Monday, February 2, 2009

Student Loans Are Getting Denied Due To Bad Credit

By Tim Beachum

Ask any high school senior what their credit score is and they will reply with a Huh? After all this response should be too surprising. Most high school seniors are to busy for trivial things such as credit scores and student loans. Then the flags go up when they find out that do to their poor credit scores they cannot get a standard student loan. This is the point where most students begin to get discouraged.

If you should find yourself in this predicament the first thing that you should do is start hunting down a co-signer. In most cases you are met with rejection when you approach someone to be a co-signer. However when asking someone to co-sign for a student loan they are usually a little more acceptable. Make sure that you approach your prospect with your career plans in hand.

If you do land a qualified cosigner this works out to your advantage. The financial institution will take the cosigners credit score into consideration. Thus landing the student a better loan with a lower interest rate. If a student has a poor credit score chances are this may be the best route for you.

Lets say that all of your efforts to find a cosigner are futile. You gave it your best shot and know one is willing to give you a break. Wait Do not hit the panic button just yet; you still have some other options for obtaining a student loan and or a scholarship. The next thing that I would do is contact all local banks and lending institutions in my area. Sometimes these institutions have special programs such as scholarships or special loans designed for new college students. Keep in mind that if you do find a loan chances are the interest rates are going be through the roof.

Theres no need to get depressed because now you have a high interest rate student loan. I guess I could probably word that a little better. What I mean is in most instances it takes for five years to graduate from college. This will give you plenty of time to start to reestablish your credit and to increase your credits score. By the time you are ready to graduate you can simply refinance your loan and get a much lower interest rate.

Theres also another option that you should be aware. Theres a loan called a combination loan what this does is allows you to consolidate all your bad debts and then apply for a big loan to pay everything off. By using the consolidation method chances are you will end up paying a much lower interest rate.

Hold on a second! Stop the presses! I almost forgot about two loans that are primarily geared towards those that may be having some financial hardships. Those loans are known as the Stafford Loan and The Perkins Loan.

Please realize that at first all of this may seem a bit overwhelming. The truth of the matter is its nothing more than a mere numbers game. If you go on the Internet and apply for every student loan and scholarship program that you could find you would be astounded at the numbers. The fact of the matter is if you just continue applying for several scholarships and loans, I can pretty much guaranteed that at the end of the day you will be approved for a few of them at least. Whatever you do keep the faith and dont give up, who knows you may just get a free ride regardless of your financial situation.

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