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Higher Education Act Delay Allows College Graduates to Consolidate Student Loans
Quincy, MA –
Legislative changes affecting federal student loans have been pushed back in Congress for at least 60 days, giving recent college graduates a window of opportunity to consolidate their federal student loans at the current interest rates and programs. Graduates can take advantage of locking in low interest rates and transforming their variable rate federal student loans into fixed rate loans.
Both houses of Congress spent a fair portion of the summer designing revisions to the Higher Education …

Okay, so bragging that you’re #94 doesn’t sound like much. In fact, it sounds downright lousy. What am I talking about? The Podcaster Top 100 by Feedburner. In the past, we’d talked about our listener base, which I measure by the most downloaded episode of the Financial Aid Podcast. Feedburner measures day to day listeners, and doesn’t account for people who listen to the show via direct download or other non-subscription avenues. Still, out of the 18,560 podcasts that Feedburner manages, being #94 is still awesome. Hopefully, we’ll continue to …

9/30: Drinking, Public College Tuition up 33%, Scholarship Update, IEFA, Natalie Brown, Whirl, Amy Ayres, #79
Happy Friday! One or two music shows this weekend due to the enormous backlog of awesome music. Also, the October newsletter is going out now. If you haven’t gotten it, check it out at www.FinancialAidNews.com on the web.
News
+ Overestimated drinking
+ Public school tuition up 33%
+ Degree breakdown
Scholarship Update
+ Scholarship searching secret keyphrase
+ Delivers hundreds of scholarships to your doorstep!
Mail Call
+ Options for international students for financial aid
+ Study abroad loans at StudyAbroadLoans.com
+ Relaunch of IEFA.org
+ …

The newsletter’s done and going out the door now. Everyone should have it in 12 – 24 hours. Read the online version here:
October 2005 Issue

9/29: No drinks, BIG Scholarship Update, CharityCast, Hollins Steele, Rebecca Loebe, Natalie Brown, Episode 78
News
+ ETS Tech Testing
+ No drinks of any kind in public?
+ Sweat-free factories
Scholarship Update
+ Big update today, courtesy of TownOnline – not sure if the article will remain up, so here it is!
++ Horatio Alger Associates: www.horatioalger.org/scholarships. Deadline is Saturday, Oct. 15.
++ Coca-Cola Scholars Foundation: www.coca-colascholars.org. Deadline is Monday, Oct. 31.
++ Boston College: Deadline of Tuesday, Nov. 1. Call 800-360-2522 for more information.
++ Merrimack College: Application must be submitted prior to Wednesday, Nov. 30. 978-837-5186.
++ Society …

9/28: Higher Education Pushed Back, Klingon Scholarship, Test Prep, Amun Ra, Rebecca Loebe, Natalie Brown
Episode #77
News
+ Higher Education Act Reauthorization pushed back 60 days
+ Hurricane relief for colleges passed in House
+ Political rant about federal tax dollars for non-federal things
Scholarship Update
+ Klingon Language Institute Scholarship
Mail Call
+ Student loans for test prep
+ Act Education Loans application
Podsafe Music
+ Amun Ra, Flatlining
+ Rebecca Loebe, There Tonight
+ Natalie Brown, You Make Me Feel
+ All music is via the Podsafe Music Network
Show Notes at FinancialAidNews.com
Questions? Email me at financialaidpodcast {at} gmail {dot} com
Direct file download: …

9/27: Football, Consolidation, ISC2 Scholarship, Credit Card Tips, Natalie Brown, Rebecca Loebe, Hollins Steele
I’m back from the conference, and what a great conference it was, at New England Warrior Camp. www.NewEnglandWarriorCamp.com
News
+ JHU did not inform graduating students about interest rate changes and consolidation
+ Tufts University students graduating with $19,000 average student loan debt
+ Consolidate student loans at www.StudentLoanConsolidator.com
+ Updates and information every month at www.FinancialAidNews.com
+ Seton Hill University football players receive scholarship funds whether they play or not
Scholarship Update
+ $12,500 unrestricted scholarship from the (ISC)2 for students studying information security
+ …

All of our new music comes from the Podsafe Music Network. Be sure to stop by and give the artists a listen or a shout out. If you really like the music, each artist’s web site is listed below and you can buy their music either in CD format or in the iTunes Music Store, and hey, is 99 cents too much to ask for really great music? Buy some and support indie artists.
Podsafe Music
+ Enduring Pain, He Danced with Me
+ Lauren Cregor, Hold Up
+ Cameron Ember, Oh Virginia
+ Hollins …

I’m out of the office this Friday, 9/23, and Monday, 9/26 attending a conference in Sudbury, Massachusetts. While I’m gone, I wanted to leave you with a selection of some great, great podsafe music. Solid, awesome tunes. Today’s show is half mellow, half hardcore. Starting off light with some acoustic and some vocals, and ending with a whole lot of bam. Enjoy it.
All music is from the Podsafe Music Network. If you’re an artist and you’re not on PMN… get there!
Podsafe Music
+ Kelly Goodlad, Late Bloomer and Solo Road
+ Ginnicide, …

9/22: Katrina, Rita, Outsourced grades, FFELP Maze, Marlena Randall, Granian, Rachel Rossos
News
+ Kentucky community colleges outsourcing grading?
+ UGA student newspaper questions diversion of financial aid to Katrina victims at expense of poor Georgia students
+ Hurricane Rita approaching Texas Gulf Coast – if you live there and you’re reading this, EVACUATE NOW
+ The Anchor fact check – 6.8% fixed rate does not necessarily save money on Stafford Loans vs. variable rate w/8.25% cap
Scholarship Update
+ National Endowment for the Humanities
+ Huge directory of grants
+ Website
Mail Call
+ The tangled web of FFELP loans
+ …