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Filed On 11/23/05 4:34pm ET   ·   SEC Files 333-125821, -01   ·   Accession Number 950144-5-12187

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  You should review carefully the factors set forth under “Risk Factors” beginning on page S-22 of this prospectus supplement and page 16 in the accompanying prospectus.  
 
  The prospectus supplement does not contain complete information about the offering of the securities. No one may use this prospectus supplement to offer and sell the securities unless it is accompanied by the prospectus. If any statements in this prospectus supplement conflict with statements in the prospectus, the statements in this prospectus supplement will control.  
 
  The securities are asset-backed securities and represent the obligations of the issuing entity only and do not represent the obligations of or interest in the sponsor, the depositor or any of their affiliates. The securities are not insured or guaranteed by the United States of America or any government agency.  
 
  Neither the Securities and Exchange Commission nor any state securities commission has approved or disapproved the securities or determined that this prospectus supplement or the prospectus is truthful or complete. Any representation to the contrary is a criminal offense.  
 
  The prospectus supplement dated November 16, 2005 and the prospectus dated November 16, 2005 (attached hereto as Annex 1) constitute a prospectus for the purposes of Directive 2003/71/EC (the “prospectus”).  


Prospectus Supplement to Prospectus dated November 16, 2005
Filed Pursuant to Rule 424(b)(5)
Registration No. 333-125821
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$1,800,000,000 Student Loan-Backed Notes, Series 2005-1
Wachovia Student Loan Trust 2005-1
Issuing Entity
     
Wachovia Education Loan Funding LLC
Depositor
Wachovia Bank, National Association
Wachovia Education Finance Inc.
Originators
  Wachovia Bank, National Association
Sponsor and Administrator
Wachovia Education Finance Inc.
Master Servicer
                                         
    Initial           Initial Public        
    Principal       Final Scheduled   Offering   Underwriting   Proceeds to
Class   Amount   Interest Rate(1)   Distribution Date   Price   Discount   the Depositor
                         
Floating Rate Class A-1 Notes
  $152,000,000   three-month LIBOR minus 0.03%     October 25, 2010       100.0%       0.150%       99.850%  
Floating Rate Class A-2 Notes
  $278,000,000   three-month LIBOR plus 0.00%     January 26, 2015       100.0%       0.200%       99.800%  
Floating Rate Class A-3 Notes
  $192,000,000   three-month LIBOR plus 0.05%     April 25, 2017       100.0%       0.225%       99.775%  
Floating Rate Class A-4 Notes
  $296,000,000   three-month LIBOR plus 0.11%     July 27, 2020       100.0%       0.250%       99.750%  
Floating Rate Class A-5 Notes
  $395,000,000   three-month LIBOR plus 0.13%     January 26, 2026       100.0%       0.340%       99.660%  
Floating Rate Class A-6 Notes
  $433,000,000   three-month LIBOR plus 0.19%     October 25, 2040       100.0%       0.400%       99.600%  
Floating Rate Class B Notes(2)
  $54,000,000   three-month LIBOR plus 0.30%     October 25, 2040       N/A       N/A       N/A  
 
(1)  Accrual period of the notes begins on a distribution date and ends on the day before the next distribution date, provided that, the first accrual period begins on the closing date and ends on January 24, 2006, the day before the first distribution date.
(2)  The class B notes will not be purchased by the underwriters. However, the class B notes may be offered by the depositor or one or more of its affiliates to the public from time to time as more fully described under “Underwriting” in this prospectus supplement.
     
    l  The trust will issue seven classes of notes and a class of excess distribution certificates.
    l  The notes are backed by a pledge of the trust’s assets. The trust’s assets include a pool of consolidation student loans originated under the Federal Family Education Loan Program.
    l  Only the class A-1, class A-2, class A-3, class A-4, class A-5 and class A-6 notes are being offered by this prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus.
    l  The trust will make payments on the notes quarterly beginning on January 25, 2006.
    l  Credit enhancement for the offered notes consists of the reserve account, the capitalized interest account, subordination of the class B notes and subordination of the excess distribution certificates.
    There is no established trading market for the offered notes. Application has been made to the Irish Financial Services Regulatory Authority of Ireland as competent authority under Directive 2003/71/ EC, for the prospectus to be approved. Application has been made to the Irish Stock Exchange for the offered notes to be admitted to the Official List and trading on its regulated market. There can be no assurance that such listing will be granted. Such approval relates only to the offered notes which are to admitted to trading on the regulated market of Irish Stock Exchange or other regulated markets for the purposes of Directive 93/22/EEC or which are to be offered to the public in any Member State of European Economic Area. We are offering the classes of notes through the underwriters at the prices shown above, when and if issued.

We expect the proceeds to the depositor from the sale of the offered notes to be $1,740,969,000 before deducting expenses payable by the depositor estimated to be $1,500,000. The notes will be delivered in book-entry form only on or about November 29, 2005.
 
Sole Book-Runner
Wachovia Securities
 
Co-Managers
Barclays Capital Merrill Lynch & Co. Sandler O’Neill & Partners, L.P.
The date of this prospectus supplement is November 16, 2005.


 

TABLE OF CONTENTS
PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT
         
    Page
SUMMARY OF TERMS
    S-6  
RELEVANT PARTIES
    S-6  
THE OFFERED NOTES
    S-7  
THE NON-OFFERED NOTES
    S-7  
DATES
    S-7  
INFORMATION ABOUT THE NOTES AND THE EXCESS DISTRIBUTION CERTIFICATES
    S-8  
CREDIT ENHANCEMENT FOR THE OFFERED NOTES
    S-12  
INFORMATION ABOUT THE TRUST
    S-14  
TERMINATION OF THE TRUST
    S-18  
TAX CONSIDERATIONS
    S-19  
ERISA CONSIDERATIONS
    S-20  
RATING OF THE OFFERED NOTES
    S-20  
LISTING INFORMATION AND TRADING
    S-20  
IDENTIFICATION NUMBERS
    S-20  
RISK FACTORS
    S-22  
DEFINED TERMS
    S-28  
FORMATION OF THE TRUST
    S-28  
The Issuing Entity
    S-28  
Capitalization of the Trust
    S-30  
Eligible Lender Trustee
    S-30  
USE OF PROCEEDS
    S-30  
THE TRUST STUDENT LOAN POOL
    S-31  
Insurance of Student Loans; Guarantors of Student Loans
    S-43  
Cure Period for Trust Student Loans
    S-47  
Consolidation of Federal Benefit Billings and Receipts and Guarantor Claims with Other Trusts
    S-48  
MASTER SERVICING AGREEMENT AND SUB-SERVICING AGREEMENTS
    S-49  
DESCRIPTION OF THE NOTES
    S-50  
General
    S-50  
The Notes
    S-51  
Accounts
    S-54  
Consolidation Loan Add-On Period
    S-54  
Servicing Compensation
    S-55  
Distributions
    S-55  
Voting Rights and Remedies; Insolvency Events
    S-57  
Administration Fee
    S-60  
Notice to Holders of the Notes
    S-60  
LEGAL PROCEEDINGS
    S-60  
U.S. FEDERAL INCOME TAX CONSEQUENCES
    S-61  
ERISA CONSIDERATIONS
    S-61  
General
    S-61  
REPORTS TO SECURITYHOLDERS
    S-62  
UNDERWRITING
    S-62  
LISTING AND GENERAL INFORMATION
    S-67  
RATINGS OF THE OFFERED NOTES
    S-68  
LEGAL MATTERS
    S-68  
GLOSSARY FOR PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT
    S-69  

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TABLE OF CONTENTS
PROSPECTUS
         
    Page
PROSPECTUS SUMMARY
    1  
RISK FACTORS
    16  
FORMATION OF THE TRUSTS
    37  
USE OF PROCEEDS
    38  
THE DEPOSITOR, THE MASTER SERVICER, THE ADMINISTRATOR AND THE SPONSOR
    39  
THE ORIGINATORS
    41  
THE STUDENT LOAN POOLS
    42  
TRANSFER AND SERVICING AGREEMENTS
    48  
SERVICING AND ADMINISTRATION
    51  
TRADING INFORMATION
    63  
DESCRIPTION OF THE NOTES
    65  
DESCRIPTION OF THE CERTIFICATES
    73  
CERTAIN INFORMATION REGARDING THE SECURITIES
    75  
CERTAIN LEGAL ASPECTS OF THE STUDENT LOANS
    90  
U.S. FEDERAL INCOME TAX CONSEQUENCES
    92  
FEDERAL TAX CONSEQUENCES FOR TRUSTS IN WHICH ALL CERTIFICATES ARE RETAINED BY THE ORIGINATORS, THE SPONSOR, THE DEPOSITOR OR A THIRD PARTY ORIGINATOR
    104  
STATE TAX CONSEQUENCES
    105  
ERISA CONSIDERATIONS
    105  
AVAILABLE INFORMATION
    108  
REPORTS TO SECURITYHOLDERS
    108  
INCORPORATION OF CERTAIN DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE
    108  
PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION
    109  
LEGAL MATTERS
    111  
APPENDIX A
    A-1  
APPENDIX B
    B-1  

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THE INFORMATION IN THIS PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT
AND THE ACCOMPANYING PROSPECTUS
     We refer to the notes offered by this prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus as either the class A notes or the offered notes. We provide information to you about the offered notes in two separate documents which provide progressively more detailed information. These two documents are:
    the accompanying prospectus, which begins after the end of this prospectus supplement and which provides general information, some of which may not apply to your particular class of offered notes; and
 
    this prospectus supplement, which describes the specific terms of the notes being offered.
     You should read both the prospectus and the prospectus supplement to fully understand the offered notes.
     For your convenience, we include cross-references in this prospectus supplement and in the prospectus to captions in these materials where you can find related information. The Table of Contents on pages S-2 and S-3 provides the pages on which you can find these captions.
NOTICE TO INVESTORS
     The offered notes may not be offered or sold to persons in the United Kingdom in a transaction that results in an offer to the public within the meaning of the securities laws of the United Kingdom.
IRISH LISTING
     For as along as the offered notes are listed on the Irish Stock Exchange, a copy of this prospectus will be available free of charge in electronic format at the office of the paying agent in Ireland and at the office of the trust. Any web addresses provided in this prospectus supplement and the attached prospectus do not form part of the “prospectus” under the Prospectus (Directive 2003/71/EC) Regulations for the purposes of obtaining approval of the prospectus from the Irish Financial Services Regulatory Authority or listing of the offered notes on the Irish Stock Exchange.
 

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SUMMARY OF PARTIES TO THE TRANSACTION
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WACHOVIA BANK, WACHOVIA NATIONAL EDUCATION ASSOCIATION FINANCE INC. (Originator of 37.15% (Originator of 62.85% of trust student loans of trust student and loans)(1) Sponsor)(1) WACHOVIA WACHOVIA EDUCATION EDUCATION LOAN FINANCE INC.FUNDING LLC (Master Servicer)(Depositor)WACHOVIA BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION (Administrator) ACS EDUCATION SERVICES, INC. AND AMERICAN CHASE BANK USA, CHASE BANK USA, EDUCATION NATIONAL NATIONAL SERVICESASSOCIATION ASSOCIATION (Sub-Servicers)(Eligible Lender (Eligible Lender WACHOVIA Trustee) Trustee) STUDENTholding legal title of holding legal title of LOANthe trust student loans the trust student loans TRUST 2005-1 (Issuing Entity)WELLS FARGO WELLS FARGO BANK, BANK, NATIONAL NATIONAL ASSOCIATION ASSOCIATION (Indenture Trustee) (Indenture Trustee) CLASS A-1 NOTES CLASS A-2 NOTES CLASS A-3 NOTES CERTIFICATESCLASS A-4 NOTES CLASS A-5 NOTES CLASS A-6 NOTES AND CLASS B NOTES
 
    *This chart provides only a simplified overview of the relations between the key parties to the transaction. Refer to this prospectus supplement and the prospectus for a further description.
 
    (1) As of the statistical cutoff date.

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SUMMARY OF TERMS
     We refer to the notes offered by this prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus as either the class A notes or the offered notes. This summary highlights selected information about the notes. It does not contain all of the information that you might find important in making your investment decision of the offered notes. It provides only an overview to aid your understanding and is qualified by the full description of the information contained in this prospectus supplement and the attached prospectus. You should read the full description of this information appearing elsewhere in this document and in the prospectus to understand all of the terms of the offering of the notes or the offered notes.
RELEVANT PARTIES
Issuing Entity. Wachovia Student Loan Trust 2005-1, which we refer to as the issuing entity or the trust.
Originators. Wachovia Education Finance Inc. and Wachovia Bank, National Association. The address and phone number of Wachovia Education Finance Inc. is 11000 White Rock Road, Rancho Cordova, California, 95670; (916) 631-5000. The address and phone number of Wachovia Bank, National Association is One Wachovia Center, 301 South College Street, Charlotte, North Carolina, 28288; (704) 374-6565. All of the trust student loans have been originated by the originators.
Depositor. Wachovia Education Loan Funding LLC. The depositor’s address and phone number is One Wachovia Center, 301 South College Street, Suite F, Charlotte, North Carolina, 28288-5578; (704) 383-4629.
Sponsor and Administrator. Wachovia Bank, National Association. The sponsor’s and administrator’s address and phone number is One Wachovia Center, 301 South College Street, Charlotte, North Carolina, 28288; (704) 374-6565. The sponsor is responsible for initiating and structuring the transaction. The administrator is responsible for performing certain administrative functions on behalf of the trust.
Master Servicer. Wachovia Education Finance Inc. The master servicer’s address and phone number is 11000 White Rock Road, Rancho Cordova, California, 95670; (916) 631-5000. The master servicer is responsible for managing the servicing of the trust student loans through the sub-servicers.
Sub-servicers. ACS Education Services, Inc. and The Pennsylvania Higher Education Assistance Agency, doing business nationally as American Education Services. The address and phone number of ACS Education Services, Inc. is One World Trade Center, Suite 2200, Long Beach, California 90831; (800) 835-4611. The address and phone number of American Education Services is 1200 North Seventh Street, Harrisburg, PA 17102; (800) 233-0557. The sub-servicers are responsible for all collection activities with respect to the trust student loans.
Indenture Trustee. Wells Fargo Bank, National Association. The indenture trustee’s address and phone number is MAC#9311-161, Sixth Street and Marquette Avenue, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55479; (612) 667-8058.
Eligible Lender Trustee. Chase Bank USA, National Association. The eligible lender

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trustee’s address and phone number is 500 Stanton Christiana Road, FL3/OPS4, Newark, Delaware 19713; (302) 552-6279. The eligible lender trustee will hold legal title to the trust student loans.
Paying Agent. Wachovia Bank, National Association.
Irish Paying Agent. Deutsche International Corporate Services (Ireland) Limited.
Irish Listing Agent. Arthur Cox Listing Services Limited.
THE OFFERED NOTES
The trust is offering the following classes of notes:
Class A Notes:
  Floating Rate Class A-1 Student Loan-Backed Notes in the amount of $152,000,000;
  Floating Rate Class A-2 Student Loan-Backed Notes in the amount of $278,000,000;
  Floating Rate Class A-3 Student Loan-Backed Notes in the amount of $192,000,000;
  Floating Rate Class A-4 Student Loan-Backed Notes in the amount of $296,000,000;
  Floating Rate Class A-5 Student Loan-Backed Notes in the amount of $395,000,000; and
  Floating Rate Class A-6 Student Loan-Backed Notes in the amount of $433,000,000.
THE NON-OFFERED NOTES
The trust will also issue but not offer the following class of notes:
Class B Notes:
  Floating Rate Class B Student Loan-Backed Notes in the amount of $54,000,000.
The class B notes which will not be purchased by the underwriters and will be transferred to the depositor on the closing date as partial consideration for the transfer of the student loans to the trust. A portion of the class B notes will continue to be held by the depositor and a portion of the class B notes will be transferred to Wachovia Bank, National Association and then transferred to WELF Holding LLC. WELF Holding LLC is a Delaware limited liability company wholly owned by Wachovia Bank, National Association. We sometimes refer to WELF Holding LLC as WELF Holding.
We sometimes refer to the class A notes and the class B notes, collectively, as the notes.
DATES
Closing Date. The closing date for this offering is November 29, 2005. This date is also the issue date of the notes.
Cutoff Date. The cutoff date is the close of business on October 31, 2005. The trust will be entitled to receive all collections and proceeds on the trust student loans after the cutoff date.
Statistical Cutoff Date. The information about the trust student loans in this prospectus supplement is calculated and presented as of the close of business on September 30, 2005. We refer to this date as the statistical cutoff date.

