Sunday, March 09, 2025

Why wasn't I made aware of "Smart Option" private student loans when I first took out both federal and private loans? I needed them to get discharged with the federal after the TPD application.

 

Why wasn't I made aware of "Smart Option" private student loans when I first took out both federal and private loans? I needed them to get discharged with the federal after the TPD application.

I was told when filling out the TPD paperwork in 2017 that private loans are only getting modified to be interest free with all previously accrued interest removed and previous payments towards the interest retroactively reapplied toward the principal. Only my federal student loans were getting discharged?

And that only smart option student loans are the only private student loans to get discharged with the federal student loans.

So why wasn't I told of the smart option student loans in the first place when I first got my first private student loans in 2006?

If I would've known ahead of time the nature of the smart option loans, they would've been the only private student loans I'd have taken out.

 

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[–]nyan-the-nwah -1 points  

Is it not the bank's responsibility to do due diligence before giving five figures do a dumbass 17 year old?

[–]migswitchjunk 4 points  

Banks don’t give out loans to 17-year-olds unless they’re emancipated. Anyone under the age of 18 cannot enter into a legally binding contract including loans . Banks, however, could give loans out to parents of 17-year-olds. And then it would be the parents responsibility to research which loans to take out.

[–]nyan-the-nwah 1 point  

Ok, dumbass 18 year olds then. You get my point.

[–]bassai2 2 points  

conflict of interest

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