Coming to Terms with Student Loans

By Michelle Singletary, Washington Post

Got a degree?
If you do,then you probably have student loans — and a lot of questions about repaying them.

Getting a federally backed student loan takes you into a world with terms such as “forbearance,” “deferment,” and “graduated repayment.”

“The federal student loan program is confusing,” write attorneys Robin Leonard and Deanne Loonin, co-authors of “Take Control of Your Student Loan Debt” (Nolo, $26.95).

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