road (formerly Darien Rowayton Bank) Student Loan Review
Upon graduating from nurse anesthesia school in August 2014, I promptly looked into whether I would qualify for the Public Loan Forgiveness Program. After investigating the issue, I realized I wasn’t going to benefit from the program at all. When I did the numbers, I could either pay 5-7% on my federal student loans over … More SoFi Student Loan Review
What to do, what to do with your student loan repayment plan? Rather than reinvent the wheel, read this as it does an excellent job of breaking down the numbers with refinancing a student loan with a variable versus fixed interest rate. I have always opted for a variable interest student loan both as an undergraduate and a graduate student. … More Variable vs. Fixed Interest Rates
By the time I graduated, I had a number of private and federal student loans with varying interest rates that ranged from 3% to 7%. Some of my loans came from my accelerated nursing program while the remaining came from my graduate education in nurse anesthesia. In sum, I acquired ~$140,000 in student loans, which … More Consolidation and Refinancing Your Student Loans
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