2008-04-09 23:53:42 -

- Fitch expects to rate SLM Student Loan Trust, series 2008-4 as follows:

--$ 236,000,000 class A-1 'AAA';

--$ 315,000,000 class A-2 'AAA';

--$ 138,000,000 class A-3 'AAA';

--$ 280,986,000 class A-4 'AAA';

--$ 29,999,000 class B 'AA+';

For more information, see the SLM Student Loan Trust, 2008-4 presale report, available to all investors

on Fitch's corporate site, www.fitchratings.com.

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