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2025 New Grad Student Loan Playbook: Live Session FAQ Hot Topics – Income-Driven Repayment Plans

What is the “New Grad Student Loan Playbook” webinar about? The “New Grad Student Loan Playbook” is an annual webinar by VIN and VIN Foundation aimed at providing information and guidance to graduating veterinarians regarding their student loans and repayment options. With the rapidly changing student loan landscape, each graduating class faces new and different […]

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VIN Foundation | Supporting veterinarians to cultivate a healthy animal community | Blog | New Grad Student Loan Questions and Answers: Consolidation | VIN Foundation | Supporting veterinarians to cultivate a healthy animal community | Blog | New Grad Student Loan Questions and Answers: Consolidation 2025

2025 New Grad Student Loan Playbook: Live Session FAQ Hot Topics – Student Loan Grace Periods

What is the “New Grad Student Loan Playbook” webinar about? The “New Grad Student Loan Playbook” is an annual webinar by VIN and VIN Foundation aimed at providing information and guidance to graduating veterinarians regarding their student loans and repayment options. With the rapidly changing student loan landscape, each graduating class faces new and different

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VIN Foundation | Supporting veterinarians to cultivate a healthy animal community | Blog | New Grad Student Loan Questions and Answers: Consolidation | VIN Foundation | Supporting veterinarians to cultivate a healthy animal community | Blog | New Grad Student Loan Questions and Answers: Consolidation 2025

2025 New Grad Student Loan Playbook: Live Session FAQ Hot Topics – Student Loan Consolidation

What is the “New Grad Student Loan Playbook” webinar about? The “New Grad Student Loan Playbook” is an annual webinar by VIN and VIN Foundation aimed at providing information and guidance to graduating veterinarians regarding their student loans and repayment options. With the rapidly changing student loan landscape, each graduating class faces new and different

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VIN Foundation | Supporting veterinarians to cultivate a healthy animal community | Blog | How Income-Driven Repayment Works: The Math

How Income-Driven Repayment Works: The Math

“I was looking at the income-driven repayment plans, and the Pay As You Earn (PAYE) option seems like it will cost me the least amount of money. However, everything I read online says that the income-driven repayment plans cost you more money because although they lower your monthly payment, you ultimately pay more interest in

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Applying For or Renewing Your Income-Driven Repayment Plan

A small, but significant change to the Department of Education (ED) updates Income-Driven Repayment (IDR) Plan Request was made in 2019.  The IDR Plan Request form allows you to apply, renew, or update your student loan payment using Revised Pay as You Earn (REPAYE), Pay as you Earn (PAYE), Income-Based Repayment (IBR) or Income-Contingent Repayment (ICR) for

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VIN Foundation | Supporting veterinarians to cultivate a healthy animal community | Blog | New Grad Student Loan Questions and Answers: Consolidation

New Grad Student Loan Questions and Answers: Income-Driven Repayment (PAYE, REPAYE, IBR)

Here are some questions about Income-Driven Repayment (IDR) that we tackled live during the 2019 New Veterinary Graduate Student Loan Repayment Webinar. “Do we have to select a repayment plan every year or will we stay in the first one by default?” If you do not select any repayment plan you will be placed in

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Employer Assisted Student Loan Repayment Benefits for Veterinarians

We have run thousands of student-loan repayment simulations for veterinarians in an effort to help them navigate their student loans and repayment options. The results have shown for situations where student debt exceeds income, the most flexible and financially beneficial repayment strategies are counterintuitive. Contrary to conventional wisdom, loans with shorter terms and lower interest rates don’t

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VIN Foundation | Supporting veterinarians to cultivate a healthy animal community | Blog | How Income-Driven Repayment Works: The Rules

How Income-Driven Repayment Works: The Rules

“I was looking at the income-driven repayment plans, and the Pay As You Earn (PAYE) option seems like it will cost me the least amount of money. However, everything I read online says that the income-driven repayment plans cost you more money because although they lower your monthly payment, you ultimately pay more interest in

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VIN Foundation | Supporting veterinarians to cultivate a healthy animal community | Blog | Sharing saves time, income-driven repayment saves money

Sharing Saves Time, Income-Driven Repayment Saves Money

Student loan repayment is complicated.  With the availability of income-driven repayment options like Income-Based Repayment (IBR), Pay As You Earn (PAYE), and Revised Pay As You Earn (REPAYE), confusion can set in quickly.  The VIN Foundation Student Debt Center is here to help! The My Student Loans function and guides you through which repayment plans you can use and the Student Loan Repayment Simulator helps

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VIN Foundation | Supporting veterinarians to cultivate a healthy animal community | Blog | ESTIMATE YOUR MINIMUM MONTHLY STUDENT LOAN PAYMENT | Advanced Simulator Setting - Poverty Growth Rate

Estimate Your Minimum Monthly Student Loan Payment

The recently updated 2018 Health and Human Services (HHS) poverty guidelines determine your minimum monthly student loan payment. Poverty guidelines are used for many different U.S. government programs. One of the most important uses for veterinarians is the Discretionary Income calculation used to generate the minimum monthly student loan payment of federal income-driven repayment plans (IBR, PAYE, REPAYE).  Income-driven student loan

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