Student loans are not grants, as they do have to be paid back,
but they can definitely help you focus on your studies and not on
worrying about money.
Getting a higher education can be a very expensive option that may
leave you in a financial crisis after you graduate. Getting an
advanced education is a great idea, starting out in life but doing
this with a large debt is not feasible.
The first step to avoid any financial crisis is planning. You
should begin planning for how to fund your education well before
you get there. This advanced planning can save you thousands of
dollars in student loans and even help you graduate earlier.
These days getting a higher education is a requirement for
everyone but you should make sure that this does not leave you
with a high debt load. With some careful planning when you are in
college and by doing a little extra work you will be able to
reduce the costs of your higher education. And of course the more
you are able to reduce your student loans the sooner you will be
free and clear and rapidly moving ahead with your career.
In the past the federal government has had a lending program to
assist people with funding their secondary education costs but
this system has it draw backs. The old system of student loans was
fraught with fraud, was time consuming and very confusing to most
people.
Students in the United States do not have to borrow from banks.
The Direct Loan Program is one of the many Federal Student Aid (FSA)
programs provided by the Department of Education. The federal
government raises the loan funds through Treasury bill auctions
that it regularly conducts.