Continuing Education Units And "In School" Student Loan Deferment

Paying for College
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<p>Howdy,</p>

<p>I need to ask a quick question on behalf of my friend LaShaun and I hope you folks do not mind. </p>

<p>My friend LaShaun is not a member of this site. He asked me something earlier that I need help in assisting him with. </p>

<p>The fellow has an A.S. degree. He would like to hold off on going to University for a while. What he would like to do is obtain a certificate in “Help Desk” online through one of the major Universities of my home state of Tennessee. This “help desk” is basically where you study over scads of computer applications and then you earn a certificate. This certificate, coupled with the A.S. degree, and my pal’s A+ Certification (that is where you learn to fix computers) : would make my pal’s resume look rather nice for well paid positions. The “help desk” person is the person who, apparently, works for a company and helps keep their computers up and running and things like that. </p>

<p>^ Can you guys tell that I have a liberal arts major or what? ^</p>

<p>At any rate, LaShaun would like to know is he could defer his student loans under the “in school” student loan deferment option if he earns this “help desk” certificate. The credits for the certificate are under the category of “continuing education units.” He has five thousand dollars in student loans and truly would like to pay them. But, he cannot afford to pay out of pocket for this (three month or so) online course of study for this “help desk” certification and pay his student loans at the same time. </p>

<p>I would appreciate very much if someone could help out on this issue. I do not know much of the more technology related fields. But, this pal of mine literally does work hard. He just wants to move up a bit in his field in a humble way and also find a job where he does not only do the computer repair stuff. </p>

<p>He tried calling the University, but I do not think he presented himself well. Since he did not leave his name or anything, I figure I could learn more here and help him out. </p>

<p>The “help desk” classes are only a bit over $200.00usd a piece and he only has to take about six of them. He works hard, and I (personally) do not want to see him get some silly type of loan, because of how he has those 5k in student loans. I also told him to pay his interest always. And, just in case anyone was wondering, the Community College where we live cost over $400.00usd per class, so I cannot blame my pal for getting a student loan.</p>

<p>I do not know of anything with the continuing education units. But, he said that his classes would be three continuing education units a piece.</p>

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<p>Pitiful bump</p>

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<p>Your friends best advice is to contact his lender directly and see if this program would constitute as an approved program. Some are, some are not. Also, the institution may know whether the program would qualify him for in-school deferment status.</p>

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<p>I thank you very kindly nikkiil. I go to church with this fellow and his granny. So, I am going to print this whole thread out and then we will all just sit down and go from there later on in the day. </p>

<p>I thank you very much for bringing up the whole thing with asking the lender directly. I knew nothing of that, so I thank you very much for that information. </p>

<p>W/R/T The School:</p>

<p>My friend cannot really present himself well sometimes when it comes to the telephone. He has a hard core Memphis, Tn. accent and the University which has the little online program is in Knoxville. When he tried to call the one time, he said it was just plain hard. It was like a “Battle of the Accents” apparently. </p>

<p>Would a really polite e mail to the folks who run this program be better? </p>

<p>Thank you once again, NikkiiL</p>

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<p>An e-mail might work, his parents or grandmother could call for him, or you could practice with him so that he learns to present himself well (which he’ll need to learn how to do anyway).</p>