The VIN Foundation My Student Loans tool will help you make sense of your student loan portfolio. Using your National Student Loan Data System (NSLDS) file, My Student Loans will organize your loans by type, date received, interest rate, principal, calculate a weighted average interest rate, and estimate your monthly interest accumulation. This information is crucial for helping you determine which repayment plans you can use.
To retrieve your NSLDS file, visit NSLDS.ED.GOV. Login using your Federal Student Aid Identification (FSA ID), the same information you used to apply for federal student loans. Find the MyStudentData Download button and download your MyStudentData.txt file to your computer. You can upload this file into the VIN Foundation My Student Loans tool. The short video tutorial above will show you how to retrieve and upload your NSLDS file.
Dr. Tony Bartels graduated in 2012 from the Colorado State University combined MBA/DVM program and is an employee of the Veterinary Information Network (VIN) and a VIN Foundation Board member. He and his wife have more than $400,000 in veterinary-school debt that they manage using federal income-driven repayment plans. By necessity (and now obsession), his professional activities include researching and speaking on veterinary-student debt, providing guidance to colleagues on loan-repayment strategies and contributing to VIN Foundation initiatives.
