conversation: User (joekix): "Today, my teacher student loan was paid in full!  I owed 17,800 and was approved for the full amount of 17,500 through the federal government program. I paid the 300 leftover myself today. \n\nThe loan originated at 43,000 so I paid a lot on my own, but it's nice to not owe 18,000 :)\n\nIf you're a teacher and have been teaching in a title 1 school for 5 years, take advantage of this.  Here's the link for info http://ifap.ed.gov/dpcletters/attachments/GEN1419AttachTeacherLoanForgivenessApp.pdf\n\nWhen you fill it out, make sure you double and triple check everything.  I had to reapply 2 times before I was approved for silly mistakes.  \n\nedit: \nNot all teachers qualify.\nspecial ed and science teachers qualify for 17,500.00\nreg. ed teachers qualify for 5,000.00\n\nEdit:  Wow!!!  loan forgiveness and reddit gold... THANKS!!! "
  Self: "Was it related to having to make 120 payments prior to forgiveness?"
  Anibo (Anibo): "That is public service loan forgiveness. "
  