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  • Your address; if you’ve lived at your address less than one year, you’ll need to provide your previous address
  • Your Social Security number
  • School information including enrollment status, degree, and course of study
  • Academic period of enrollment and year in school
  • Requested loan amount. You can cover a full year of school-certified expenses including tuition, fees, books, housing, meals, travel, as well as personal school expenses like a laptopfootnote1. (Decide how much to borrow)
  • Financial aid and scholarships you expect to receive
  • Your employment information (company name and gross income)
  • Financial information, including your bank accounts, and your monthly mortgage or rent payments
  • Two personal contacts (other than your cosigner)

Then we’ll review a few things with you

  • How and when we collect, share, and protect your personal information

After you submit your application

  • We’ll review your credit. We usually provide a credit result when you and your cosigner (if applicable) submit your student loan application. But there might be cases where our credit specialists will ask you for additional information or documentation before they can make a decision.
  • If we approve your application, you’ll choose your type of interest rate and your repayment option.
  • Then you or your cosigner will accept the terms of your loan and sign it electronically.
  • Next, we’ll ask your school to certify your eligibility, including enrollment verification and loan amount.

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footnote1. For applications submitted directly to Sallie Mae, loan amount cannot exceed the cost of attendance less financial aid received, as certified by the school. Applications submitted to Sallie Mae through a partner website may be subjected to a lower maximum loan request amount. Miscellaneous personal expenses (such as a laptop) may be included in the cost of attendance for students enrolled at least half-time.

footnote2. Based on the percentage of borrowers who were approved for an undergraduate loan with a cosigner compared to the percentage of borrowers who were approved for an undergraduate loan without a cosigner from  October 1, 2021 through September 30, 2022.

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