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Distribution Dates. A distribution date for each class of notes is the 25th of each January, April, July and October, beginning in January 2006. If any January 25, April 25, July 25 or October 25 is not a business day, the distribution date will be the next business day.
Final Scheduled Distribution Date. We refer you to the cover page and “—Information about the Notes and the Excess Distribution Certificates—Final Scheduled Distribution Dates” below.
Record Date. Interest and principal will be payable to holders of record as of the close of business on the record date, which is the day before the related distribution date.
INFORMATION ABOUT THE NOTES AND THE EXCESS DISTRIBUTION CERTIFICATES
Notes Offered Under This Prospectus Supplement. The offered notes consist of the series 2005-1 notes: the class A-1 notes, the class A-2 notes, the class A-3 notes, the class A-4 notes, the class A-5 notes and the class A-6 notes, as described on the cover page.
Securities Not Offered. The trust will also issue series 2005-1 class B notes and excess distribution certificates. The class B notes and the excess distribution certificates are not being offered by this prospectus supplement. Any information in this prospectus supplement regarding the class B notes and the excess distribution certificates is intended only to give you a better understanding of the offered notes.
Payments of principal of the class B notes are subordinated to the payments of interest and principal of the class A notes as described herein. Payments of interest of the class B notes are subordinated to the payments of interest of the class A notes and, in certain limited circumstances, to the payments of principal on the class A notes.
The excess distribution certificates will represent fractional undivided interests in the trust. The excess distribution certificates will not bear interest. Payments of the excess distribution certificates are subordinated to the payments of interest on and principal of the notes as described herein.
There will be two excess distribution certificates and they will initially be owned and retained by the depositor and WELF Holding, respectively.
Terms of the Notes. The notes are debt obligations of the trust. The notes will receive payments primarily from collections on a pool of trust student loans acquired by the trust on the closing date.
Interest will accrue on the outstanding principal balance of the notes during three-month accrual periods and will be paid on each distribution date.
Each accrual period begins on a distribution date and ends on the day before the next distribution date. The first accrual period, however, will begin on the closing date and end on January 24, 2006, the day before the first distribution date.
Interest Rates. Except for the first accrual period, each class of notes will bear interest at a rate equal to the sum of three-month LIBOR and the applicable spread listed in the table below:
         
Class   Spread
Class A-1
  minus 0.03%
Class A-2
  plus 0.00%
Class A-3
  plus 0.05%
Class A-4
  plus 0.11%
Class A-5
  plus 0.13%
Class A-6
  plus 0.19%
Class B
  plus 0.30%

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LIBOR for the first accrual period will be determined by the following formula:
x + 27/32 * (y-x)
where:
x = One-month LIBOR, and
y = Two-month LIBOR.
The administrator will determine LIBOR as specified under “Certain Information Regarding the SecuritiesFloating Rate SecuritiesDetermination of LIBOR” in the prospectus. The administrator will calculate interest on the notes based on the actual number of days elapsed in each accrual period divided by 360.
Interest Payments. Interest accrued on the outstanding principal balance of the notes during each accrual period will be payable on the applicable distribution date.
If noteholders of any class do not receive all interest owed to them on a payment date, the trust will make payments of interest on later payment dates to make up the shortfall, together with interest on those amounts, to the extent funds from specified sources are available to cover the shortfall.
Principal Payments. Principal on the offered notes will be payable sequentially on each distribution date in an amount generally equal to the principal distribution amount for that distribution date.
Priority of Principal Payments. Principal will be payable sequentially on each distribution date:
  first, the class A noteholders’ principal distribution amount, sequentially to the class A-1 through class A-6 notes, in that order, until their respective principal balances have been reduced to zero; and
  second, on and after the stepdown date and provided that no trigger event is in effect, the class B noteholders’ principal distribution amount, to the class B notes, until their principal balances have been reduced to zero.
Until the stepdown date, the class B notes will not be entitled to any payments of principal. On each distribution date on and after the stepdown date, provided that no trigger event is in effect, the class B notes will be entitled to their pro rata share of principal, subject to the existence of sufficient available funds.
The class A noteholders’ principal distribution amount will be equal to the principal distribution amount times the class A percentage. The class A percentage will be equal to 100% minus the class B percentage. The class B noteholders’ principal distribution amount will be equal to the principal distribution amount times the class B percentage.
The class B percentage will be zero prior to the stepdown date and on any other distribution date if a trigger event is in effect. On each other distribution date, it will be the percentage obtained by dividing:
  the aggregate principal balance of the class B notes, by
  the aggregate principal balance of all outstanding notes.
The stepdown date will be the earlier of:
  the distribution date in October 2011, or

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  the first date on which no class A notes remain outstanding.
A trigger event will be in effect on any distribution date if the outstanding principal balance of the notes after giving effect to distributions to be made on that distribution date, would exceed the adjusted pool balance for that distribution date.
See “Description of the Notes—Distributions” in this prospectus supplement for a more detailed description of principal payments.
Priority of Distributions.
Wachovia Bank, National Association, as administrator, will instruct the paying agent to withdraw funds on deposit in the collection account and, to the extent required, the capitalized interest account (through the July 2007 distribution date) and the reserve account and to apply such funds on each applicable distribution date generally as shown in the chart, prior to an event of default, on the following page. Funds on deposit in the collection account and, to the extent required, the reserve account and (through the July 2007 distribution date) the capitalized interest account will be applied monthly to the payment of the master servicing fee and the administration fee. Funds on deposit in the add-on consolidation account will be applied to finance any add-on consolidation loans during the consolidation loan add-on period.
We refer you to “Description of the Notes—Distributions” in this prospectus supplement for a more detailed description of distributions.

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PRIORITY OF DISTRIBUTIONS
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COLLECTION ACCOUNT INDENTURE TRUSTEE, ELIGIBLE LENDER TRUSTEE AND MASTER SERVICER, pro rata, (indenture trustee’s fee and expenses, eligible lender trustee’s fee and expenses and 1stmaster servicing fee; provided that, the aggregate amount of the expenses to be paid to the indenture trustee and the eligible lender trustee shall not exceed $25,000 in any given calendar year) ADMINISTRATOR 2nd (administration fee) CLASS A NOTEHOLDERS 3rd (class A noteholders’ interest distribution amount) CLASS B NOTEHOLDERS 4th(class B noteholders’ interest distribution amount) (first to the class A-1 notes until paid in full, then to the class A-2 notes until paid in full , then to the class A-3 notes until CLASS A NOTEHOLDERS paid in full, then to the class A-4 notes until paid in full, then 5th(class A noteholders’ to the class A-5 notes until paid in full , then to the class A-6 principal distribution amount) notes until paid in full ) CLASS B NOTEHOLDERS 6th(class B noteholders’ principal distribution amount) RESERVE ACCOUNT (amount, if any, necessary to 7threinstate the reserve account balance to the specified reserve account balance) EXCESS DISTRIBUTION 8thCERTIFICATEHOLDERS (Any remaining amounts)

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     Final Scheduled Distribution Dates. Each class of notes will mature no later than the date set forth in the table below for that class:
     
Class   Final Scheduled
    Distribution Date
Class A-1
  October 25, 2010
Class A-2
  January 26, 2015
Class A-3
  April 25, 2017
Class A-4
  July 27, 2020
Class A-5
  January 26, 2026
Class A-6
  October 25, 2040
Class B.
  October 25, 2040
The actual maturity of any class of notes could occur earlier if, for example:
  there are prepayments on the trust student loans;
  the master servicer exercises its option to purchase all remaining trust student loans (which will not occur until the end of the first collection period on which the pool balance is 10% or less of the initial pool balance); or
  the indenture trustee auctions all remaining trust student loans (which, absent an event of default under the indenture, will not occur, until the end of the first collection period on which the pool balance is 10% or less of the initial pool balance).
The initial pool balance is equal to the sum of: (i) the pool balance as of the cutoff date and (ii) all amounts deposited into the add-on consolidation loan account on the closing date.
Denominations. The class A notes will be available for purchase in minimum denominations of $100,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof except that one note may be issued in a different amount. All of the notes will be available only in book-entry form through The Depository Trust Company, Clearstream, Luxembourg and the Euroclear System. You will not receive a certificate representing your class of offered notes except in very limited circumstances.
Security for the Notes. The notes will be secured by the assets of the trust, primarily the trust student loans.
CREDIT ENHANCEMENT FOR THE OFFERED NOTES
Credit enhancement is intended to protect you against losses and delays in payments on your class of offered notes by absorbing losses on the trust student loans and other shortfalls in cash flows. The credit enhancement for the offered notes will include:
  the capitalized interest account;
  the reserve account; and
  the subordination of the class B notes and the excess distribution certificates right to receive excess distributions.
Capitalized Interest Account.
Approximately $16,000,000 of the proceeds from the sale of the offered notes will be deposited into the capitalized interest account. On any monthly payment date or quarterly distribution date, funds in the capitalized interest account will be available to cover shortfalls in payments of the master servicing fee, the administration fee, the indenture trustee’s fee and expenses, the eligible lender trustee’s fee and expenses, interest due to the class A noteholders and thereafter, shortfalls in payments of interest to class B noteholders after application of funds available in the collection account but

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before application of funds on deposit in the reserve account.
Funds in the capitalized interest account will not be replenished.
All remaining funds on deposit in the capitalized interest account on the July 2007 distribution date will be transferred to the collection account and included in available funds on that distribution date.
We refer you to “Description of the Notes—Credit Enhancement—Capitalized Interest Account” in this prospectus supplement for more information.
Reserve Account. Approximately $4,451,570 of the proceeds from the sale of the offered notes will be deposited into the reserve account. Funds in the reserve account will be available on each distribution date or monthly payment date to cover any shortfalls, after giving effect to transfers from the capitalized interest account, in payments of the master servicing fee, the administration fee, the indenture trustee’s fee and expenses, the eligible lender trustee’s fee and expenses, the class A noteholders’ interest distribution amount and thereafter, the class B noteholders’ interest distribution amount.
In addition, the reserve account will be available:
  on the final scheduled distribution date for each class of class A notes and upon the termination of the trust, to cover shortfalls in payments of the class A noteholders’ principal and accrued interest; and
  on the class B final scheduled distribution date and upon termination of the trust, to pay the class B noteholders the unpaid principal balance on the class B notes and accrued interest.
Funds in the reserve account may be replenished on each distribution date by additional funds available after all prior required distributions have been made.
Amounts remaining in the reserve account on each distribution date in excess of the specified reserve account balance, after giving effect to any deposit or withdrawal, will be deposited into the collection account for distribution on that date.
The specified reserve account balance is the amount required to be maintained in the reserve account. The specified reserve account balance for any distribution date will be equal to the greater of:
(a) 0.25% of the pool balance and the amount, if any, on deposit in the add-on consolidation loan account (excluding any amounts in such account at the end of the collection period relating to the April 2006 distribution date), each as of the close of business on the last day of the related collection period; and
(b) $2,670,942;
provided that in no event will that balance exceed the aggregate outstanding principal balance of the notes.
A collection period is the three-month period ending on the last day of March, June, September or December, in each case for the distribution date in the following month. However, the first collection period will be the period from but excluding the cutoff date to and including December 31, 2005.
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this prospectus supplement for more information.
Subordination of the Class B Notes. Payments of interest on the class B notes will be subordinate to the payments of interest on the class A notes. Payments of principal on the class B notes will be subordinate to the payment of both interest and principal on the class A notes.
We refer you to “Description of the Notes—The Notes—The Class B Notes—Subordination of the Class B Notes” in this prospectus supplement.
Subordination of the Excess Distribution Certificates. The excess distribution certificateholders are entitled to receive payments collected on the trust student loans which are not used by the trust to make other required payments. The excess distribution certificates will be subordinated in priority of payment to all classes of notes. The excess distribution certificates will not receive any payment on any distribution date until all of the principal and interest owing on the notes on that distribution date have been paid in full (together with any unpaid fees of the master servicer and the administrator) and the reserve account has been funded to its required level.
INFORMATION ABOUT THE TRUST
Formation of the Trust
The trust is a Delaware statutory trust created under a trust agreement dated as of November 2, 2005.
The only activities of the trust are acquiring, owning and managing the trust student loans and the other assets of the trust, issuing and making payments on the notes and the excess distribution certificates and making any payments thereunder and other related activities. We refer you to "Formation of the Trust—The Issuing Entity” in this prospectus supplement.
The depositor will acquire the trust student loans from Wachovia Bank, National Association and Wachovia Education Finance Inc. under separate purchase agreements, and will subsequently contribute them to the trust on the closing date under a contribution agreement. As of the statistical cutoff date, 62.85% of the trust student loans were originated by Wachovia Education Finance Inc. (which will be referred to as WEF trust student loans) and 37.15% of the trust student loans were originated by Wachovia Bank, National Association (which will be referred to as WB trust student loans). We sometimes refer to Wachovia Education Finance Inc. as WEF and Wachovia Bank, National Association as Wachovia Bank.
The contribution agreement and purchase agreements will each be dated as of the cutoff date. Chase Bank USA, National Association, as interim eligible lender trustee, will hold legal title to the student loans for the depositor under an interim trust agreement.
The Trust Student Loans
The trust student loans (including the initial trust student loans and any add-on consolidation loans) are education loans to students and parents of students made under the Federal Family Education Loan Program, known as FFELP. All of the trust student loans are consolidation loans.
Consolidation loans are used to combine the borrower’s obligations under various federally authorized student loan programs into a single loan.

