Before you sign up with a student loan consolidator you should be aware of many dangers. Find out how you can avoid these dangers and avoid wasting time and money on lenders that are trying to charge you more than you should pay.

You go to the mail box and scan - a couple fliers (nah), your magazine subscription (yes!) and bills (groan). Every month the bills show up and as you sigh and take out your check book you wonder if you will ever be free. Each month you pay the minimums and although you KNOW you've got a handle on it - you are not charging your credit card or accumulating new debts anymore - it seems that you will be paying the minimum fees forever.