Must Known Facts About ACS Student Loan
Sally Croft 
April 15th, 2009 
32 Comments What do You Know About ACS Student Loans?
Students are offered financial assistance and support from colleges and universities with an intention to enable them complete their studies without any hassles. These loans or grants are also offered by federal government agencies and private organizations. Financial aid offered by colleges and universities are specific to students who pursue their education in that particular college or university.
Normally these financial support programmes are managed by colleges and institutions offering them. Considering the volume of work and the variety of details to be collected and processed of late the entire set of processing is outsourced to reputed companies specializing in business process outsourcing field. One such well reputed and highly established company in the U.S. is Affiliated Computer Services (ACS). Student loans outsourced by educational institutions and processed by ACS are popularly known as ACS Student Loan.
What is ACS?
Affiliated Computer Services is a specialist in business and information technology outsourcing services. A FORTUNE 500 company that has been serving colleges, universities and educational institutions over several decades, is processing closed 9 million loan transactions as of date. A service of this nature enables educational institutions save their valuable time, money and resource which can be better utilized for effective and efficient management of schools and their functioning.
How do ACS Student Loans Operate?
Remember ACS is an organization which just manages student loans for colleges and institutions which have contracted them. Hence the process of acquiring a student loan (whether ACS or others) is all just the same. Submit a Free Application for
Federal Student Aid (FAFSA), after the loan application has been duly processed by the respective school and the US Department of Education a letter stating the award and the amount you will be eligible for, will reach the applicant.
Presenting a list of benefits offered by ACS student loans for your reference:
- An expert in information technological services ACS offers student loan services with a number of account management tools.
- It is an online processing of loan accounts which requires registration and offers access to online payments, payment history, interest rates, and financial data email notification, account updation and deferment application forms.
- Outsourcing the financial management services to an expert organization like ACS enables educational institutions to reduce their cost of operation and consequently the rise in the cost of education.
- Having ACS student loan or any other Student Loan the difference is all about who manages the debt and the facilities so offered by the respective lender or debt manager.
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In 1979, when I was beginning college, the prime interest rate was 11.5 percent and student loans were at 3.4 percent — or 70 percent below prime. Now, the prime rate is 5.25 percent yet student loans are 8.5 percent (and adjustable) — or 57 percent above prime. What is going on?
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Good point Wanieda! Partly to blame I am sure are private student loan companies lobbying efforts.
Sally – You list the benefits of ACS, but neglect to mention the downsides of ACS. Two big ones being that they outsource most of their work – it is impossible to actually talk to somebody in America when calling with questions or problems. The second is they frequently make mistakes on accounts and are slow to fix these mistakes, but quick to report to credit agencies for missed payments or underpayments (even if it is due to their errors). I am curious – did you receive a payment from ACS for this report – it is more propaganda then anything else.
@ Jen: Thanks for your comment Jen and mentioning the downsides of ACS, I will consider them when doing the continuation for the article. Well I am a freelancer and work on my own, I never receive payments for doing reports on Student Loan Blog. I work on popular topics and one that interest students/parents and that’s the only reason for doing this post too.
However I really appreciate your writing to us. Your comment made me do further research on ACS Loan.
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ACS is a part of a larger scam ran by larger banks and our beloved Department of Education. They “buy up” loans under dubious circumstances and then proceed to give you the jerk around for some time. They will mess your credit up regardless of the mistakes they make, not credit accounts when payments are received, not apply extra payments to principal, etc. YOU MUST send an electronic payment to ACS to ensure your account is not screwed. If I ever find the physical location of this company, I will burn it to the ground.