| Performance is ultimately what really matters. Federal | | | | Education Act. In legal field, many law schools forgive |
| Student Loan forgiveness is an exceptional concept | | | | the loans of students who dedicatedly serve in public |
| applicable to students only under certain | | | | interest or non-profitable organizations. Federal |
| circumstances. It means the loan amount received by | | | | student loan forgiveness programs for medical |
| students might be canceled in half or in full amount | | | | students include several plans like NIH AIDS Research |
| by Federal Government. It is not impossible and | | | | Loan Repayment Programs, NIH General Research |
| depends completely on your work performance. If | | | | Loan Repayment Program, Indian Health Service [HIS] |
| you want to be one of those special students who | | | | Loan Repayment Program and US Force, Army and |
| want to be a recipient of Federal Student Loan | | | | Navy Financial Assistance Program. Under each of |
| forgiveness, then act to your best. | | | | these plans, the student should work faithfully, if |
| You just need to show your excellent performance | | | | they want their loan to be forgiven. |
| in the following ways: | | | | Apart from these fields, there are other ways where |
| 1. Organize and perform volunteer work | | | | Federal Student loan forgiveness program becomes |
| 2. Organize and perform military services | | | | successful. These fields include Bachelor's Degree in |
| 3. Teach/preach/practice medicine in selected | | | | Colleges of Arts and Sciences, where student will |
| communities | | | | perform the job required in institutions. Students who |
| 4. Make a thorough research and meet other criteria | | | | receive the Michael Murphy Loan specially for |
| specified by loan forgiveness programs | | | | studying Law enforcement, probation and parole, law |
| In case of volunteer work, loan forgiveness is | | | | and penology or other significant fields related to |
| conducted by Ameri Corps, where the student needs | | | | these studies, can work off one-fifth per year to get |
| to serve for one full year, get stipends and extra | | | | enrolled under Federal student loan forgiveness |
| amounts that can be used towards loans. In another | | | | scheme. |
| organization, Peace Corps, volunteers can specially | | | | Therefore, Federal Student Loan Forgiveness |
| apply for deferment of variety of loans like Stafford, | | | | program is applicable when the student can perform |
| Consolidation loans and Perkins loans with partial | | | | the following activities: |
| cancellation of Perkins Loans. This dream can come | | | | 1. Perform full-time/partial service as a teacher in |
| true in the lives of students only if they can serve | | | | designated/recognized elementary or secondary |
| with a difference and truly devote their time in work. | | | | school teaching students who belong to low-income |
| Students who are in military field can also make a | | | | family groups. |
| mark in the lives of others and at same time | | | | 2. Perform the role of a teacher teaching children |
| contribute to Federal Student Loan forgiveness | | | | suffering from some kind of disabilities |
| scheme. Students who are in Army front are | | | | 3. Qualified professional teachers belonging to |
| therefore highly eligible for Student Loan Repayment | | | | subjects like mathematics, science, foreign languages, |
| program. In case of teaching, Federal Student Loan | | | | bilingual education |
| forgiveness program can be conducted only if the | | | | 4. Performing the role of an employee of public or |
| students can become full-time teachers in elementary | | | | non-profit child/family service agency providing |
| or secondary schools, mainly teaching students who | | | | services to high-risk children along with their families |
| span the low-income family groups. Under this | | | | Perform any of these activities as per your loan |
| teaching plan scheme, the students are allowed to be | | | | status for acquiring Federal Student loan forgiveness. |
| forgiven of Perkins Loan under The National Defense | | | | |