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Guarantee agencies described in this prospectus supplement and the prospectus guarantee all of the trust student loans. All of the trust student loans are reinsured by the United States Department of Education.
The trust student loans have been selected from the student loans owned by Wachovia Bank and WEF or one of their affiliates based on the criteria established by the depositor, as described in this prospectus supplement and the prospectus.
All special allowance payments on the trust student loans are based on the three-month financial commercial paper rate.
The following table contains summary information concerning the trust student loans as of the statistical cutoff date.
COMPOSITION OF THE TRUST STUDENT LOANS AS OF THE STATISTICAL CUTOFF DATE
         
Aggregate Outstanding Principal Balance
  $ 1,769,014,792  
 
       
Aggregate Outstanding Principal Balance—Commercial Paper
  $ 1,769,014,792  
 
       
Number of Borrowers
    54,681  
 
       
Average Outstanding Principal Balance Per Borrower
  $ 32,352  
 
       
Number of Loans
    94,120  
 
       
Average Outstanding Principal Balance Per Loan—Commercial Paper
  $ 18,795  
 
       
Weighted Average Remaining Term to Scheduled Maturity
  254 months
 
       
Weighted Average Annual Borrower Interest Rate
    4.15 %
We refer you to “The Trust Student Loan Pool” in this prospectus supplement and “The Student Loan Pools” in the prospectus for more information on the trust student loans.
The master servicer will deposit collections on the trust student loans, interest subsidy payments and special allowance payments into the collection account, as described in this prospectus supplement and the prospectus.
Add-on Consolidation Loans. From time to time through March 31, 2006, the trust may fund add-on consolidation loans to the extent that the trust has sufficient funds on deposit in the add-on consolidation loan account.
The principal balance of each add-on consolidation loan will serve to increase the principal balance of the related trust student loan by that amount.
Add-on Consolidation Loan Account. On the closing date, the administrator will establish and maintain the add-on consolidation loan account as an asset of the trust in the name of the indenture trustee. The trust will make a deposit in cash or eligible investments from the net proceeds of the sale of the offered notes equal to $4,000,000 into the add-on consolidation loan account on the closing date. The amount on deposit in the add-on consolidation loan account will be reduced by the amount used from that account to fund add-on consolidation loans from time to time during the consolidation loan add-on period.
All add-on consolidation loans will be added to the trust at a price equal to 100% of the outstanding principal balance of each add-on consolidation loan, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any.

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Any amounts remaining on deposit in the add-on consolidation loan account at the end of the consolidation loan add-on period will be transferred to the collection account on the next business day and included as part of available funds on the April 2006 distribution date.
Amounts withdrawn from the add-on consolidation loan account will be remitted by the master servicer (or the related sub-servicer) or the paying agent, as applicable, to the applicable lender in repayment of the related student loan, the amount of which will be added to the existing trust student loan.
Removal of Trust Student Loan Pool and Breach of Representations and Warranties by the Depositor and the Originators. If the depositor breaches a representation or warranty under the contribution agreement regarding a trust student loan, generally the depositor will have to cure the breach, reacquire or replace that trust student loan or reimburse the trust for losses resulting from the breach.
Each originator will have similar obligations of repurchase under the related purchase agreement with respect to the student loans sold by it.
These representations and warranties include, among other things, that:
  each student loan is free and clear of all security interests and other encumbrances and no offsets, defenses or counterclaims have been asserted or threatened;
  the information provided about the student loans is true and correct as of the cutoff date;
  each student loan complies in all material respects with applicable federal and state laws and applicable restrictions imposed by FFELP or under any guarantee agreement; and
  each student loan is guaranteed by the applicable guarantor.
We refer you to “Transfer and Servicing Agreements—Purchase of Student Loans by the Depositor; Representations and Warranties of the Originators” in the prospectus.
Servicing of the Assets
Under a master servicing agreement, WEF will act as master servicer with respect to the trust student loans and will arrange for and oversee the performance by each sub-servicer of its respective servicing obligations.
ACS Education Services, Inc. will act as sub-servicer with respect to approximately 40.1% of the principal balance of the trust student loans as of the statistical cutoff date and American Education Services will act as sub-servicer with respect to approximately 59.9% of the principal balance of the trust student loans as of the statistical cutoff date.
Each of the sub-servicers has entered into a sub-servicing agreement to assume responsibility for servicing, maintaining custody of and making collections on the trust student loans. Each of the sub-servicers will bill and collect payments from the guarantee agencies and the Department of Education. In addition, each sub-servicer is required to maintain its eligibility as a third-party servicer under the Higher Education Act. We refer you to “Servicing and Administration—Servicing Procedures” and “Servicing and Administration—Administration Agreement” in the

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prospectus. The master servicer may contract with various other sub-servicers; provided that, the master servicer shall not be relieved of its responsibilities and obligations under the master servicing agreement. We refer you to “Servicing and Administration—Certain Matters Regarding the Master Servicer” in the prospectus.
Removal of Trust Student Loan Pool and Breach of Covenants by the Master Servicer. Upon the discovery of a breach of any covenant under the master servicing agreement that has a material adverse effect on the interest of the trust, the master servicer will purchase that trust student loan unless the breach is cured within 210 days. However, any breach that relates to compliance with the requirements of the Higher Education Act or the applicable guarantor but that does not affect that guarantor’s obligation to guarantee payment of a trust student loan will not be considered to have a material adverse effect. In addition, a finding by the Department of Education that the Higher Education Act was violated or that a loan is no longer insured because of a violation of the Higher Education Act may be required prior to the trust being able to enforce the agreement.
These covenants include, among other things, that:
  it will (or will cause each sub-servicer to) satisfy all of its obligations relating to the trust student loans, maintain in effect all qualifications required in order to service the loans and comply in all material respects with all requirements of law if a failure to comply would have a materially adverse effect on the interest of the trust;
  it will not permit (nor will it allow any sub-servicer to permit) any rescission or cancellation of a trust student loan except as ordered by a court or other government authority or as consented to by the eligible lender trustee and the indenture trustee, except that it may write off any delinquent loan if the remaining balance of the borrower’s account is less than $50;
  it will do nothing to (nor will it permit any sub-servicer to) impair the rights of the excess distribution certificateholders and noteholders in the trust student loans; and
  it will not (nor will it permit any sub-servicer to) reschedule, revise, defer or otherwise compromise payments due on any trust student loan except during any applicable interest only, deferral or forbearance periods or otherwise in accordance with all applicable standards and requirements for servicing of the loans.
We refer you to “The Trust Student Loan Pool—Insurance of Student Loans; Guarantors of Student Loans” in this prospectus supplement.
Compensation of the Master Servicer and the Sub-Servicers
The master servicer will receive a master servicing fee.
The master servicer will be solely responsible for all compensation due to the sub-servicers for the performance of their respective obligations under the sub-servicing agreements. Each sub-servicer will be paid directly by the master servicer

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for services rendered under each sub-servicing agreement.
The master servicing fee for any month is equal to one-twelfth of 0.50% of the outstanding principal amount of the trust student loans as of the first day of the preceding calendar month.
The master servicing fee will be payable in arrears out of available funds and amounts on deposit in the reserve account on the 25th of each month, or if the 25th day is not a business day, then on the next business day, beginning in December 2005. The fee paid in each month is calculated based upon the outstanding principal amount of the trust student loans as of the first day of the preceding calendar month. Fees will include amounts from any prior monthly payment dates that remain unpaid.
We refer you to “Description of the Notes—Servicing Compensation” in this prospectus supplement.
TERMINATION OF THE TRUST
The trust will terminate upon:
  the maturity or other liquidation of the last trust student loan and the disposition of any amount received upon its liquidation; and
  the payment of all amounts required to be paid to the noteholders.
We refer you to “The Student Loan Pools—Termination” in the prospectus.
Optional Purchase
The master servicer may purchase or arrange for the purchase of all remaining trust student loans on any distribution date when the pool balance as of the end of the related collection period is 10% or less of the initial pool balance.
The exercise of this purchase option will result in the early retirement of the remaining notes. The purchase price will equal the amount required to prepay in full, including all accrued interest, the remaining trust student loans as of the end of the preceding collection period, but not less than a prescribed minimum purchase amount.
This prescribed minimum purchase amount is the aggregate principal balance of the trust student loans plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon; provided, however, that the prescribed minimum purchase amount must equal or exceed the amount that would be sufficient to:
  pay to noteholders the interest payable on the related distribution date;
  reduce the outstanding principal amount of each class of notes then outstanding on the related distribution date to zero; and
  certain amounts due to the master servicer, the eligible lender trustee, the indenture trustee, the administrator and the paying agents.
We refer you to “The Student Loan Pools—Termination” in the prospectus.
Auction of Trust Assets
If the master servicer has waived its option to purchase the remaining trust student loans, the indenture trustee will offer for sale all remaining trust student loans at the end of the first collection period when the pool balance is 10% or less of the initial pool balance.

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The initial trust auction date will be the third business day before the related distribution date. An auction will be consummated only if the master servicer has first waived its optional purchase right. The master servicer will waive its option to purchase the remaining trust student loans if it fails to notify the eligible lender trustee and the indenture trustee, in writing, that it intends to exercise its purchase option before the indenture trustee accepts a bid to purchase the trust student loans in response to the indenture trustee’s offer. The depositor and its affiliates, including Wachovia Bank and WEF, will not offer bids to purchase the trust student loans.
If at least two bids are received, the indenture trustee will solicit and re-solicit new bids from all participating bidders until only one bid remains or the remaining bidders decline to resubmit bids. The indenture trustee will accept the highest of the remaining bids if it equals or exceeds the minimum purchase amount described under “—Optional Purchase” above.
If at least two bids are not received or the highest bid after the re-solicitation process does not equal or exceed that amount, the indenture trustee will not complete the sale.
The net proceeds of any auction sale will be used to retire any outstanding notes on the related distribution date.
If the sale is not completed, the indenture trustee will solicit bids for sale of the trust student loans on the business day which is six months after the initial trust auction date (which is referred to as second trust auction date) upon terms similar to those described above, including the master servicer’s waiver of its option to purchase the remaining trust student loans; and if the sale is not completed in the second auction, the indenture trustee will solicit bids for sale of the trust student loans on the business day which is six months after the second trust auction date (which is referred to as third trust auction date) upon terms similar to those described above, including the master servicer’s waiver of its option to purchase the remaining trust student loans. The indenture trustee may or may not succeed in soliciting acceptable bids for the trust student loans on any of these trust auction dates. If the sale is not completed in the third auction, the indenture trustee shall not solicit further bids for sale of the trust student loans.
If the master servicer fails to exercise its purchase option, on each subsequent distribution date, the administrator will direct the paying agent to distribute as accelerated payments of principal on the notes all amounts that would otherwise be paid to the excess distribution certificateholders.
We refer you to “The Student Loan Pools—Termination” in the prospectus.
TAX CONSIDERATIONS
Subject to important considerations described in the prospectus:
  Federal tax counsel for the trust is of the opinion that the offered notes will be characterized as debt for federal income tax purposes.
  Federal tax counsel is also of the opinion that, for federal income tax purposes, the trust will not be taxable as a corporation.
  In the opinion of Delaware tax counsel for the trust, the same characterizations would apply for Delaware state income tax purposes as for federal income tax purposes.

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Class A noteholders who are not otherwise subject to Delaware taxation on income will not become subject to Delaware tax as a result of their ownership of the offered notes.
We refer you to “U.S. Federal Income Tax Consequences” in this prospectus supplement and in the prospectus.
ERISA CONSIDERATIONS
Subject to the considerations set forth in “ERISA Considerations” in the prospectus and this prospectus supplement, the offered notes may be acquired by a transferee for, or on behalf of, an employee benefit plan or other retirement arrangement subject to Section 406 of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended, or Section 4975 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, or any substantially similar applicable law or any entity deemed to hold the plan assets of the foregoing.
RATING OF THE OFFERED NOTES
The offered notes are required to be rated in the highest rating category from Moody’s Investors Service, Inc., and Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services, a Division of The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
We refer you to “Ratings of the Offered Notes” in this prospectus supplement.
LISTING INFORMATION AND TRADING
There is no established trading market for the offered notes. Application has been made to the Irish Financial Services Regulatory Authority, as competent authority under Directive 2003/71/EC, for the prospectus to be approved. Application has been made to the Irish Stock Exchange for the offered notes to be admitted to the Official List and trading on its regulated market. There can be no assurance that such listing will be approved. See “Listing and General Information”.
IDENTIFICATION NUMBERS
The offered notes will have the following CUSIP Numbers, ISIN and European Common Codes:
CUSIP Numbers
  Class A-1 notes: 92977HAA6
  Class A-2 notes: 92977HAB4
  Class A-3 notes: 92977HAC2
  Class A-4 notes: 92977HAD0
  Class A-5 notes: 92977HAE8
  Class A-6 notes: 92977HAF5
International Securities Identification Numbers (ISIN)
  Class A-1 notes: US92977HAA68
  Class A-2 notes: US92977HAB42
  Class A-3 notes: US92977HAC25
  Class A-4 notes: US92977HAD08
  Class A-5 notes: US92977HAE80
  Class A-6 notes: US92977HAF55
European Common Codes
  Class A-1 notes: 023630605
  Class A-2 notes: 023630664
  Class A-3 notes: 023630672

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  Class A-4 notes: 023630729
  Class A-5 notes: 023630753
  Class A-6 notes: 023630770

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RISK FACTORS
     You should carefully consider the following factors in order to understand the structure and characteristics of the offered notes and the potential merits and risks of an investment in the offered notes. Potential investors must review and be familiar with the following risk factors in deciding whether to purchase any offered note. The prospectus describes additional risk factors that you should also consider beginning on page 16 of the prospectus. These risk factors could affect your investment in or return on the offered notes.
     
Sequential Payment Of The Offered Notes
Result In A Greater Risk Of Loss
   
 
   
 
  Each class of class A noteholders with a lower payment priority bears a greater risk of loss than does each class of class A noteholders with a higher payment priority because no principal will be paid to any class A noteholders until each class of the class A notes having a lower numerical designation has been paid in full.
 
   
The Characteristics Of The Trust
Student Loans May Change
  The statistical information in this prospectus supplement reflects only the characteristics of the trust student loans as of the statistical cutoff date. The trust student loans actually sold to the trust on the closing date will have characteristics that differ somewhat from the characteristics of the trust student loans as of the statistical cutoff date due to payments received and other changes in these loans that occur during the period from the statistical cutoff date to the closing date. We do not expect the characteristics of the trust student loans actually sold to the trust on the closing date to differ materially from the characteristics of the trust student loans as of the statistical cutoff date.
 
   
 
  However, in making your investment decision, you should assume that the initial trust student loans will vary somewhat from the trust student loans presented in this prospectus supplement as of the statistical cutoff date.
 
   
 
  Further, certain characteristics of the final pool of trust student loans may vary from the characteristics of the initial pool of trust student loans described in this prospectus supplement due to the addition of add-on consolidation

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  loans during the consolidation loan add-on period.
 
