I am new to this site and could use some advice. I have a creditline account with a $10,000 balance that is currently showing 30 and 60 day late payments since July of 2010 and my credit score took a nosedive. I have been trying to work out a payment schedule for the past year to bring this account current, and they are finally reviewing it to see if they will move the past-due amount to the back end of the loan and bring the account current, but they will not budge on removing the late payments that have been reported. I made a double payment in August of 2010 and have been making monthly payments since October 2010, but have not been able to bring it to current.Â
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I have received a small inheretance that will enable me to pay this in full. My dilema is that I have a daughter starting college this fall and will either need this money to help pay for college, or pay off this loan and bring my credit score high enough to qualify for a student loan.  My current score is 539. If I offer to PIF and ask the OC to delete this account from my credit, will it increase my score enough to make a difference? Or, if they bring my account to current should I just continue to make the payments and live with the 6 months of late payments on my credit report?