**Exhibit 19.1**

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**SLM Student Loan Trust 1997-4**

**Officer’s Certificate of the Servicer**

**Annual Statement of Compliance**

**As of December 31, 2004**

 
| **TO:**   | **Indenture  Trustee**                         | **Eligible  Lender Trustee**                         |
|-----------|------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------|
|      | Deutsche Bank  Trust Company Americas          | Chase Manhattan  Bank USA, National Association      |
|      | 100 Plaza One,  MS JCY03 0606                  | Christiana  Center/OPS4, 500 Stanton Christiana Road |
|      | Jersey City, New  Jersey 07311                 | Newark, Delaware  19713                              |
|      | Attn: Corporate  Trust & Agency Group | Attn: Corporate  Trust Dept.                         |
|      |                                           |                                                 |
| **Copy:** |                                           | The Chase  Manhattan Bank, N.A.                      |
|      |                                           | 450 West 33rd  Street 15th floor                     |
|      |                                           | New York, New  York 10001                            |
|      |                                           | Attn: Structured  Finance Services                   |

 

Pursuant to Section 3.2of the Administration Agreement (the “Agreement”), we hereby certify that (i) areview of the activities and performance of the Servicer from January 1,2004 through December 31, 2004 under this Agreement and under theServicing Agreement dated as of November 12, 1997 has been made under oursupervision, and (ii) to the best of our knowledge, the Servicer has fulfilledits obligations in all material respects under the Agreement and under theServicing Agreement throughout such period.

 

 

SALLIE MAE Inc., asServicer

12061 Bluemont Way

Reston, Virginia 20190

 

 
| /s/ Robert A.  Crawford                                   |   |
|-----------------------------------------------------------|--------|
| Robert A.  Crawford, Senior Vice President and Controller |

 

 
| /s/ C. E.  Andrews                                                       |   |
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------|
| C. E. Andrews,  Executive Vice President, Accounting and Risk Management |

 

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12061 Bluemont Way

Reston, VA 20190

 

Michele Voon

Deutsche Bank TrustCompany Americas

60 Wall Street

26th Floor MS NYC60-2606

New York, NY 10005

 

John Cashin

Chase Manhattan Bank USA,NA

500 Stanton Christiana Rd,3rd Floor/OPS4

Newark, DE 19713

 
| SLM  TRUST 1996-1 | SLM  TRUST 1999-2 | SLM  TRUST 2002-2  |
|-------------------|-------------------|--------------------|
| SLM  TRUST 1996-2 | SLM  TRUST 1999-3 | SLM  TRUST 2002-3  |
| SLM  TRUST 1996-3 | SLM  TRUST 2000-1 | SLM  TRUST 2002-4  |
| SLM  TRUST 1996-4 | SLM  TRUST 2000-2 | SLM  TRUST 2002-4  |
| SLM  TRUST 1997-1 | SLM  TRUST 2000-3 | SLM  TRUST 2004-4  |
| SLM  TRUST 1997-2 | SLM  TRUST 2000-4 | SLM  TRUST 2004-5  |
| SLM  TRUST 1997-3 | SLM  TRUST 2001-1 | SLM  TRUST 2004-6  |
| SLM  TRUST 1997-4 | SLM  TRUST 2001-2 | SLM  TRUST 2004-7  |
| SLM  TRUST 1998-1 | SLM  TRUST 2001-3 | SLM  TRUST 2004-8  |
| SLM  TRUST 1998-2 | SLM  TRUST 2001-4 | SLM  TRUST 2004-9  |
| SLM  TRUST 1999-1 | SLM  TRUST 2002-1 | SLM  TRUST 2004-10 |

 

Pursuant to Section 3.2of the Administration Agreement (the “Agreement”), we, the undersigned, herebycertify that (i) a review of the activities and performance of theAdministrator from January 1, 2004 through December 31, 2004 has beenmade under our supervision and (ii) to the best of our knowledge, based on suchreview, the Administrator has fulfilled its obligations in all materialrespects under the Agreement throughout such period.

 

 
| /s/ Gregory A.  Swartz                 |                                      | /s/ J. Lance  Franke |   |
|----------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|----------------------|--------|
| Gregory A.  Swartz, Managing Director, | J. Lance Franke, Sr.  Vice President |
| Corporate  Finance Operations          | Corporate  Finance                        |
| Sallie Mae, Inc.                       | Sallie Mae, Inc.                          |

 
| cc:    | Chase Manhattan  Bank USA, N.A. |
|--------|---------------------------------|
|   | Eligible Lender  Trustee        |

 

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