   
Your Class Of Notes May Have A Degree Of Basis Risk, Which Could Compromise The Trust’s Ability To Pay Principal And Interest On Your Class Of Offered Notes
  There is a degree of basis risk associated with the offered notes. Basis risk is the risk that shortfalls might occur because, among other things, the interest rates of the trust student loans adjust on the basis of specified indices and those of the offered notes adjust on the basis of a different index. If a shortfall were to occur, the trust’s ability to pay your principal and/or interest on the offered notes could be compromised.
 
   
The United States Military Build-Up
May Result In Delayed Payments
From Borrowers Called
To Active Military Service
  The recent build-up of the United States military has increased the number of citizens who are in active military service. The Servicemembers Civil Relief Act, as amended, limits the ability of a lender under the Federal Family Education Loan Program to take legal action against a borrower during the borrower’s period of active duty and, in some cases, during an additional three month period thereafter.
 
   
 
  It is not known how many student loans have been or may be affected by the application of the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act, as amended. Payments on student loans acquired by the trust may be delayed as a result of these requirements, which may reduce the funds available to the trust to pay principal and interest on the offered notes.

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Higher Education Relief Opportunities
For Students Act Of 2003 May Result
In Delayed Payments From Borrowers
  Higher Education Relief Opportunities for Students Act of 2003, signed by the President on August 18, 2003, authorizes the Secretary of Education, during the period ending September 30, 2005, to waive or modify any statutory or regulatory provisions applicable to student financial aid programs under Title IV of the Higher Education Act as the Secretary deems necessary for the benefit of “affected individuals” who:
    are serving on active military duty or performing qualifying national guard duty during a war or other military operation or national emergency;
 
    reside or are employed in an area that is declared by any federal, state or local office to be a disaster area in connection with a national emergency; or
 
    suffered direct economic hardship as a direct result of war or other military operation or national emergency, as determined by the Secretary.
     
 
  The Secretary is authorized to waive or modify any provision of the Higher Education Act to ensure that:
    such recipients of student financial assistance are not placed in a worse financial position in relation to that assistance;
 
    administrative requirements in relation to that assistance are minimized;
 
    calculations used to determine need for such assistance accurately reflect the financial condition of such individuals;
 
    amended calculations of overpayment are provided; and

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    institutions of higher education, eligible lenders, guaranty agencies and other entities participating in such student financial aid programs that are located in, or whose operations are directly affected by, areas that are declared to be disaster areas by any federal, state or local official in connection with a national emergency may be temporarily relieved from requirements that are rendered infeasible or unreasonable.
     
 
  The number and aggregate principal balance of student loans that may be, affected by the application of the Higher Education Relief Opportunities for Students Act of 2003 is not known at this time. Accordingly, payments we receive on student loans made to a borrower who qualifies for such relief may be subject to certain limitations. If a substantial number of borrowers become eligible for the relief provided under the Higher Education Relief Opportunities for Students Act of 2003, there could be an adverse effect on the total collections on the trust student loans and our ability to pay principal and interest on the offered notes.
 
   
Statutory Or Regulatory Changes To The Higher Education Act Could Have An Effect On Your Class of Offered Notes
  The Higher Education Act is subject to amendments that may adversely affect the master servicer’s student loan operations. President Bush has made several proposals related to FFELP loans in his fiscal year 2006 budget as proposed to Congress. Some of the highlights of the President’s budget proposals, in no particular tes order, include:
    reducing the federal guarantee on FFELP loans from 98% to 95%;
 
    reducing the guarantee for loans serviced by servicers designated as exceptional performers from 100% to 97%;

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    providing for variable interest rates on consolidation loans, and maintaining variable interest rates on all other loan types, effectively repealing the planned change to fixed interest rates that was to occur on July 1, 2006;
 
    granting extended repayment terms and increasing the limits on the amount that borrowers may borrow for FFELP loans;
 
    increasing the origination fee charged to lenders on new consolidation loans from 50 basis points to 100 basis points;
 
    imposing a new annual 25 basis point holder portfolio fee on outstanding balance of non-consolidation loans; and
 
    permitting reconsolidation (or refinancing) of existing consolidation loans on multiple occasions and requiring borrowers to pay a 100 basis point origination fee for each such refinancing.
     
 
  We cannot predict whether the President’s budget proposals will be enacted into law, but they may form a portion of the framework for Congress as it negotiates the fiscal year 2006 budget resolution.
 
   
 
  Congress is currently considering legislation that includes several proposed changes to the Higher Education Act based on the fiscal year 2006 budget. We cannot predict whether this legislation will be enacted into law.
 
   
You May Have Difficulty Selling Your Class Of Offered Notes.
  Application has been made to the Irish Financial Services Regulatory Authority, as competent authority under Directive 2003/71/EC, for the prospectus to be approved. Application has been made to the Irish Stock Exchange for the offered notes to be admitted to the Official List and trading on its regulated market. There can be no assurance that such application will be approved. If the offered notes are not listed on a

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  securities exchange and you want to sell your class of offered notes, you will have to locate a purchaser that is willing to purchase them. The underwriters intend to make a secondary market for the offered notes and may do so by offering to buy the offered notes from investors that wish to sell. However, the underwriters will not be obligated to make offers to buy the offered notes and may stop making offers at any time. In addition, the prices offered, if any, may not reflect prices that other potential purchasers would be willing to pay, were they to be given the opportunity. There have been times in the past where there have been very few buyers of asset-backed securities, and there may again be such a time in the future. As a result, you may not be able to sell your class of offered notes when you want to or you may not be able to obtain the price that you wish to receive.

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DEFINED TERMS
     In later sections, we use a few terms that we define in the Glossary at the end of this prospectus supplement. These terms appear in bold face on their first use and in initial capital letters in all cases.
FORMATION OF THE TRUST
The Issuing Entity
     The issuing entity (the “trust”) is Wachovia Student Loan Trust 2005-1. It is a statutory trust newly formed under Delaware law and under a short-form trust agreement dated November 2, 2005 between the depositor and the eligible lender trustee. The short-form trust agreement will be amended pursuant to an amended and restated trust agreement dated as of the closing date among the depositor, the eligible lender trustee and the administrator. We refer to the short-form trust agreement and the amended and restated trust agreement together as the trust agreement.”
     After its formation, the trust will not engage in any activity other than:
    acquiring, holding and managing the trust student loans and the other assets of the trust and related proceeds;
 
    issuing the notes;
 
    making payments on them; and
 
    engaging in other activities that are necessary, suitable or convenient to accomplish, or are incidental to, the foregoing.
     The trust may not issue securities other than the notes and the excess distribution certificates. Except for the notes, the trust is also prohibited from borrowing money or making loans to any other person.
     Any amendment to the trust agreement to amend, supplement or modify these permitted activities, or otherwise make any modification that would materially and adversely affect the noteholders, would require the consent of the holders of not less than a majority of the aggregate outstanding principal balance of the notes of the controlling class.
     The trust will be initially capitalized with equity of $100, excluding amounts to be deposited in the capitalized interest account, the add-on consolidation account and the reserve account by the trust on the closing date. The proceeds from the sale of the offered notes will be used to make the initial deposits into the capitalized interest account, the add-on consolidation account and the reserve account and to acquire, on behalf of the trust, the trust student loans. On the closing date, the depositor will use the net proceeds it receives from the contribution of the trust student loans to pay Wachovia Bank and WEF the cash portion of the respective purchase prices for the trust student loans it acquires from Wachovia Bank and WEF under the purchase agreements. The purchase price to Wachovia Bank will also include $ 19,494,000 principal amount of class B notes and a 36.1% ownership interest in the class of excess distribution

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certificates issued by the trust. Wachovia Bank will transfer such class B notes and excess distribution certificate to WELF Holding. The trust will acquire the trust student loans from the depositor under a contribution agreement to be dated as of the cutoff date, among the depositor, the interim eligible lender trustee, the trust and the eligible lender trustee. The two excess distribution certificates will initially be owned and retained by the Depositor and WELF Holding, respectively.
     With respect to add-on consolidation loans, the master servicer, or the paying agent at the direction of the master servicer, as applicable, will transfer from the add-on consolidation loan account (but only to the extent of available funds on deposit therein) an amount equal to the principal balance of each add-on consolidation loan plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, thereon to the applicable lender in repayment of the related student loan, and the principal balance of the related trust student loan will be increased by the same amount.
     The property of the trust will consist of:
    the pool of trust student loans, legal title to which is held by the eligible lender trustee on behalf of the trust;
 
    all funds collected on trust student loans, including any special allowance payments and interest subsidy payments, after the cutoff date;
 
    all moneys and investments from time to time on deposit in the Trust Accounts;
 
    its rights under the transfer and servicing agreements, including the right to require the related originators, the depositor or the master servicer to repurchase or reacquire, as applicable, trust student loans from it or to substitute student loans under certain conditions; and
 
    its rights under the guarantee agreements with guarantors.
     The notes will be secured by the property of the trust. The collection account, the reserve account, the add-on consolidation account and the capitalized interest account will be maintained in the name of the indenture trustee for the benefit of the noteholders and the excess distribution certificateholders. To facilitate servicing and to minimize administrative burden and expense, the master servicer will act, directly or through the sub-servicers or third-party sub-custodians on behalf of the master servicer for the benefit of the trust and the indenture trustee, as custodian(s) of the promissory notes representing the trust student loans and other related documents.
     The principal offices of the trust are located in the State of Delaware, in care of Chase Bank USA, National Association, as eligible lender trustee, at its address and telephone number shown in the section “Eligible Lender Trustee” below.
     Except as disclosed in this prospectus supplement, the trust has not commenced operations since the date of its establishment and no audited financial statement has been prepared since the date of this prospectus supplement. The trust is not required by the laws of

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the State of Delaware, and the trust does not intend, to publish any annual audited financial statements.
Capitalization of the Trust
     The following table illustrates the capitalization of the trust as of the closing date, as if the issuance and sale of the offered notes had taken place on that date:
         
Class A-1 Student Loan-Backed Notes
  $ 152,000,000  
Class A-2 Student Loan-Backed Notes
    278,000,000  
Class A-3 Student Loan-Backed Notes
    192,000,000  
Class A-4 Student Loan-Backed Notes
    296,000,000  
Class A-5 Student Loan-Backed Notes
    395,000,000  
Class A-6 Student Loan-Backed Notes
    433,000,000  
Class B Student Loan-Backed Notes
    54,000,000  
Capital Contribution
    100  
 
     
Total
  $ 1,800,000,100  
 
     
Eligible Lender Trustee
     Chase Bank USA, National Association is the eligible lender trustee for the trust under the trust agreement. Chase Bank USA, National Association is a national banking association whose principal offices are located at 500 Stanton Christiana Road, FL3/OPS4, Newark, Delaware 19713. The phone number is (302) 552-6279. The eligible lender trustee will acquire on behalf of the trust legal title to all the trust student loans acquired under the contribution agreement. The eligible lender trustee, on behalf of the trust, has entered into a separate guarantee agreement with each of the guarantee agencies described in this prospectus supplement with respect to the trust student loans. The eligible lender trustee qualifies as an eligible lender and the holder of the trust student loans for all purposes under the Higher Education Act and the guarantee agreements. Failure of the trust student loans to be owned by an eligible lender would result in the loss of guarantor and Department of Education payments on the trust student loans. We refer you to “Appendix A—Federal Family Education Loan Program—Eligible Lenders, Students and Educational Institutions” in the prospectus.
     The eligible lender trustee’s liability in connection with the issuance and sale of the notes is limited solely to the express obligations of the eligible lender trustee in the trust agreement and the contribution agreement. We refer you to “Description of the Notes” in this prospectus supplement and “Transfer and Servicing Agreements” in the prospectus. Affiliates of the depositor maintain banking relations with the eligible lender trustee.
USE OF PROCEEDS
     The trust will use the net proceeds of $1,740,969,000 from the sale of the offered notes to make the initial deposits into the capitalized interest account, the add-on consolidation account and the reserve account and to acquire the trust student loans from the depositor on the closing date under the contribution agreement.

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     The depositor will then use the proceeds paid to the depositor by the trust to pay to each of Wachovia Bank and WEF the cash portion of the respective cash purchase prices for the trust student loans purchased by the depositor. The purchase price to Wachovia Bank will also include $19,494,000 principal amount of class B notes and a 36.1% ownership interest in the class of excess distribution certificates issued by the trust. Wachovia Bank will transfer such class B notes and excess distribution certificate to WELF Holding. Expenses incurred to establish the trust and issue the notes (other than fees that are due to the underwriters with respect to the offered notes) are payable by the depositor. An estimate of such expenses, as of the closing date, is $1,500,000.
THE TRUST STUDENT LOAN POOL
     The eligible lender trustee, on behalf of the trust, will acquire the pool of trust student loans from the depositor on the closing date, and the trust will be entitled to collections on and proceeds of the trust student loans after the cutoff date. Unless otherwise specified, all information with respect to the trust student loans is presented as of the close of business on September 30, 2005, which is the statistical cutoff date.
     The depositor will purchase the trust student loans from Wachovia Bank and WEF under the applicable purchase agreement. Wachovia Bank and WEF acquired or have received as a capital contribution the trust student loans they are selling to the depositor in the ordinary course of their businesses.
     The trust student loans were selected from the portfolio of student loans owned by Wachovia Bank and WEF or one of their affiliates by employing several criteria, including requirements that each trust student loan as of the statistical cutoff date:
    is a consolidation loan that is guaranteed as to principal and interest by a guarantee agency under a guarantee agreement and the guarantee agency is, in turn, reinsured by the Department of Education in accordance with the FFELP;
 
    contains terms in accordance with those required by the FFELP, the guarantee agreements and other applicable requirements;
 
    is fully disbursed;
 
    is not more than 210 days past due;
 
    does not have a borrower who is noted in the related records of the master servicer or the related sub-servicer as being currently involved in a bankruptcy proceeding; and
 
    has special allowance payments, if any, based on the three-month commercial paper rate.
     No trust student loan as of the statistical cutoff date was subject to any existing obligation to sell that loan to a third party.

