| **CERTIFICATION** | Exhibit                    31.2                       |
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|              | I,                    Daniel P. McHugh, certify that: |   |
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|              | 1.                                                    | I                    have reviewed this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of The Student                    Loan                    Corporation; |
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|              | 2.                                                    | Based                    on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement                    of a                    material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make                    the                    statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such                    statements                    were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered                    by this                    report; |
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|              | 3.                                                    | Based                    on my knowledge, the consolidated financial statements, and other                    financial information included in this report, fairly present                    in all                    material respects the financial condition, results of operations                    and cash                    flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented                    in this                    report; |
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|              | 4.                                                    | The                    registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for                    establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures                    (as                    defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal                    control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act                    Rules                    13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have: |
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|              |                                                  | a) | Designed                    such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure                    controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision,                    to ensure                    that material information relating to the registrant, including                    its                    consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within                    those                    entities, particularly during the period in which this report                    is being                    prepared; |
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|              |                                                  | b) | Designed                    such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such                    internal                    control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision,                    to                    provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial                    reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external                    purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting                    principles; |
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|              |                                                  | c) | Evaluated                    the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures                    and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness                    of                    the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of  the                    period covered by this report based on such evaluation;                    and |
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|              |                                                  | d) | Disclosed                    in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over                    financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent                    fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an                    annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably                    likely to                    materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial                    reporting; and |
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|              | 5.                                                    | The                    registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed, based on                    our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial                    reporting,                    to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s                    board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent                    functions): |
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|              |                                                  |                             a) | All                    significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design                    or                    operation of internal control over financial reporting which                    are                    reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record,                    process, summarize and report financial information;                    and |
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|              |                                                  |                             b) | Any                    fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other                    employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control                    over financial reporting. |
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| Date:                     November 7, 2007 | By:    | /s/                    Daniel P. McHugh        |   |
|                                            |   | Daniel                    P. McHugh            |   |
|                                            |   | Principal                    Financial Officer |   |
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