Until I defaulted, it was reported as one account with the US Dept of Edu but once it went to default, it was broken as each semester's loan was a unique account. So to answer your question, yes, when I defaulted on my account, it began showing as 13 unique CA's on my report. I almost had a stroke when I saw it the first time ...

I am not yet certain if it will be re-consolidated since its back to the loan originator again ... but according to the letter I have (and will keep for my records), my account will be OK/in good standing after the first payment is made and
all references to collections will be
deleted from the 3 bureaus.
I hope its done soon. I've not had any other baddies in 24 months (save one extra hard pull from my bank due to my own stupidity) ... I also have a bunch of GW's ready to send out to hopefully deal with some nasty baddies (3 30 days late; 2 60 days late) ... it will be nice to finally have a somewhat accurate picture of where my credit stands.