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     The addition of any add-on consolidation loans will not be a sale of a new loan to the trust; rather, such addition will merely serve to increase the principal balance of the existing trust student loan and, in the event of a breach of any representation or warranty, the applicable seller will be required to repurchase the entire trust student loan, including the portion attributable to the add-on consolidation loan.
     The following tables provide a description of specified characteristics of the trust student loans as of the statistical cutoff date. The aggregate outstanding principal balance of the loans in each of the following tables includes the principal balance due from borrowers, plus accrued interest to be capitalized of approximately $9,606,644 as of the statistical cutoff date.
     The distribution by weighted average interest rate applicable to the trust student loans on any date following the statistical cutoff date may vary significantly from that in the following tables as a result of variations in the effective rates of interest applicable to the trust student loans. Moreover, the information below about the weighted average remaining term to maturity of the trust student loans as of the statistical cutoff date may vary significantly from the actual term to maturity of any of the trust student loans as a result of prepayments or the granting of deferral and forbearance periods on any of the trust student loans.
     The following tables also contain information concerning the total number of loans and the total number of borrowers in the portfolio of trust student loans. For ease of administration, the master servicer separates a consolidation loan on its system into two separate loan segments if that consolidation loan has both subsidized and unsubsidized segments. The following tables reflect those loan segments within the number of loans.
     Percentages and dollar amounts in any table may not total 100% of the trust student loan balance, as applicable, due to rounding.
COMPOSITION OF THE TRUST STUDENT LOANS
AS OF THE STATISTICAL CUTOFF DATE
         
Aggregate Outstanding Principal Balance
  $ 1,769,014,792  
Aggregate Outstanding Principal Balance—Commercial Paper
  $ 1,769,014,792  
Number of Borrowers
    54,681  
Average Outstanding Principal Balance Per Borrower
  $ 32,352  
Number of Loans
    94,120  
Average Outstanding Principal Balance Per Loan—Commercial Paper
  $ 18,795  
Weighted Average Remaining Term to Scheduled Maturity
    254 months
Weighted Average Annual Borrower Interest Rate
    4.15 %
     We determined the weighted average remaining term to maturity shown in the table from the statistical cutoff date to the stated maturity date of the applicable trust student loan without giving effect to any deferral or forbearance periods that may be granted in the future. See Appendix A to the prospectus and “The Student Loan Pools—The Student Loan Financing Business of Wachovia” in the prospectus.

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     The Commercial Paper segmentation in the table above is based on the special allowance payment index applicable to the trust student loans. The weighted average annual borrower interest rate shown in the table is exclusive of special allowance payments.
     As of the statistical cutoff date, the weighted average spread, including special allowance payments but excluding any borrower incentives that are currently in place, to the three-month commercial paper rate was at least 2.64%. We refer you to “—Special Allowance Payments” in Appendix A to the prospectus.
     For this purpose, the three-month commercial paper rate is the average of the bond equivalent rates of the three-month commercial paper (financial) rates in effect for each of the days in a calendar quarter as reported by the Federal Reserve in Publication H.15 (or its successor) for that calendar quarter.
     The following table provides information about the trust student loans regarding the loan type.
DISTRIBUTION OF THE TRUST STUDENT LOANS
BY SUBSIDY STATUS
AS OF THE STATISTICAL CUTOFF DATE
                         
                    Percent of  
                    Pool by  
            Aggregate     Outstanding  
    Number     Outstanding     Principal  
Subsidy Status   of Loans     Principal Balance     Balance  
Subsidized
    47,046     $ 818,739,421       46.3 %
Unsubsidized
    47,074       950,275,371       53.7  
 
                 
Total
    94,120     $ 1,769,014,792       100.0 %
 
                 

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DISTRIBUTION OF THE TRUST STUDENT LOANS
BY BORROWER INTEREST RATES AS OF
THE STATISTICAL CUTOFF DATE
                         
                    Percent of  
                    Pool by  
            Aggregate     Outstanding  
    Number     Outstanding     Principal  
Interest Rates   of Loans     Principal Balance     Balance  
1.51% - 2.00%
    1,700     $ 33,201,045       1.9 %
2.01% - 2.50%
    4,820       87,978,817       5.0  
2.51% - 3.00%
    20,863       362,353,849       20.5  
3.01% - 3.50%
    24,161       380,825,736       21.5  
3.51% - 4.00%
    10,969       214,440,876       12.1  
4.01% - 4.50%
    10,799       197,473,056       11.2  
4.51% - 5.00%
    3,939       78,891,768       4.5  
5.01% - 5.50%
    2,546       57,744,126       3.3  
5.51% - 6.00%
    3,332       83,689,325       4.7  
6.01% - 6.50%
    3,877       89,443,239       5.1  
6.51% - 7.00%
    2,182       62,535,744       3.5  
7.01% - 7.50%
    1,175       24,310,445       1.4  
7.51% - 8.00%
    1,091       28,735,051       1.6  
8.01% - 8.50%
    2,666       67,391,713       3.8  
 
                 
Total
    94,120     $ 1,769,014,792       100.0 %
 
                 
     We determined the interest rates shown in the table above using the interest rates applicable to the trust student loans as of the statistical cutoff date. Because most of the trust student loans bear interest at various fixed rate and because trust student loans with different interest rates are likely to be repaid at different rates, this information will not remain applicable to the trust student loans in the future. See Appendix A to the prospectus and “The Student Loan Pools—The Student Loan Financing Business of Wachovia” in the prospectus.

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DISTRIBUTION OF THE TRUST STUDENT LOANS
BY OUTSTANDING PRINCIPAL BALANCE PER BORROWER AS OF
THE STATISTICAL CUTOFF DATE
                         
                    Percent of  
                    Pool by  
            Aggregate     Outstanding  
Range of Outstanding   Number of     Outstanding     Principal  
Principal Balance   Borrowers     Principal Balance     Balance  
$         0.01 — $  5,000.00
    34     $ 127,336       0.0 %
$  5,000.01 — $10,000.00
    1,993       17,895,332       1.0  
$10,000.01 — $15,000.00
    10,404       132,208,524       7.5  
$15,000.01 — $20,000.00
    10,661       184,961,225       10.5  
$20,000.01 — $25,000.00
    7,706       171,817,941       9.7  
$25,000.01 — $30,000.00
    5,247       143,388,332       8.1  
$30,000.01 — $35,000.00
    3,868       125,261,576       7.1  
$35,000.01 — $40,000.00
    3,063       114,498,217       6.5  
$40,000.01 — $45,000.00
    2,150       91,050,576       5.1  
$45,000.01 — $50,000.00
    1,651       78,209,601       4.4  
$50,000.01 — $55,000.00
    1,268       66,513,741       3.8  
$55,000.01 — $60,000.00
    962       55,129,891       3.1  
$60,000.01 — $65,000.00
    660       41,199,323       2.3  
$65,000.01 — $70,000.00
    495       33,364,432       1.9  
$70,000.01 — $75,000.00
    411       29,752,762       1.7  
$75,000.01 — $80,000.00
    384       29,710,532       1.7  
$80,000.01 — $85,000.00
    386       31,791,502       1.8  
$85,000.01 — $90,000.00
    332       28,992,941       1.6  
$90,000.01 — $95,000.00
    324       29,954,965       1.7  
$95,000.01 — $100,000.00
    298       29,003,757       1.6  
Greater than $100,000.00
    2,384       334,182,288       18.9  
 
                 
Total
    54,681     $ 1,769,014,792       100.0 %
 
                 

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     The following table provides information about the trust student loans regarding the days of delinquency.
DISTRIBUTION OF THE TRUST STUDENT LOANS
BY NUMBER OF DAYS DELINQUENT AS OF
THE STATISTICAL CUTOFF DATE
                         
                    Percent of  
                    Pool by  
            Aggregate     Outstanding  
    Number     Outstanding     Principal  
Days Delinquent   of Loans     Principal Balance     Balance  
0 day
    82,597     $ 1,558,610,440       88.1 %
1 to 30 days
    7,867       142,728,336       8.1  
   31 to 60 days
    2,365       43,909,317       2.5  
   61 to 90 days
    1,291       23,766,699       1.3  
 
                 
Total
    94,120     $ 1,769,014,792       100.0 %
 
                 

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DISTRIBUTION OF THE TRUST STUDENT LOANS
BY REMAINING TERM TO SCHEDULED MATURITY AS OF
THE STATISTICAL CUTOFF DATE
                         
                    Percent of  
                    Pool by  
            Aggregate     Outstanding  
Number of Months Remaining to   Number of     Outstanding     Principal  
Scheduled Maturity   Loans     Principal Balance     Balance  
  13 -   24
    1     $ 9,219       0.0 %
  25 -   36
    63       1,172,577       0.1  
  37 -   48
    138       1,502,304       0.1  
  49 -   60
    188       2,246,250       0.1  
  61 -   72
    289       3,817,052       0.2  
  73 -   84
    435       5,780,337       0.3  
  85 -   96
    697       7,828,184       0.4  
  97 - 108
    1,003       12,750,871       0.7  
109 - 120
    1,428       17,665,031       1.0  
121 - 132
    1,468       12,977,862       0.7  
133 - 144
    3,430       31,353,281       1.8  
145 - 156
    4,942       50,226,137       2.8  
157 - 168
    7,354       74,085,730       4.2  
169 - 180
    14,832       148,875,119       8.4  
181 - 192
    2,423       34,426,689       1.9  
193 - 204
    4,008       59,794,837       3.4  
205 - 216
    5,277       80,430,862       4.5  
217 - 228
    8,478       131,424,052       7.4  
229 - 240
    15,896       249,916,989       14.1  
241 - 252
    791       20,909,342       1.2  
253 - 264
    1,263       34,796,576       2.0  
265 - 276
    1,747       49,339,581       2.8  
277 - 288
    2,651       73,214,942       4.1  
289 - 300
    5,923       156,813,330       8.9  
301 - 312
    488       24,172,821       1.4  
313 - 324
    846       43,777,962       2.5  
325 - 336
    1,155       59,514,404       3.4  
337 - 348
    1,873       99,535,094       5.6  
349 - 360
    5,033       280,657,358       15.9  
 
                 
Total
    94,120     $ 1,769,014,792       100.0 %
 
                 
     We have determined the numbers of months remaining to scheduled maturity shown in the table from the statistical cutoff date to the stated maturity date of the applicable trust student loan without giving effect to any deferral or forbearance periods that may be granted in the future. See Appendix A to the prospectus and “The Student Loan Pools—The Student Loan Financing Business of Wachovia” in the prospectus.

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DISTRIBUTION OF THE TRUST STUDENT LOANS
BY CURRENT BORROWER PAYMENT STATUS AS OF
THE STATISTICAL CUTOFF DATE
                         
                    Percent of  
                    Pool by  
            Aggregate     Outstanding  
    Number     Outstanding     Principal  
Current Borrower Payment Status   of Loans     Principal Balance     Balance  
Deferral
    9,740     $ 199,890,902       11.3 %
Forbearance
    9,487       238,262,475       13.5  
Repayment First year in repayment
    39,212       711,841,126       40.2  
Second year in repayment
    23,619       420,146,877       23.8  
Third year in repayment
    7,085       121,248,164       6.9  
More than 3 years in repayment
    4,977       77,625,248       4.4  
 
                 
Total
    94,120     $ 1,769,014,792       100.0 %
 
                 
     Current borrower payment status refers to the status of the borrower of each trust student loan as of the statistical cutoff date. The borrower:
    may have temporarily ceased repaying the loan through a deferral or a forbearance period; or
 
    may be currently required to repay the loan—repayment.
See Appendix A to the prospectus and “The Student Loan Pools—The Student Loan Financing Business of Wachovia” in the prospectus.
     The weighted average number of months in repayment for all trust student loans currently in repayment is approximately 12.6, calculated as the term to maturity at the commencement of repayment less the number of months remaining to scheduled maturity as of the statistical cutoff date.

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SCHEDULED WEIGHTED AVERAGE REMAINING MONTHS IN
STATUS OF THE TRUST STUDENT LOANS
BY CURRENT BORROWER PAYMENT STATUS AS OF
THE STATISTICAL CUTOFF DATE
                         
    Scheduled Remaining Months in Status  
Current Borrower Payment Status   Deferral     Forbearance     Repayment  
Deferral
    14.8             259.4  
Forbearance
          5.2       285.2  
Repayment
                244.9  
     We have determined the scheduled months in status shown in the table without giving effect to any deferral or forbearance periods that may be granted in the future. See Appendix A to the prospectus and “The Student Loan Pools—The Student Loan Financing Business of Wachovia” in the prospectus.

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GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION OF THE TRUST STUDENT
LOANS AS OF THE STATISTICAL CUTOFF DATE
                         
                    Percent of  
                    Pool by  
            Aggregate     Outstanding  
    Number     Outstanding     Principal  
State   of Loans     Principal Balance     Balance  
California
    14,103     $ 267,721,266       15.1 %
Pennsylvania
    12,656       222,816,457       12.6  
Florida
    8,826       181,319,451       10.2  
Texas
    6,279       138,203,139       7.8  
New York
    6,915       123,619,459       7.0  
New Jersey
    5,111       87,683,204       5.0  
Virginia
    5,339       84,035,463       4.8  
North Carolina
    4,432       67,411,255       3.8  
Maryland
    3,145       62,287,172       3.5  
Georgia
    3,475       61,424,359       3.5  
Illinois
    2,577       48,040,474       2.7  
Ohio
    1,589       32,792,691       1.9  
Massachusetts.
    1,654       31,483,282       1.8  
Arizona
    1,153       25,095,934       1.4  
Washington
    1,203       22,647,909       1.3  
Missouri
    1,157       21,901,435       1.2  
Oregon
    1,056       21,277,894       1.2  
Connecticut
    1,004       19,193,696       1.1  
Colorado
    806       18,437,137       1.0  
Other (1)
    11,640       231,623,115       13.1  
 
                 
Total
    94,120     $ 1,769,014,792       100.0 %
 
                 
 
(1)   Each state in the “Other” category represents less than 1% of the aggregate outstanding principal balance.
     We have based the geographic distribution shown in the table on the billing addresses of the borrowers of the trust student loans shown on the master servicer’s records as of the statistical cutoff date.
     Each of the trust student loans provides or will provide for the amortization of its outstanding principal balance over a series of regular payments. Except as described below, each regular payment consists of an installment of interest which is calculated on the basis of the outstanding principal balance of the trust student loan. The amount received is applied first to interest accrued to the date of payment and the balance of the payment, if any, is applied to reduce the unpaid principal balance. Accordingly, if a borrower pays a regular installment before its scheduled due date, the portion of the payment allocable to interest for the period since the preceding payment was made will be less than it would have been had the payment been made as scheduled, and the portion of the payment applied to reduce the unpaid principal balance will be correspondingly greater. Conversely, if a borrower pays a monthly installment after its

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scheduled due date, the portion of the payment allocable to interest for the period since the preceding payment was made will be greater than it would have been had the payment been made as scheduled, and the portion of the payment applied to reduce the unpaid principal balance will be correspondingly less. In addition, if a borrower pays a monthly installment after its scheduled due date, the borrower may owe a fee on that late payment. If a late fee is applied, such payment will be applied first to the applicable late fee, second to interest and third to principal. As a result, the portion of the payment applied to reduce the unpaid principal balance may be less than it would have been had the payment been made as scheduled.
     In either case, subject to any applicable deferral periods or forbearance periods, and except as provided below, the borrower pays a regular installment until the final scheduled payment date, at which time the amount of the final installment is increased or decreased as necessary to repay the then outstanding principal balance of that trust student loan.
     Each of Wachovia Bank and WEF makes available through the master servicer and the sub-servicers, to the borrowers of student loans it holds, payment terms that may result in the lengthening of the remaining term of the student loans. For example, not all of the loans owned by Wachovia Bank or WEF provide for level payments throughout the repayment term of the loans. Some student loans provide for interest only payments to be made for a designated portion of the term of the loans, with amortization of the principal of the loans occurring only when payments increase in the latter stage of the term of the loans. Other loans provide for a graduated phase in of the amortization of principal with a greater portion of principal amortization being required in the latter stages than would be the case if amortization were on a level payment basis. Each of Wachovia Bank and WEF also offers, through the master servicer, an income-sensitive repayment plan, under which repayments are based on the borrower’s income. Under that plan, ultimate repayment may be delayed up to five years. Borrowers under trust student loans will continue to be eligible for the graduated payment and income-sensitive repayment plans. We refer you to “The Student Loan Pools—The Student Loan Financing Business of Wachovia” in the prospectus.
     The following table provides certain information about trust student loans subject to the repayment terms described in the preceding paragraphs.
DISTRIBUTION OF THE TRUST STUDENT LOANS
BY REPAYMENT TERMS AS OF THE STATISTICAL CUTOFF DATE
                         
