Reply #5: From what I understand... The 'gotcha' with consolidating student loans...

[Hugin]

is that it gives lenders an opportunity to increase interest rates. (sometimes dramatically)

There may be some company out there who'd give you a reasonable deal, but, be extremely
careful!

<rant>
Now, if my wild-eyed-liberal-utopia ever came into existence... Which seems unlikely. I'd
think that it would be in our National best interest to drop this stupid and
counterproductive 'up-from-the-bootstraps' mentality and stop handicapping our new professionals
with debt and start forgiving these so-called 'loans'. Especially, for successful students.
I mean, hey, they forgave Enron billions... Why not someone who deserves it?
<rant\>