A student loan consolidation qualification system and method of operating
the same. In one embodiment, the student loan consolidation qualification
system includes: (1) an input module, associated with an Internet site,
that presents at least one page to a loan applicant to assist the loan
applicant in providing personal and student loan information pertaining
to a plurality of student loans made to the loan applicant and (2) a
qualification module, associated with the input module, that assesses the
personal information to determine a personal qualification of the loan
applicant and assesses the student loan information pertaining to the
plurality of student loans to determine a loan qualification of the loan
applicant, the qualification module qualifying the loan applicant and
informing the loan applicant and a loan consolidator only if the personal
qualification and the loan qualification are positive.