                    Percent of  
                    Pool by  
            Aggregate     Outstanding  
    Number     Outstanding     Principal  
Loan Repayment Terms   of Loans     Principal Balance     Balance  
Level Payment
    71,111     $ 1,294,575,571       73.2 %
Graduated Payment
    23,009       474,439,221       26.8  
 
                 
Total
    94,120     $ 1,769,014,792       100.0 %
 
                 
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loans in the trust who are not entitled to these repayment terms as of the statistical cutoff date. If repayment terms are offered to borrowers, the weighted average life of the securities could be lengthened.
     All of the trust student loans were disbursed on or after October 1, 1993 and, accordingly, are 98% guaranteed by the applicable guarantor, and reinsured against default by the Department. Student loans disbursed prior to October 1, 1993 are 100% guaranteed by the applicable guarantor, and reinsured against default by the Department of Education. We refer you to “Appendix A—Federal Family Education Loan Program—Guarantee Agencies under FFELP” in the prospectus.
Exceptional Performance Status
     The Higher Education Act authorizes the Department of Education to recognize lenders and lender servicers (as agent for the eligible lender) for an exceptional level of performance in servicing FFELP loans. A lender or lender servicer designated for exceptional performance can receive 100% reimbursement on all claims submitted for insurance provided that the lender or lender servicer meets and maintains all requirements for achieving its designation. The Secretary of Education may revoke exceptional performance status if, among other things, subsequent audits of a servicer’s servicing operations fail to meet certain due diligence standards, the required audits are not provided to the Secretary or the Secretary determines that an overall level of regulatory compliance has not been maintained. If the Secretary of Education revokes a servicer’s exceptional performer status on a retroactive basis, the Secretary may hold the servicer and the holders of student loans serviced by such servicer jointly and severally liable for reimbursement to the relevant guaranty agencies of amounts paid during such retroactive period in excess of the standard default insurance rate of 98%. If the Secretary makes a demand upon the holders of such student loans to make such reimbursement payment, the master servicer has agreed to reimburse the relevant guaranty agencies directly for any such amount under the master servicing agreement in accordance with the procedures under the Higher Education Act. The sub-servicers were granted exceptional performance status for the periods shown below:
       
 
ACS
  March 15, 2005 through March 16, 2006
 
   
 
AES
  December 1, 2004 through November 30, 2005
     So long as such exceptional performance status remains in effect, all student loans serviced by ACS Education Services, Inc. and The Pennsylvania Higher Education Assistance Agency, doing business nationally as American Education Services, including the student loans to be acquired with the proceeds of the offered notes, will be eligible to receive 100% reimbursement on any claim submitted for payment. We sometimes refer to ACS Education Services, Inc. as ACS and American Education Services as AES. These periods may be extended beyond such dates provided ACS and AES meet the Department of Education’s requirements to maintain such designation. There can be no assurance that ACS and AES will maintain their exceptional performance status in the future. Failure to maintain exceptional performance status in the future is not a default under their respective sub-servicing agreements.

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     The following table provides information with respect to the distribution of the trust student loans by sub-servicer:
DISTRIBUTION OF THE TRUST STUDENT LOANS
BY SUB-SERVICER AS OF THE STATISTICAL CUTOFF DATE
                         
                    Percent of  
                    Pool by  
            Aggregate     Outstanding  
    Number     Outstanding     Principal  
Name of Sub-servicer   of Loans     Principal Balance     Balance  
ACS
    35,984     $ 709,038,231       40.1 %
AES
    58,136       1,059,976,561       59.9  
 
                 
Total
    94,120     $ 1,769,014,792       100.0 %
 
                 
Insurance of Student Loans; Guarantors of Student Loans
     General. Each trust student loan is required to be guaranteed as to at least 98% of the principal and interest by one of the guarantee agencies described below and reinsured by the Department of Education under the Higher Education Act and must be eligible for special allowance payments and, in the case of some trust student loans, interest subsidy payments by the Department of Education.
     No insurance premium is charged to a borrower or a lender in connection with a consolidation loan. However, FFELP lenders must pay a monthly rebate fee to the Department of Education at an annualized rate of 1.05% on principal of and interest on consolidation loans disbursed on or after October 1, 1993, from applications received prior to October 1, 1998, and after January 31, 1999, or at an annualized rate of 0.62% on consolidation loans for which consolidation loan applications were received between October 1, 1998 and January 31, 1999. The trust will pay this consolidation loan rebate prior to calculating Available Funds.
     Guarantee Agencies for the Trust Student Loans. The eligible lender trustee has entered into a separate guarantee agreement with each of the guarantee agencies listed below, under which each of the guarantors has agreed to serve as guarantor for specified trust student loans.
     Under the Higher Education Amendments of 1992, if the Department of Education has determined that a guarantee agency is unable to meet its insurance obligations, a loan holder may submit claims directly to the Department of Education and the Department of Education is required to pay the full guarantee payment in accordance with guarantee claim processing standards no more stringent than those of the guarantee agency. However, the Department of Education’s obligation to pay guarantee claims directly in this fashion is contingent upon the Department of Education making the determination referred to above. We cannot assure you that the Department of Education would ever make such a determination with respect to a guarantee agency or, if such a determination was made, whether that determination or the ultimate payment of guarantee claims would be made in a timely manner. We refer you to

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Appendix A—Federal Family Education Loan Program—Guarantee Agencies under FFELP” in the prospectus.
     The following table provides information with respect to the portion of the trust student loans guaranteed by each guarantor:
DISTRIBUTION OF THE TRUST STUDENT LOANS
BY GUARANTEE AGENCY AS OF THE STATISTICAL CUTOFF DATE
                         
            Aggregate     Percent of Pool by  
            Outstanding     Outstanding  
    Number of Loans     Principal Balance     Principal Balance  
Name of Guarantee Agency   Guaranteed     of Loans Guaranteed     Guaranteed  
American Student Association
    1,159     $ 72,118,292       4.1 %
The Pennsylvania Higher Education Assistance Agency
    90,671       1,608,195,384       90.9  
United Student Aid Funds, Inc.
    2,290       88,701,116       5.0  
 
                 
Total
    94,120     $ 1,769,014,792       100.0 %
 
                 

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     Some historical information about the guarantee agency that guarantees trust student loans comprising at least 10% of the initial Pool Balance is provided below. For purposes of the following tables we refer to this guarantee agency as Significant Guarantor.” The information shown for the Significant Guarantor relates to all student loans, including but not limited to trust student loans, guaranteed by the Significant Guarantor.
     We obtained the information in these tables from various sources, including from the Significant Guarantor itself or, if not available from the Significant Guarantor, from Department of Education publications and data. None of the depositor, the trust, Wachovia Bank, WEF, or the underwriters have audited or independently verified this information for accuracy or completeness. However, this information has been accurately reproduced and as far as the depositor is aware and is able to ascertain from information published by the Significant Guarantor, no facts have been omitted which would render the reproduced information inaccurate or misleading.
     Guarantee Volume. The following table describes the approximate aggregate principal amount of federally reinsured student loans, excluding consolidation loans, that first became guaranteed by the Significant Guarantor and by all guarantee agencies, including but not limited to those guaranteeing trust student loans, in each of the last five federal fiscal years:
                                         
    Loans Guaranteed
Name of Guarantee   Federal Fiscal Year
Agency   2001   2002   2003   2004   2005
The Pennsylvania Higher Education Assistance Agency
  $ 2,252,381     $ 2,529,963     $ 2,813,006     $ 3,131,246     $ 3,403,031  
All Guarantee Agencies
  $ 28,335,000     $ 32,749,000     $ 38,865,000     $ 45,428,000     Not available
     Reserve Ratio. The Significant Guarantor’s reserve ratio is determined by dividing its cumulative cash reserves by the original principal amount of the outstanding loans it has agreed to guarantee. For this purpose:
    Cumulative cash reserves are cash reserves plus (1) sources of funds, including insurance premiums, state appropriations, federal advances, federal reinsurance payments, administrative cost allowances, collections on claims paid and investment earnings, minus (2) uses of funds, including claims paid to lenders, operating expenses, lender fees, the Department of Education’s share of collections on claims paid, returned advances and reinsurance fees.
 
    The original principal amount of outstanding loans consists of the original principal amount of loans guaranteed by that guarantor minus the original principal amount of loans cancelled, claims paid, loans paid in full and loan guarantees transferred to the Significant Guarantor from other guarantors.
     The following table shows the Significant Guarantor’s reserve ratio for the five federal fiscal years from 2001 shown for which information is available:

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    Reserve Ratio as of Close of Federal
    Fiscal Year
Guarantor   2001(1)   2002(1)   2003(1)(2)   2004(1)(2)   2005(1)(2)(3)
The Pennsylvania Higher Education Assistance Agency
    1.10 %     0.48 %     0.48 %     0.34 %     0.17 %
 
(1)   Guaranty agencies were required to relinquish certain reserve funds to the federal government pursuant to the Federal Balanced Budget Act of 1997 and the Higher Education Amendment of 1998.
 
(2)   Under current law, PHEAA is required to manage the Federal Fund so net assets are greater than 0.25% of the original principal balance of outstanding guarantees. Historically, the Department of Education has calculated this ratio at September 30, which is the close of the federal fiscal year. In the fiscal years 2003, 2004 and 2005, amounts payable to the Department of Education related to the recall of reserve funds were excluded from this calculation. These amounts payable are due in two installments, one in September 2006, and one in September 2007.
 
(3)   Based upon PHEAA’s calculation of the ratio, PHEAA has determined that it fell below the required ratio during the quarter ended March 31, 2005. Under federal law, PHEAA is required to submit a management plan to the Department of Education if PHEAA remains under the required level for two consecutive years. That plan must demonstrate that PHEAA will reach the required level within 18 months of submitting the plan.
     Recovery Rates. A guarantor’s recovery rate, which provides a measure of the effectiveness of the collection efforts against defaulting borrowers after the guarantee claim has been satisfied, is determined for each year by dividing the cumulative amount recovered from borrowers by the guarantor by the cumulative aggregate amount of default claims paid by the guarantor. The table below shows the cumulative recovery rates for the Significant Guarantor for the five federal fiscal years from 2001:
                                         
    Recovery Rate
    Federal Fiscal Year
Guarantor   2001   2002   2003   2004   2005
The Pennsylvania Higher Education Assistance Agency
    23.20 %     26.07 %     23.12 %     25.48 %     26.59 %
     Claims Rate. The following table shows the claims rates of the Significant Guarantor for the last five federal fiscal years:
                                         
    Claims Rate
    Federal Fiscal Year
Guarantor   2001   2002   2003   2004   2005
The Pennsylvania Higher Education Assistance Agency
    1.7 %     1.7 %     1.5 %     1.1 %     1.3 %
     The Department of Education is required to make reinsurance payments to guarantors with respect to FFELP loans in default. This requirement is subject to specified reductions when the guarantor’s claims rate for a fiscal year equals or exceeds certain trigger percentages of the aggregate original principal amount of the FFELP loans guaranteed by that guarantor that are in repayment on the last day of the prior fiscal year. We refer you to “Appendix A—Federal Family Education Loan Program” to the prospectus.

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     Each guarantee agency’s guarantee obligations with respect to any trust student loan is conditioned upon the satisfaction of all the conditions in the applicable guarantee agreement. These conditions include, but are not limited to, generally the following:
    the origination and servicing of the trust student loan being performed in accordance with the FFELP, the Higher Education Act, the guarantee agency’s rules and other applicable requirements in all material respects;
 
    the timely payment to the guarantee agency of the guarantee fee payable on the trust student loan; and
 
    the timely submission to the guarantee agency of all required pre-claim delinquency status notifications and of the claim on the trust student loan.
     Failure to comply with any of the applicable conditions, including those listed above, may result in the refusal of the guarantee agency to honor its guarantee agreement on the trust student loan, in the denial of guarantee coverage for certain accrued interest amounts or in the loss of certain interest subsidy payments and special allowance payments.
     Prospective investors may consult the Department of Education Data Books for further information concerning the guarantors.
Cure Period for Trust Student Loans
     Wachovia Bank, WEF, the depositor or the master servicer, as applicable, will be obligated to purchase (or, in the case of the depositor, to reacquire) or to substitute qualified substitute student loans for, any trust student loan in the event of a breach of certain representations, warranties or covenants concerning the trust student loan which has a material adverse effect on the interest of the trust, following a period during which the breach may be cured. However, any breach that relates to compliance with the requirements of the Higher Education Act or the applicable guarantor but that does not affect that guarantor’s obligation to guarantee payment of a trust student loan will not be considered to have a material adverse effect. In addition, a finding by the Department of Education that the Higher Education Act was violated or that a loan is no longer insured because of a violation of the Higher Education Act may be required prior to the trust being able to enforce the agreement.
     For purposes of trust student loans the cure period will be 210 days. However, in the case of breaches that may be cured by the reinstatement of the guarantor’s guarantee of the trust student loan, the cure period will be 360 days. In each case the cure period begins on the earlier of the date on which the breach is discovered and the date of the receipt by the master servicer or the related sub-servicer of the guarantor reject transmittal form with respect to the trust student loan. The purchase, reacquisition or substitution will be made not later than the end of the 210-day cure period or not later than the 60th day following the end of the 360-day cure period, as applicable.
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guarantor as a result of a breach by the depositor, the master servicer or a sub-servicer or for which the master servicer or the related sub-servicer determines that claims cannot be filed pursuant to the Higher Education Act as a result of such a breach exceeds 1% of the Pool Balance, then the master servicer or the depositor, as applicable, will be required to purchase or reacquire, within 30 days of a written request by the eligible lender trustee or the indenture trustee, affected trust student loans in an aggregate principal amount so that after the purchases or reacquisitions the aggregate principal amount of affected trust student loans is less than 1% of the Pool Balance. The trust student loans to be purchased by the master servicer or to be reacquired by the depositor pursuant to the preceding sentence will be based on the date of final claim rejection, with the trust student loans with the earliest of these dates to be purchased or reacquired first. We refer you to “Servicing and Administration—Master Servicer Covenants” and “Transfer and Servicing Agreements—Contribution of Student Loans to the Trust; Representations and Warranties of the Depositor” and “—Purchase of Student Loans by the Depositor; Representations and Warranties of the Originators” in the prospectus.
Consolidation of Federal Benefit Billings and Receipts and Guarantor Claims with Other Trusts
     Due to a Department of Education policy limiting the granting of new lender identification numbers, the eligible lender trustee will be allowed under the trust agreement to permit other trusts established by the depositor to securitize student loans to use the Department of Education lender identification number applicable to the trust. In that event, the billings submitted to the Department of Education for interest subsidy and special allowance payments on loans in the trust would be consolidated with the billings for the payments for student loans in other trusts using the same lender identification number and payments on the billings would be made by the Department of Education in lump sum form. These lump sum payments would then be allocated among the various trusts using the same lender identification number.
     In addition, the sharing of the lender identification number with other trusts may result in the receipt of claim payments from guarantee agencies in lump sum form. In that event, these payments would be allocated among the trusts in a manner similar to the allocation process for interest subsidy and special allowance payments.
     The Department of Education regards the eligible lender trustee as the party primarily responsible to the Department of Education for any liabilities owed to the Department of Education or guarantee agencies resulting from the eligible lender trustee’s activities in the FFELP. As a result, if the Department of Education or a guarantee agency were to determine that the eligible lender trustee owes a liability to the Department of Education or a guarantee agency on any student loan included in a trust using the shared lender identification number, the Department of Education or that guarantee agency would be likely to collect that liability by offset against amounts due the eligible lender trustee under the shared lender identification number, including amounts owed in connection with the trust.
     In addition, other trusts using the shared lender identification number may in a given quarter incur consolidation origination fees that exceed the interest subsidy and special allowance payments payable by the Department of Education on the loans in the other trusts, resulting in the consolidated payment from the Department of Education received by the eligible

