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please shoot down my PAYE dreams...unless they're realistic!

Posted: Tue Feb 18, 2014 11:19 am
by 0heL
Quick PAYE questions:

I graduated high school in May 2007. I started undergrad in Fall 2007, and partially funded my undergrad with loans from Citibank. I still have to pay back about 12k.

Since these are private loans I qualify for PAYE, right?

Re: please shoot down my PAYE dreams...unless they're realistic!

Posted: Tue Feb 18, 2014 11:28 am
by patogordo
sounds right. as long as they aren't FFEL

Re: please shoot down my PAYE dreams...unless they're realistic!

Posted: Tue Feb 18, 2014 12:18 pm
by 0heL
Cool.

But wait - if I didnt qualify for federal loans for undergrad because of my parent's income (hence the private loans), doesn't that mean I wont qualify for PAYE now?

Re: please shoot down my PAYE dreams...unless they're realistic!

Posted: Tue Feb 18, 2014 12:23 pm
by patogordo
parents income doesn't matter for PAYE. all that matters is that the difference between your monthly paycheck and 1.5x the poverty line is smaller than your 10 year repayment plan payment. Google "PAYE fact sheet" it's pretty useful