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Additional Resources
U.S. Department of Education
The U.S. Department of Education website contains several pages of interest to financial aid applicants, including The Student Guide to Federal Financial Aid Programs and the Office of Postsecondary Education.
Direct loan borrowers
Phone: (800) 848-0979 or (315) 738-6634
FAX: (800) 848-0984
TDD: (800) 848-0983
Or go to the Direct Loan Servicing website
Resolve questions about:
- Your loan
- Address/name changes
- Repayment estimates
- Repayment plan changes
- Deferment and forbearance forms
Direct consolidation loans
Phone: (800) 557-7392
FAX: (800) 557-7396
TDD: (800) 557-7395
E-mail: loan_consolidation@mail.eds.com
Or go to the Direct Loan Consolidation website
Resolve questions about:
- Consolidation loan applications
- Consolidation loan status
Federal Student Aid Information Center
Phone: (800) 4 FED AID [800-433-3243]
TDD: (800) 730-8913
E-mail: studentaid@ed.gov
Find out about:
- Requesting federal student aid publications
- Applying for federal student aid
- The status of your aid application
Defaulted student loans
Phone: (800) 621-3115
E-mail: DCS_HELP@ed.gov
Find out about:
- Avoiding default
- Resolving disputes
- Ordering loan cancellation/discharge request forms
FinAid
FinAid provides an independent, thorough look at student financial aid of all kinds. A great deal of excellent information may be found on almost every financial aid topic, as well as links to other sites. Scholarship seekers will want to visit Scholarship and Fellowship Databases as well as Scholarship Scams.
There is also an extensive list of financial aid calculators to help you estimate your borrowing needs, repayment amounts, budgets, and other useful information.
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