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Graduation Reward Policy

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Graduation Reward Policy

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Graduation Reward Terms and Conditions

These Terms and Conditions describe the eligibility and redemption policy for the Graduation Reward. "You" refers to the borrower. "We" refers to Discover Bank.

Graduation Reward Eligibility

You will be eligible to receive a Graduation Reward if:

  • You graduate from the degree program (undergraduate program or graduate program) that the loan was used to fund, and
  • Your graduation date is more than 90 days and is less than six years after the date of the loan’s first disbursement, and
  • Your loan is not in default on the graduation date
  • You are the student borrower for a Certified Private Loan (also called Private Education Loan) from Discover Bank
  • You are the student borrower for a Federal Stafford Loan or Federal Grad PLUS Loan from Discover Bank, and you submitted the loan application between July 1, 2007 and October 9, 2007
  • You are the parent borrower for a Federal Parent PLUS Loan from Discover Bank, and you submitted the loan application between July 1, 2007 and October 9, 2007; for Federal Parent PLUS Loans, "you graduate", "your graduation date" and "your school" refer to the student's graduation and school

Upon graduation, if you have more than one participating loan, you may be eligible to receive a Graduation Reward on each loan. However, you will not receive a Graduation Reward more than once for the same loan, even if you receive more than one degree. We may request proof of your graduation date and degree from you or your school, in order to confirm eligibility for the Graduation Reward. If you default on your loan or consolidate or refinance your loan with another lender prior to redeeming the Graduation Reward, you will not be eligible for a Graduation Reward.

Graduation Reward Amount

We will calculate the Graduation Reward by multiplying the outstanding principal balance of your loan on the last day of the month of graduation by 2% (0.02) and rounding to the nearest cent. The outstanding principal balance used for the calculation will not include accrued and unpaid interest, which may be capitalized when your loan enters its repayment phase.

If there is an overpayment due to an error, we reserve the right to increase the principal balance of your loan by the amount of the overpayment of the Graduation Reward. It is your responsibility to notify us if there is an error in the Graduation Reward calculation or if you do not receive an expected Graduation Reward redemption.

Graduation Reward Redemption

You must redeem your Graduation Reward in full in a single redemption transaction, and you may choose from one of the following options:

  • A credit to the balance of any of your Discover Student Loans
  • An electronic deposit into a bank account

Please call us at 1-877-728-3030 between 8:00 am to midnight (ET) to redeem your Graduation Reward. We will process your Graduation Reward within 90 days of your redemption request.

Changes to these Terms and Conditions

These Terms and Conditions are subject to change with notice. We may change them at any time including, but not limited to, changing the redemption methods or imposing additional conditions.