Loan Amount Verification

• See your loan data—you can go directly to web sites to view your loan history:
  • GLHEC's Borrower Status Tool: check to see your Stafford and PLUS loan history with Wisconsin's loan servicer

  • UWSP's  myPoint student loan history: a good source to see what loans you borrowed at UWSP (includes Perkins Loans)
    
    
  • The U.S Department of Education keeps your financial aid history information on file in their National Student Loan Data System (NSLDS). You can access this site at http://www.nslds.ed.gov/ to review your financial aid history.
    
    
• Interest deduction - take advantage of this tax relief item and claim a tax deduction for the interest you pay on your college loan.
  
  
• Your loan will probably be sold to anther party—lenders typically sell to a secondary market; keep a copy of all related correspondence so you'll know who owns your loan.
  
  

• Federal Ombudsman - if you have any dispute regarding your loan, you can get help from the U.S. Department of Education Ombudsman web site or
  call 1 (877) 557-2575.

• For a good overall booklet for borrowers look at Life After Debt.

• Contact the UWSP Perkins Loan Office with your Perkins Loan questions
  at 1 (715) 346-3473