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lender trustee under the lender identification number for that quarter equaling an amount that is less than the amount owed by the Department of Education on the loans in the trust for that quarter.
     The master servicing agreement and sub-servicing agreements for the trust and the master servicing agreements and the sub-servicing agreements for the other trusts established by the depositor that share the lender identification number to be used by the trust will require any trust to indemnify the other trusts against a shortfall or an offset by the Department of Education or a guarantee agency arising from the student loans held by the eligible lender trustee on the trust’s behalf.
MASTER SERVICING AGREEMENT AND SUB-SERVICING AGREEMENTS
     We refer you to “Transfer and Servicing Agreements” and “Servicing and Administration” of the prospectus for the description of the master servicing agreement.
Description of American Education Services
     The Pennsylvania Higher Education Assistance Agency, doing business nationally as American Education Services, services student loans that it owns and provides third party servicing for student loans owned by others. AES also offers “remote” servicing, which is limited to data processing functions. At September 30, 2005, AES serviced approximately 5.2 million student loans with an aggregate principal balance of approximately $36.4 billion and provided “remote” servicing for approximately 3.8 million additional loans with an aggregate principal balance of approximately $14.4 billion. At September 30, 2004, AES serviced approximately 4.6 million student loans with an aggregate principal balance of approximately $27.6 billion and provided “remote” servicing for approximately 3 million additional loans with an aggregate principal balance of approximately $10.4 billion.
     AES has been designated by the Department of Education as a servicer with an exceptional level of performance. Lenders which have their student loans serviced by servicers who are designated as having an exceptional level of performance will receive 100% reimbursement on all claims submitted for insurance provided that the lender’s servicer meets and maintains all requirements for achieving its exceptional performance designation. Thus, for as long as the Department of Education maintains its designation of AES as a servicer with an exceptional level of performance, the student loans serviced by AES will be reinsured by the Department of Education up to a maximum of 100%. We refer you to “The Trust Student Loan Pool—Exceptional Performance Status” in this prospectus supplement.
     We obtained the information above about AES from AES and none of the depositor, the trust, Wachovia Bank, WEF, or the underwriters have audited or independently verified this information for accuracy or completeness. As far as the depositor is aware and is able to ascertain from information published by AES, no facts have been omitted which would render the reproduced information inaccurate or misleading.
     Under the sub-servicing agreement with the master servicer, AES has agreed to service and perform all other related tasks with respect to, certain of the student loans. AES is required to perform all services and duties customary to the servicing of student loans in compliance with

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all applicable standards and procedures. We refer you to “Servicing and Administration—Servicing Procedures” in the accompanying prospectus.
Description of ACS Education Services, Inc.
     ACS Education Services, Inc. is a for-profit corporation and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Affiliated Computer Services, Inc. (“ACSI”). Headquartered in Dallas, Texas, ACSI is a Fortune 500 company providing business process and technology outsourcing solutions to world-class commercial and government clients. ACSI’s Class A common stock trades on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol “ACS”. As of September 30, 2005, ACS provided loan servicing for approximately $113 billion in student and parental loans, including approximately $87 billion in Federal Direct Student Loans under contract with the Department of Education. ACS has its headquarters at One World Trade Center, Suite 2200, Long Beach, California 90831, and has regional processing centers in Long Beach and Bakersfield, California; Utica, New York; and Lombard, Illinois.
     In March 2005, ACS received the exceptional performer designation from the Department of Education. As a result, lenders serviced by ACS are eligible to receive 100% reimbursement on all claims submitted for insurance, and will not be subject to the 2% risk sharing loss otherwise applicable, as long as ACS retains the exceptional performer designation. ACS could lose its exceptional performer designation as a result of a variety of factors, including changes to the Higher Education Act, or if subsequent audits fail to meet the standards of the Department of Education for such continuing such designation. We refer you to “The Trust Student Loan Pool—Exceptional Performance Status” in this prospectus supplement.
     We obtained the information above about ACS from ACS and none of the depositor, the trust, Wachovia Bank, WEF, or the underwriters have audited or independently verified this information for accuracy or completeness. As far as the depositor is aware and is able to ascertain from information published by ACS, no facts have been omitted which would render the reproduced information inaccurate or misleading.
     Under the sub-servicing agreement with the master servicer, ACS has agreed to service and perform all other related tasks with respect to, certain of the student loans. ACS is required to perform all services and duties customary to the servicing of student loans in compliance with all applicable standards and procedures. We refer you to “Servicing and Administration—Servicing Procedures” in the accompanying prospectus.
DESCRIPTION OF THE NOTES
General
     The notes will be issued under an indenture in the form filed as an exhibit to the registration statement of which this prospectus supplement is a part. The following summary describes some terms of the notes, the indenture and the trust agreement. The prospectus describes other terms of the notes. We refer you to “Description of the Notes” and “Certain Information Regarding the Securities” in the prospectus. The following summary does not cover every detail and is subject to the provisions of the notes, the indenture and the trust agreement, copies of which may be obtained as described under “Listing and General Information”.

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The Notes
The Class A Notes
     Distributions of Interest. Interest will accrue on the outstanding principal balances of the class A notes at their respective interest rates. Interest will accrue during each applicable accrual period and will be payable to the class A noteholders quarterly on each distribution date. Interest accrued as of any distribution date but not paid on that distribution date will be due on the next distribution date together with an amount equal to interest on the unpaid amount at the applicable rate per annum specified in the definition of Class A Note Interest Shortfall in the Glossary. Interest payments on the class A notes for any distribution date will generally be funded from Available Funds and the other sources of funds for payment described in this prospectus supplement (subject to all prior required distributions). We refer you to “—Distributions” and “—Credit Enhancement” in this prospectus supplement. If these sources are insufficient to pay the Class A Noteholders’ Interest Distribution Amount for that distribution date, the shortfall will be allocated pro rata to the class A noteholders, based upon the total amount of interest then due on each class of class A notes.
     The interest rate for each class of class A notes for each accrual period will be equal to the sum of three-month LIBOR, except for the first accrual period, and the following applicable spread:
         
Class of Notes   Spread  
Class A-1
  minus 0.03%    
Class A-2
  plus 0.00%    
Class A-3
  plus 0.05%    
Class A-4
  plus 0.11%    
Class A-5
  plus 0.13%    
Class A-6
  plus 0.19%    
     LIBOR for the first accrual period will be determined by the following formula:
x + 27/32 * (y-x)
where:
x = One-month LIBOR, and
y = Two-month LIBOR.
     The administrator will determine LIBOR for the specified maturity for each accrual period on the second business day before the beginning of that accrual period, as described under “Description of the Notes—Principal and Interest of Notes—Determination of LIBOR” in the prospectus.
     Distributions of Principal. Principal payments will be made to the class A noteholders on each distribution date in an amount generally equal to the Principal Distribution Amount times the Class A Percentage for that distribution date, until the principal balance of each class of

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the class A notes is reduced to zero. Principal payments on the class A notes will generally be funded from Available Funds and the other sources of funds for payment described in this prospectus supplement (subject to all prior required distributions). We refer you to —Distributions,”—Credit Enhancement” and “—The Notes—The Class B Notes—Subordination of the Class B Notes” in this prospectus supplement. If these sources are insufficient to pay the Class A Noteholders’ Principal Distribution Amount for a distribution date, the shortfall will be added to the principal payable to the class A noteholders on subsequent distribution dates. Amounts on deposit in the reserve account, other than amounts in excess of the Specified Reserve Account Balance, will not be available to make principal payments on the class A notes except at maturity of the applicable class of notes or on the final distribution upon termination of the trust.
     Principal payments will be applied on each distribution date in the priorities set forth under “—Distributions” below.
     However, notwithstanding any other provision to the contrary, following the occurrence of an event of default and the exercise by the indenture trustee of remedies under the indenture, principal payments on the class A notes will be made pro rata, without preference or priority.
     The aggregate outstanding principal balance of each class of class A notes will be due and payable in full on its final scheduled distribution date. The actual date on which the aggregate outstanding principal and accrued interest of a class of class A notes is paid may be earlier than its final scheduled distribution date, based on a variety of factors as described in “You Will Bear Prepayment and Extension Risk Due To Actions Taken By Individual Borrowers And Other Variables Beyond Our Control” under “Risk Factors” in the prospectus.
The Class B Notes
     Distributions of Interest. Interest will accrue on the principal balance of the class B notes at the class B interest rate. Interest will accrue during each accrual period and will be payable to the class B noteholders quarterly on each distribution date. Interest accrued as of any distribution date but not paid on that distribution date will be due on the next distribution date, together with, to the extent permitted by applicable law, an amount equal to interest on the unpaid amount at the class B interest rate. Interest payments on the class B notes for any distribution date will generally be funded from Available Funds and the other sources of funds for payment described in this prospectus supplement (subject to all prior required distributions). We refer you to —Distributions,”—Credit Enhancement—Reserve Account” and “—Subordination of the Class B Notes” below.
     The interest rate for the class B notes with respect to each accrual period will be equal to three-month LIBOR, except for the first accrual period, plus 0.30%. The administrator will determine LIBOR for the class B notes for each accrual period in the same manner as for the class A notes.
     Distributions of Principal. Principal payments will be made to the class B noteholders on each distribution date on and after the Stepdown Date, provided that a Trigger Event has not occurred and is continuing, in an amount generally equal to the Class B Noteholders’ Principal

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Distribution Amount for that distribution date. Principal payable on any distribution date will generally be funded from the portion of Available Funds and the other sources of funds for payment described in this prospectus supplement (subject to all prior required distributions). Amounts on deposit in the reserve account (other than amounts in excess of the Specified Reserve Account Balance) will not be available to make principal payments on the class B notes except at their maturity and on the final distribution upon termination of the trust. We refer you to “—Distributions” and “—Credit Enhancement—Reserve Account” in this prospectus supplement.
     The outstanding principal balance of the class B notes will be due and payable in full on the class B final scheduled distribution date. The actual date on which the final distribution on the class B notes will be made may be earlier than the class B final scheduled distribution date, however, based on a variety of factors.
     Subordination of the Class B Notes. On any distribution date, distributions of interest on the class B notes will be subordinated to the payment of interest on the class A notes, and principal payments on the class B notes will be subordinated to the payment of both interest and principal on the class A notes. Consequently, on any distribution date, Available Funds, amounts on deposit in the reserve account and through the July 2007 distribution date, amounts on deposit in the capitalized interest account remaining after payment of the master servicing fee, the indenture trustee’s fee and expenses, the eligible lender trustee’s fee and expenses and the administration fee will be applied to the payment of interest on the class A notes prior to any payment of interest on the class B notes, and no payments of the principal balance on the class B notes will be made until the class A notes have received the applicable class A noteholders principal distribution amount.
     Notwithstanding the foregoing, if
     (1) on any distribution date following distributions under clauses (a) through (j) under “—Distributions—Distributions from the Collection Account” to be made on that distribution date, the outstanding principal balance of the class A notes, would be in excess of:
    the outstanding principal balance of the trust student loans plus
 
    any accrued but unpaid interest on the trust student loans as of the last day of the related collection period plus
 
    the balance of the capitalized interest account on the distribution date following those distributions made with respect to clauses (a) through (d) under “—Distributions—Distributions from the Collection Account” below plus
 
    the balance of the add-on consolidation loan account on such distribution date plus
 
    the balance of the reserve account on the distribution date following those distributions made under clauses (a) through (j) under “—Distributions—Distributions from the Collection Account” below minus

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    the Specified Reserve Account Balance for that distribution date, or
     (2) an event of default under the indenture affecting the class A notes has occurred and is continuing,
then, until the conditions described in (1) or (2) above no longer exist, the amounts on deposit in the collection account and the reserve account will be applied on that distribution date to the payment of the Class A Noteholders’ Distribution Amount before any amounts are applied to the payment of the Class B Noteholders’ Distribution Amount.
Accounts
     The administrator will establish and maintain the collection account for the benefit of the noteholders and the excess distribution certificateholders, in the name of the indenture trustee, into which all payments on the trust student loans will be deposited. The administrator will also establish the reserve account, the add-on consolidation account and the capitalized interest account for the benefit of the noteholders and the excess distribution certificateholders, in the name of the indenture trustee.
     The administrator will invest funds in the collection account, the capitalized interest account, the add-on consolidation account and the reserve account in eligible investments as provided in the indenture. Eligible investments are generally limited to investments acceptable to the rating agencies as being consistent with the ratings of the offered notes. Subject to some conditions, eligible investments may include debt instruments or other obligations (including asset-backed securities) issued by the depositor or their affiliates, other trusts originated by the depositor or its affiliates or third parties and repurchase obligations of such persons with respect to federally guaranteed student loans that are serviced by the master servicer or an affiliate thereof. Eligible investments are limited to obligations or debt instruments that are expected to mature not later than the business day immediately preceding the next distribution date or the next monthly payment date, to the extent of the master servicing fee and the administration fee.
Consolidation Loan Add-On Period
     The Higher Education Act permits borrowers to add additional eligible education loans to an existing consolidation loan up to 180 days after the origination of such consolidation loan. If the borrower of a trust student loan wanted to include an additional student loan in that borrower’s existing consolidation loan and if the trust could not fund such additional student loan, the related trust student loan would have to be removed from the trust and treated as having been prepaid in full. To mitigate this effect, during the consolidation loan add-on period, which is the period from the closing date through March 31, 2006, the trust will be permitted to acquire add-on consolidation loans, which would increase the outstanding principal balance of an existing trust student loan, but only to the extent of funds on deposit in the add-on consolidation loan account.
     On the closing date, the depositor will fund the add-on consolidation loan account with proceeds from the sale of the offered notes in an amount equal to $4,000,000. No additional deposits will be made into the add-on consolidation loan account. Amounts may be withdrawn

