I will definitely update...I just made my 9/7 payment to Direct Loans a month early.  All of my reports still show 8 seperate collections to the DOE.  This is most certainly going to be the most in depth coverage of someone doing the rehab process and what it did to their CR and score.  I should know, I've been scouring the net for a year trying to find solid info and can't. 

tburns- how is your progress coming?