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Course 155 · Money course 26

Manage Student-Loan Repayment and Servicing

Practice manage student-loan repayment and servicing with complete fictional records, worked calculations and changed-input checks.

Before you start

Use the supplied fictional case; paper and a calculator are sufficient.

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What you’ll leave with

A fictional student-loan servicing file with loan identity, payment reconciliation, option comparison, questions and a change-monitoring calendar.

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Your project

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  1. Get your materialsDownload practice filesSupplied practice cases, a blank working record, complete lesson instructions, and annotated worked examples.
  2. Make your projectView the project checklist Work in your own notebook, document, or software. Use the supplied practice examples when you prefer.
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Course handbook

Know the route before you begin.

Here’s what you’ll need and what you’ll make. You can return to this guide during any lesson.

Who this is for

Learners ages 14+ practicing independently; adult-only transactions are studied as fictional future decisions.

Prepare before lesson one
  • Use the supplied fictional case; paper and a calculator are sufficient.
  • Recommended preparation: Pay for College or Career Training Wisely. Do not supply private financial documents.
Your final project

Finish with proof you can use.

A fictional student-loan servicing file with loan identity, payment reconciliation, option comparison, questions and a change-monitoring calendar.

Save a project record in My Proof
See project checklist and review criteria

Keep your working files in your own notebook or software. Save a private description, checklist, and work link in My Proof.

What to include

  • A distinct-loan inventory with type, owner/servicer and dated verification status.
  • A payment-crediting worksheet separating principal and interest.
  • A fictional repayment-option scorecard with affordability and cost limits.
  • A refinance/consolidation comparison with total cost, duration and protection questions.
  • A servicing-discrepancy inquiry with evidence and distinct receipt/correction statuses.
  • A student-loan servicing calendar and complete fictional record packet.

Review and revise

Use these criteria to check your work and choose what to improve.

  • All supplied records reconcile and the decision uses the named case rules.
  • Calculations show units, intermediate values and a second check.
  • Changed-input practice revises the affected result and identifies uncertainty.
  • The final project combines six lesson records, separates fictional assumptions from current rules, and states a supported next step.
Three ideas to help you along the way
Three useful ideas

The rules behind the steps.

01

Trace the money

For manage student-loan repayment and servicing, keep the source amount, transformation and resulting balance together.

02

Keep the assumption visible

Use the stated rate, date, permission and case rule; a real arrangement can produce a different result.

03

Test the decision

Use a changed input and a clear stop or review condition before turning this practice into an action.

What do these words mean?
Key words

Key terms worth knowing.

Servicer
The organization handling administration and payments for a loan.
Accrued interest
Interest accumulated but not yet paid under the applicable calculation.
Refinancing
Replacing an existing obligation with a new borrowing agreement.
Consolidation
Combining eligible loans under a specific program or contract; not automatically equivalent to private refinancing.
Your route

6 lessons.
One useful project.

Work in order the first time. Each lesson makes something the next lesson can use.

  1. 1
    Up next

    Map loans and servicing ownership

    Deduplicate loan notices by identity and map federal/private servicing routes.

  2. 2
    9 min

    Reconcile loan interest and payment

    Reconcile an interest-first student-loan payment without hiding accrued interest.

  3. 3
    10 min

    Compare supplied repayment scenarios

    Compare supplied repayment scenarios by monthly capacity and complete payment total.

  4. 4
    11 min

    Separate refinancing and consolidation

    Compare a private refinancing proposal with an existing federal obligation while preserving protection questions.

  5. 5
    10 min

    Handle a servicing discrepancy

    Document a payment-crediting mismatch and request a narrow supported correction.

  6. 6
    12 min

    Build a repayment review calendar

    Create payment, posting-check and review dates with explicit change triggers.

Use the tools

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ZIP · practice files

Manage Student-Loan Repayment and Servicing practice files

Supplied practice cases, a blank working record, complete lesson instructions, and annotated worked examples.

Text worksheet

Your course project worksheet

A downloadable text worksheet with each lesson’s working output, space for your answers, and the shared final-project checklist. Save your own copy.

Source transparency

Sources and further study.

Explore the references behind the lessons and take your learning further. Source notes explain access and reuse.

CFPB — Student loans
Source & access notes · checked 2026-10-01

Official page opened/read during Money expansion authoring; checked the relevant concept and access state. These sources do not establish funding eligibility.

Access: Readable official webpage inspected with the web reader on 2026-10-01. No interactive-tool operation is claimed.

Reuse: Original fictional practice, questions and calculations; paraphrased concepts with a source link. No source exercise copied.

CFPB — How do I find out information about my student loans?
Source & access notes · checked 2026-10-01

Official page opened/read during Money expansion authoring; checked the relevant concept and access state. These sources do not establish funding eligibility.

Access: Readable official webpage inspected with the web reader on 2026-10-01. No interactive-tool operation is claimed.

Reuse: Original fictional practice, questions and calculations; paraphrased concepts with a source link. No source exercise copied.

CFPB — Should I consolidate or refinance my student loans?
Source & access notes · checked 2026-10-01

Official page opened/read during Money expansion authoring; checked the relevant concept and access state. These sources do not establish funding eligibility.

Access: Readable official webpage inspected with the web reader on 2026-10-01. No interactive-tool operation is claimed.

Reuse: Original fictional practice, questions and calculations; paraphrased concepts with a source link. No source exercise copied.

Ready when you are

Start with the first useful move.

You’ll always know what to do, what to make, and where to go next.

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