**SERVICER      COMPLIANCE STATEMENT**

| 1.   | A                review of the activities and performance of the Servicer under the                Amended                and Restated Private Student Loan Servicing Agreement, dated as of                September 28, 2006, as amended, between the Servicer and The First                Marblehead Corporation (the “Servicing Agreement”) for the period that is                the subject of each of the Reports has been made under the supervision                of                the undersigned; |
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| 2.   | To                the best knowledge of the undersigned, based on such review, the                Servicer                has fulfilled all of its obligations under the Servicing Agreement                in all                material respects throughout the period that is the subject of each                of the                Reports; and |
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| 3.   | To                the best knowledge of the undersigned, based on such review, there                have                been no failures to fulfill any such obligation in any material                respect. |
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|   | PENNSYLVANIA              HIGHER EDUCATION              ASSISTANCE AGENCY |                                                            |
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|   | By:                                                                       | /s/ James              L. Preston                          |   |
|   |                                                                      | Name:              James L.              Preston           |   |
|   |                                                                      | Title:              Executive Vice              President  |   |
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**Schedule      A**