Still confused about student loans

OKay, I have been doing this student loan process now for 6 weeks! I have applied w/ Wachovia and they use sallie mae to process it. What a farce! These ppl are so damn heirarchal. I can't get an answer w/o going thru at least 3 ppl each time! They don't seem to understand anything about foreign schools, student loans and visas. They don't seem to get that I have a deadline! I am going to scream down the phone at some point. I know i can't b/c I am trying to be nice in order to get their help on this. I called my uni today and they have no info from them. Go figure! They said they sent it late March. How long does it take?? Craziness. I just had to vent. I know I've heard stories on  here about the process, but I guess you don't really know til you've gone through it yourself.

It's very frustrating.  You just have to keep harrassing them.  The next time you call, get someone's name and go back to that same person each time.  Otherwise, they pass you off and claim not to know crap. 

Didn't get the scholarship that would magically take this loan stress away  :\\\'(

That's okay! I harrassed and have a contact at both the Uni and the loan co. Now I have armed myself w/ a worksheet to log each and every phone call and action made. I have also vowed to make daily calls to harrass said loan co. til it's done!

They tried to tell me at the loan co. that I don't know the "process" and that it's different w/ foreign institutions. I said, "Oh, I know it takes longer, but this is unacceptable! and I will call now daily to check up on this."

hehe. They don't know what's coming! 

It seems like most everyone here is in graduate school....

anyone have any experience with undergrad student loans???

Hi Trillian,

I'm undergrad too, and I'm going crazy looking for grants and the like. I have no advice to offer yet, but I do have sympathy!