If I put all of my student loan debt on a credit card, could I cancel this out by declaring bankruptcy?

I currently owe ,000 in student loans and I am having a hard time paying them off. The loans are private (sallie mae) and I am not elligible for consolidating them via federal loans since I am not a US citizen. I was not able to get a visa so I had to leave the [...]

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Should I take out a loan to reduce credit card debt?

I was thinking about taking out a personal loan to pay off some of my credit card debt (about 13k). The loan would be at lower interest than my current credit cards. Should I do this, or are there any other suggestions?

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Does debt consolidation/reduction (for credit cards) hurt your credit as bad as bankruptcy?

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What is the best method for consumer credit card debt relief?

We started a program with "Consumer Credit Counselors" This progarm has us pay the Consumer Credit Counselors, then they pay the credit cards every month. All they do is lower some of the interest rates. They don't negotiate amount owed. The payments are too high for us, so we looked into other alternatives. We found [...]

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