Consolidating Student Loans: A Guide

By Uloop Guest Writer on October 23, 2017

When it comes to your student loan, the option to consolidate it is often very tempting. However, for a lot of people, the idea of consolidating a student loan isn’t something they’ve ever heard of, and they don’t know what’s involved.

To try and help with that, we’re taking a look at how the consolidation process works, and what’s included.

So, how do I consolidate a student loan?

To begin with, let’s take a look at what consolidating a student loan means. For a student who has been through the education system, and comes to University, they’ll find that they have a lot of debt from various places. There will be fees for tuition, and also money for a maintenance grant in some situations. The consolidation of all of these expenses means to combine them all into a single repayment, as opposed to multiple payments which are from numerous different sources.

Should I consolidate my loan?

For some people, choosing to consolidate student loans is a very wise course of action, and serves to make things easier for them. One payment is much easier to keep track of than several payments at once. Consolidation can also make the payments lower by combining everything into one repayment, and then allowing a higher amount of time for the repayment of the loan, which makes each monthly fee less than the combined total of all of the other payments.

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Is there anything I should know about consolidation of a loan?

There are certain things that you should consider when it comes to the consolidation of your loan. Naturally, as the duration of time you have to pay back your loan is more extended, you’ll be obligated to make payments for a longer period. As well as this, you may find that you make more payments than if you had not chosen to consolidate the loan. There are always going to be things that need to be considered, but many would feel that the simplicity and peace of mind which comes from consolidating a loan makes it well worth it.

Overall, while it is entirely up to you if you choose to consolidate student loans, there are definite advantages to wanting to do so. You’ll find that instead of several individual payments which come in at the end of the month, you have one debt which is easy to deal with and less of a hassle. When we are confronted with multiple payments at once, it is easy to feel disheartened and worried by the amount of money which is going out of the door each month.

However, one single payment is much less of a problem for people to process, and also means you do not spend as much time sorting out payments. The simplicity and peace of mind which you get from consolidating a student loan is something which a lot of people consider to be well worth the extended time payments are made and is one of the main reasons why consolidating student loans is a good idea.

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