Sweepstakes Celebrates Customers Who Are Successfully Making
On-Time Payments
Dental Hygienist Joel Galindo Jr. Receives $10,000 Toward His
Sallie Mae Smart Option Student Loan
Sallie Mae, the nation’s saving, planning, and paying for college
company, today announced Joel Galindo Jr. of San Antonio, Texas, has won
$10,000 toward his Sallie Mae Smart Option Student Loan in the company’s
“It Pays to Repay Sweepstakes.” The sweepstakes rewards a Sallie Mae
customer who is responsibly managing his or her student loans with up to
$10,000 toward an eligible Sallie Mae loan for making consecutive
on-time payments.
Mr. Galindo is a dental hygienist in San Antonio and graduated Summa Cum
Laude from Del Mar College in May 2015. He attributes successfully
paying his student loans to strategies including setting – and sticking
to – a budget, and understanding loan terms and repayment options. Mr.
Galindo says when he had questions about managing his payments after
graduation, he called Sallie Mae, and received the help he needed to
stay on track. He also encourages students who are still in school to
start making payments on their loans. Today, more than half of Sallie
Mae Smart Option Student Loan customers choose an in-school repayment
option.
“When it comes to paying my student loans, one of the best things I did
was make payments while I was in school; it really made a difference and
put me ahead of the game,” said Mr. Galindo. “I can’t believe I won the
$10,000! It’s a great feeling to be working in my field of study and
even better to know I'm now one major step closer to paying off my
loans.”
Customers with a minimum of six, consecutive, on-time payments on a
Sallie Mae private education loan were eligible for the Sallie Mae “It
Pays to Repay Sweepstakes.” More than 750 entries were submitted at Facebook.com/SallieMae.
“We pride ourselves on being a trusted advisor and resource to our
customers along every step of paying for college, including making
on-time payments after leaving school,” said Martha Holler, senior vice
president, Sallie Mae. “We continue to provide tools and information to
help our customers successfully manage their student loans, and our
‘Pays to Repay Sweepstakes’ rewards them for doing just that.”
Sallie Mae’s Managing
Your Loans is a free, online, one-stop resource for straightforward,
comprehensive tips and tools for paying back student loans. It features
a monthly budget worksheet, loan payment calculators, and information
about payment options.
For more information visit www.SallieMae.com/ManagingYourLoans
or join the conversation on how to save, plan, and pay responsibly for
college at Facebook.com/SallieMae
and Twitter.com/SallieMae.
Sallie Mae (NASDAQ: SLM) is the nation’s saving, planning, and
paying for college company. Whether college is a long way off or just
around the corner, Sallie Mae offers products that promote responsible
personal finance, including private education loans, Upromise rewards,
scholarship search, college financial planning tools, and online retail
banking. Learn more at SallieMae.com.
Commonly known as Sallie Mae, SLM Corporation and its subsidiaries are
not sponsored by or agencies of the United States of America.
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