My daughter and I borrowed money from Sallie Mae to cover tuition for XXXX semesters at the University XXXX. The checks were written to the University and endorsed by my daughter. XXXX of these loans are now being handled by XXXX, which I do n't totally understand. We are trying to consolidate these loans and hopefully negotiate a lower interest rate. There are institutions that are willing to help but claim that if the loans do not show up in the XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX ( XXXX ) they can not help us. I do not understand how money that was borrowed from the Federal Government and used strictly for tuition is not considered a Federal Student Loan. 
