http://www.costep.org College... just a COSTEP away! Wed, 23 Jul 2008 04:14:07 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Meltdown: College students could become subprime's newest victims from The Monitor EDINBURG - Oscar Garza is one thesis project and $2,200 away from a master's degree. He's started the thesis, but the 26-year-old Edinburg resident still needs a student loan to pay for supplies and his final class at the University of Texas-Pan ... http://www.costep.org/blog/student-aid-monitor-article/ El Paso Times published two articles about COSTEP's free financial aid assistance during the most recent visit to El Paso. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- EL PASO, Texas - [El Paso Times] - March 10, 2008 - Mobile college-resource van to make 3 stops The Ysleta Independent School District is hosting MERV, the Mobile Education Resource ... http://www.costep.org/blog/merv-in-el-paso/ COSTEP Now Offers Free Online Bill Payments Through Account Access Today COSTEP has launched a more integrated system for borrowers to make their payments online. Rather than continuing with a fee-based third party to handle secure transactions online, the link to make a no-fee online payment is now included within ... http://www.costep.org/blog/freebillpay/ COSTEP Launches Unique Scholarship Program for Facebook Members COSTEP, a not-for-profit servicer of student loans, announced that it has launched their “Scholarship Caps” program on the popular online social network Facebook. Facebook boasts 35 million members as of July 2007, with a core membership consisting of those who are ... http://www.costep.org/blog/facebook-scholarship/ COSTEP would like to announce and publicly congratulate our Fall 2007 Scholarship Winners: $500 to Jessica Yvonne Vasquez (currently attending Texas A&M University) $500 to Luis Leal (currently attending Blinn Junior College) $500 to Adriel De La Cruz (attending Sam Houston State University) $500 to Felicia Perez (attending St. Phillip's College) $500 to Gregory Maurice McEwen (attending University of Texas-San ... http://www.costep.org/blog/fall-07-scholarship-winners/ The Rio Grande Valley Sports Network will be holding its annual Football Recruiting Workshop event on July 10, 2007 at 7:00pm. The event will feature Randy Rodgers, former University of Texas Recruiting Coordinator. He is currently a scout for 40 division one universities and colleges. The workshop will teach student ... http://www.costep.org/blog/rgvsn-recruiting-workshop/ It’s been nearly a year in the making and COSTEP is preparing to launch what is hailed as an extremely ambitious, comprehensive, dynamic website. The new COSTEP.org site was developed to give a wide-range of information regarding the student loan process and to make the information easy to retrieve. “The ... http://www.costep.org/blog/new-costep-site-2/ Students and parents are now preparing for the interest rate hike on student loans by consolidating before new interest rates go into effect. Beginning July 1, 2007 student loans, with variable interest rates, will rise by .08 percent. “This is not a huge increase, but why pay at the higher ... http://www.costep.org/blog/consolidate-now/