Frequently Asked Questions for Students
About Meritize
We know you are more than your credit score, and we believe your past achievements are an important indicator of your potential. That’s why Meritize looks beyond FICO and uses your previous academic or military achievements to enhance your credit evaluation and potentially improve your loan options.
Unlike most lenders, Meritize goes beyond just looking at your FICO score and considers your academic or military achievements to enhance your credit evaluation and potentially improve your loan options. Even students who may lack a co-borrower can improve their loan options by sharing their past merits.
You can call us at 833-MERIT-4U (833-637-4848) or email us at [email protected].
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- We never sell your information to third parties.
- We practice fair lending in accordance with state and federal laws.
- We ask for your most recent transcript, military documents, or career information to potentially improve your credit evaluation and loan terms. It will not be shared.
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Apply for a Loan
Meritize is not currently accepting new loan applications.
Merit Documents
Merit documents are records from your academic or military history.
Meritize has a proprietary credit evaluation that takes your previous experience and gives you financial credit for it. We look beyond your FICO score at your merit documents to potentially give you better loan terms.
If possible, please submit your merit document with your online application. If you applied and did not include your merit document, please send it to [email protected].
Meritize accepts transcripts in English. Your transcript can be from a country other than the U.S. if it is in English with detailed descriptions of classes and grades.
In some cases, a student cannot be approved for a Meritize loan without merit information.
A student may be asked to provide merit information in the application and may subsequently be asked to provide corresponding merit documentation.
Not all applicants will be asked to provide merit information. Each applicant is subject to a soft credit check at the time of application. After the soft credit check has been completed, a student may be asked to provide merit information.
Meritize loan products do have both underwriting and credit requirements. Merit information is evaluated in addition to those underwriting and credit requirements.
About Your Loan
Interest begins to accrue once money is disbursed to your school. Interest will accrue on your loan while you are in school, even if you select to defer making payments until after you complete your program.
Meritize calculates interest at a simple daily rate and a portion of the interest accrues every day.
Call us at 833-MERIT-4U (833-637-4848) or email [email protected].
Call us at 833-MERIT-4U (833-637-4848) or email [email protected].
If you withdraw from your school, please notify us as soon as possible by calling 833-MERIT-4U (833-637-4848) or emailing [email protected].
Pay Back Your Loan
MOHELA is our servicing partner. You will manage and pay your loan through MOHELA and can log in at meritize.mohela.com.
MOHELA is a student loan servicer with more than 30 years of experience working with students and families. They are among the 10 largest student loan servicers in the nation.
Meritize Loans offer fully deferred payment options to allow you to focus on your education and not make payments until after you finish your training. You can also make interest-only or full payments on your loan while in school. It’s your choice.
Yes, you can set up autopay**. You can receive a rate reduction of 0.25% if you enroll.
** The 0.25% autopay interest rate reduction applies if you make monthly principal and interest payments by an automatic monthly deduction from a savings or checking account. The benefit will discontinue and be lost for periods in which you do not pay by automatic deduction from a savings or checking account. Autopay is not required to obtain a loan.
Meritize does not charge prepayment, early payment, or extra payment fees.
Borrower Benefits
Career Services are available to our Meritize borrowers at no cost and provide a job search bootcamp and new-to-the-job coaching to improve your performance. Learn more here.
Meritize offers borrower assistance services to help with unemployment and underemployment when it might be difficult to make payments. By engaging in our free Career Services, you may be eligible to receive forbearance on your loan and gain valuable career assistance to get you back on your feet with a job.