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When the Class of 2000's loans are due--the first bills will arrive in January, following a six-month grace period--this debt will mean an average monthly payment of $150 to $200. Associate Director of Financial Aid Janet L. Irons says that as long as these payments don't exceed 10 to 15 percent of graduates' income, graduates should theoretically be able...
Beyond updating their addresses, the best advice to graduating seniors with loan debt is to "come up with a payment plan and stick to it religiously," according to Karen Freeman, a spokesperson for the Department of Education's Office of Student Financial Assistance, which handles federal loans...
Both Irons and Freeman said that if certain circumstances--including disability, unemployment, full-time volunteer work or enrollment in graduate school--precluded graduates from paying their loans, they should contact loan officers at Harvard to re-tailor their payment plan...
...This "extraordinary" commitment, Grogan says, represents a "down payment" to demonstrate the University's commitment to improving the community...
...Auto leasing. A leasing company may get a better rate than you can and pass it through. A lease may make sense if you are on a tight budget, because leasing companies can finagle the residual value and term length to reach the same payment you might have got last year. Careful: such a lease may cost more over the length of the lease. This is the brave new world of higher interest rates. It doesn't mean the good times are over, but the party is certainly winding down...