My Son and I applied for a college student loan with Discover Student Loans because they have displayed/promote on their website viable rates as low 2.99 %. I have very good credit of XXXX and the lowest they gave was 6.5 %. I 'm not new to student loans because I have XXXX older Sons in college with private student loans also and I know what to expect. I think it 's a scam and dishonest to promote such a low rate when it 's really not available ( 'bait and switch ' ). I went with XXXX XXXX XXXX loans because I received a substantially better rate, Substantially!