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from time to time during the consolidation loan add-on period to acquire add-on consolidation loans and for no other purposes. Add-on consolidation loans will be added to the trust at a price equal to their outstanding principal balance plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, thereon, and following such acquisition, the outstanding principal balance of the related trust student loan will be increased by an identical amount. To the extent any funds remain on deposit in the add-on consolidation loan account at the end of the consolidation loan add-on period, all such amounts will be transferred to the collection account on the next business day and included as part of Available Funds on the April 2006 distribution date.
Servicing Compensation
     The master servicer will be entitled to receive the master servicing fee as compensation for performing the functions as master servicer for the trust. The master servicing fee will be payable on each monthly payment date and will be paid solely out of Available Funds and amounts on deposit in the capitalized interest account (through the July 2007 distribution date) and the reserve account on that date.
     The master servicer will be solely responsible for all compensation due to the sub-servicers for the performance of their respective obligations under the related sub-servicing agreements. Each sub-servicer will be paid directly by the master servicer for services rendered under each sub-servicing agreement.
Distributions
     Deposits into the Collection Account. On or before the business day immediately prior to each distribution date, the master servicer and the administrator will provide the indenture trustee and the paying agent with certain information as to the preceding collection period, including the amount of Available Funds received from the trust student loans and the aggregate purchase amount of the trust student loans to be repurchased or to be reacquired, as applicable, from the trust by Wachovia Bank, WEF, the depositor or the master servicer.
     The master servicer and each sub-servicer will deposit all payments on the relevant trust student loans and all proceeds of the relevant trust student loans collected by it during each collection period into the collection account within two business days of receipt and if the payment is not readily identifiable as a payment on a trust student loan, within two business days of being so identified. The eligible lender trustee will deposit all interest subsidy payments and all special allowance payments on the trust student loans received by it for each collection period into the collection account within two business days of receipt and if the payment is not readily identifiable as a payment on a trust student loan, within two business days of being so identified.
     Distributions from the Collection Account. On each monthly payment date that is not a distribution date, the administrator will instruct the paying agent to pay to the master servicer the master servicing fee and to the administrator the administration fee from amounts on deposit in the collection account.
     On or before each distribution date, the administrator will instruct the paying agent to make the following deposits and distributions in the amounts and in the order of priority shown below, except as otherwise provided under “Description of the Notes—The Notes—The Class B

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Notes — Subordination of the Class B Notes” and — The Class A Notes — Distributions of Principal,” to the extent of the Available Funds for that distribution date, amounts transferred from the capitalized interest account through the July 2007 distribution date with respect to clauses (a) through (d) below for that distribution date and amounts transferred from the reserve account with respect to that distribution date:
     (a) to the indenture trustee, the eligible lender trustee and the master servicer, pro rata, the indenture trustee’s fee and expenses, the eligible lender trustee’s fee and expenses and the master servicing fee due on that distribution date; provided that, the aggregate amount of the expenses to be paid to the indenture trustee and the eligible lender trustee pursuant to this clause shall not exceed $25,000 in any given calendar year;
     (b) to the administrator, the administration fee due on that distribution date and all prior unpaid administration fees;
     (c) to the class A noteholders, the Class A Noteholders’ Interest Distribution Amount, pro rata, based on the amounts payable as Class A Noteholders’ Interest Distribution Amount;
     (d) to the class B noteholders, the Class B Noteholders’ Interest Distribution Amount;
     (e) to the class A-1 noteholders until paid in full, the Class A Noteholders’ Principal Distribution Amount;
     (f) on each distribution date after the class A-1 notes have been paid in full, to the class A-2 noteholders until paid in full, any remaining Class A Noteholders’ Principal Distribution Amount;
     (g) on each distribution date after the class A-2 notes have been paid in full, to the class A-3 noteholders until paid in full, any remaining Class A Noteholders’ Principal Distribution Amount;
     (h) on each distribution date after the class A-3 notes have been paid in full, to the class A-4 noteholders until paid in full, any remaining Class A Noteholders’ Principal Distribution Amount;
     (i) on each distribution date after the class A-4 notes have been paid in full, to the class A-5 noteholders until paid in full, any remaining Class A Noteholders’ Principal Distribution Amount;
     (j) on each distribution date after the class A-5 notes have been paid in full, to the class A-6 noteholders until paid in full, any remaining Class A Noteholders’ Principal Distribution Amount;
     (k) on each distribution date on and after the Stepdown Date and provided that no Trigger Event is in effect on such distribution date, to the class B Noteholders until paid in full, the Class B Noteholders’ Principal Distribution Amount;

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     (l) to the reserve account, the amount, if any, necessary to reinstate the balance of the reserve account to the Specified Reserve Account Balance; and
     (m) to the excess distribution certificateholders (initially, the depositor and WELF Holding), any remaining amounts after application of the preceding clauses.
     For the purposes of clause (a) above, the references to “eligible lender trustee” shall include Chase Bank USA, National Association in its capacity as interim eligible lender trustee.
     Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event the master servicer fails to exercise its purchase option, on each subsequent distribution date on which the Pool Balance as of the end of the related collection period is equal to 10% or less of the initial Pool Balance, the administrator will direct the paying agent to distribute as accelerated payments of principal on the notes all amounts that would otherwise be paid to the excess distribution certificateholders.
     Beginning on the distribution date on which the notes have been paid in full (together with any unpaid fees of the master servicer, the indenture trustee, the eligible lender trustee and the administrator), the remainder of the principal distribution amount, if any, and on each subsequent distribution date, will be paid to the holders of record of the excess distribution certificates. The excess distribution certificates will initially be owned by the depositor and WELF Holding.
     For so long as the offered notes are listed on the Irish Stock Exchange and the rules of such exchange so require, the trust will be required to have a paying agent in Ireland and to give prompt written notice to each holder and publish in an authorized newspaper, which is expected to be the Daily Official List, notice of the appointment, termination or change in the location of any such office or agency.
Voting Rights and Remedies; Insolvency Events
     Noteholders will have the voting rights and remedies described in the prospectus. Except as otherwise described in the indenture and in the accompanying prospectus where references are made to actions taken by holders of a specific amount of the controlling class, the notes will all vote and exercise remedies together as if they were a single class. We refer you to “Description of the Notes — The Indenture — Events of Default; Rights Upon Event of Default” in the prospectus.
     For the purposes of this prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus, “controlling class” means the class A notes as long as any class A notes are outstanding. As a result, holders of the class A notes generally will vote together as a single class under the indenture. Upon payment in full of the class A notes, the class B notes will be the controlling class.
     If the indenture trustee receives conflicting or inconsistent requests and indemnity from two or more groups of noteholders, each representing less than a majority of the outstanding amount of the notes, the indenture trustee in its sole discretion will determine what action, if any, shall be taken, notwithstanding any other provisions of the indenture.

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     Except as otherwise described in the basic documents, any notes owned by the trust, the depositor, an originator, the sponsor, the master servicer or any of their respective affiliates will be entitled to benefits under such documents equally and proportionately to the benefits afforded other owners of notes except that such notes will be disregarded and deemed not to be outstanding for the purposes of determining whether the requisite percentage of noteholders have given any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver under such documents unless the trust, the depositor, such originator, the sponsor, the master servicer or such affiliates own all of the notes of the trust.
     The Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended (the “TIA”), requires that upon the occurrence of an event of default, the indenture trustee will be required to resign, and a replacement indenture trustee will be appointed, if, within one year of such event of default, the indenture trustee, or any of its directors or executive officers, is, or is affiliated with, an underwriter (as defined in the TIA) of any of the notes.
Credit Enhancement
     Reserve Account. The administrator will establish and maintain a reserve account as an asset of the trust in the name of the indenture trustee. The trust will make an initial deposit from the net proceeds from the sale of the notes into the reserve account on the closing date. The deposit will be in cash or eligible investments equal to $4,451,570.
     Funds in the reserve account may be replenished on each distribution date by additional funds available after all prior required distributions have been made. We refer you to “Description of the Notes — Distributions” in this prospectus supplement.
     Amounts in the reserve account on any distribution date in excess of the specified reserve account balance, after payments described below, will be deposited into the collection account for distribution on that distribution date.
     The specified reserve account balance is the amount required to be maintained in the reserve account.
     The specified reserve account balance for any distribution date will be equal to the greater of:
    0.25% of the sum of the pool balance and the amount, if any, on deposit in the add-on consolidation loan account (excluding any amounts in such account at the end of the collection period relating to the April 2006 distribution date), each as of the end of the related collection period; and
 
    $2,670,942.
     A collection period is the three-month period ending on the last day of March, June, September or December, in each case for the distribution date in the following month. However, the first collection period will be the period from but excluding the cutoff date to and including December 31, 2005.

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     The specified reserve account balance will be subject to adjustment as described in this prospectus supplement. In no event will it exceed the outstanding balance of the notes.
     The reserve account will be available on each distribution date to cover any shortfalls in payments of the master servicing fee, the indenture trustee’s fee and expenses, the eligible lender trustee’s fee and expenses, the administration fee, the class A noteholders’ interest distribution amount and the class B noteholders’ interest distribution amount after application of such amounts from the capitalized interest account, if any.
     In addition, the reserve account will be available:
    on the final scheduled distribution date for each class of class A notes and upon the termination of the trust, to cover shortfalls in payments of the class A noteholders’ principal and accrued interest; and
 
    on the class B final scheduled distribution date and upon termination of the trust, to pay the class B noteholders the unpaid principal balance on the class B notes and accrued interest.
     The reserve account enhances the likelihood of payment to noteholders. In certain circumstances, however, the reserve account could be depleted. This depletion could result in shortfalls in distributions to noteholders.
     If the market value of the reserve account on any distribution date is sufficient to pay the remaining principal and interest accrued on the notes, amounts on deposit in the reserve account will be so applied on that distribution date.
     Capitalized Interest Account. The administrator will establish and maintain a capitalized interest account as an asset of the trust in the name of the indenture trustee. The trust will make an initial deposit from the net proceeds of the sale of the notes into the capitalized interest account on the closing date. The deposit will be in cash or eligible investments equal to $16,000,000.
     On and prior to the July 2007 distribution date, funds in the capitalized interest account will be available to cover shortfalls in payments of master service fee, indenture trustee’s fee and expenses, eligible lender trustee’s fee and expenses, administration fee and interest due to the class A noteholders and thereafter, shortfalls in payments of interest to class B noteholders after application of funds available in the collection account at the end of the related collection period but before application of the reserve account.
     Funds in the capitalized interest account will not be replenished.
     All remaining funds on deposit in the capitalized interest account on the July 2007 distribution date will be transferred to the collection account and included in available funds on that distribution date.
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replenished, in certain circumstances, the capitalized interest account could be depleted. This depletion could result in shortfalls in interest distributions to noteholders.
     Subordination of the Class B Notes. Payments of interest on the class B notes will be subordinate to the payments of interest on the class A notes. Payments of principal on the class B notes will be subordinate to the payment of both interest and principal on the class A notes.
     Subordination of the Excess Distribution Certificates. The excess distribution certificateholders are entitled to receive payments collected on the trust student loans which are not used by the trust to make other required payments. The excess distribution certificates will be subordinated in priority of payment to all classes of notes. The excess distribution certificates will not receive any payment on any distribution date until all of the principal and interest owing on the notes on that distribution date have been paid in full (together with any unpaid fees of the master servicer, the indenture trustee, the eligible lender trustee and the administrator) and the reserve account has been funded to its required level.
Administration Fee
     As compensation for the performance of the administrator’s obligations under the administration agreement and as reimbursement for its related expenses, the administrator will be entitled to an administration fee in an amount equal to the sum of 1/12th of 0.003% of the outstanding principal amount of the trust student loans as of the first day of the preceding calendar month. The administration fee will be payable in arrears out of available funds and, to the extent required, amounts on deposit in the reserve account and through the July 2007 distribution date, amount on deposit in the capitalized interest account on the 25th of each month, or if the 25th day is not a business day, then on the next business day, beginning in December 2005. Fees will include amounts from any prior monthly payment dates that remain unpaid.
Notice to Holders of the Notes
     For so long as the offered notes are listed on the Irish Stock Exchange and so long as the rules of such Exchange so require, notices to the holders of the offered notes shall also be given by publication in the Daily Official List.
LEGAL PROCEEDINGS
     To the knowledge of the sponsor and the depositor, since November 2, 2005, being date of the trust’s formation and for the past 12 months, there are no and have not been any legal or arbitration proceedings pending, or governmental proceedings contemplated, against the sponsor, the depositor or the trust that would be material to holders of any notes or excess distribution certificates or would have a significant effect on the financial position of the trust. Since November 2, 2005, being the date of the trust’s formation, there has been no material adverse change, or any development reasonably likely to involve any material adverse change, in the condition (financial or otherwise) of the trust.

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U.S. FEDERAL INCOME TAX CONSEQUENCES
     For a summary of United States federal income tax consequences for holders of the offered notes, you should refer to the section entitled “U.S. Federal Income Tax Consequences” in the prospectus.
ERISA CONSIDERATIONS
General
     Section 406 of The Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended (“ERISA”) prohibits, and Section 4975 of The Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (“Code”) imposes adverse tax consequences on, certain transactions between a pension, profit sharing or other employee benefit plan, including a so-called “Keogh” plan, an individual retirement account or an educational savings account to which they are applicable, or any entity deemed to hold the assets of the foregoing (each, a “Plan”), and persons that are “parties in interest” under ERISA or “disqualified persons” under the Code with respect to such Plan. A violation of these “prohibited transaction” rules may result in an excise tax and other penalties and liabilities under ERISA and the Code for such persons.
     Although there is little guidance on the subject, at the time of their issuance, the offered notes should be treated as indebtedness without substantial equity features for purposes of the Plan Assets Regulation as described in the “ERISA Considerations” in the prospectus. This determination is based in part upon the traditional debt features of the offered notes, including the reasonable expectation of purchasers of such class that they will be repaid when due, as well as the absence of conversion rights, warrants and other typical equity features. Based upon the foregoing and other considerations, subject to the considerations described in the “ERISA Considerations” in the prospectus, offered notes may be purchased by a Plan.
     Employee benefit plans that are governmental plans (as defined in Section 3(32) of ERISA) and certain church plans (as defined in Section 3(33) of ERISA) are not subject to ERISA requirements but may be subject to state or local laws substantially similar to ERISA or the Code (“Similar Law”), such plans, together with Plans are referred to herein as “Benefit Plans.”
     Each purchaser and transferee of an offered note, as applicable, will be deemed to represent that either (i) it is not a Benefit Plan or (ii) it is a Benefit Plan and its acquisition and holding of a note will not result in a non-exempt prohibited transaction under Section 406 of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code which is not covered under PTCE 84-14 (relating to transactions effected by a “qualified professional asset manager”); PTCE 90 1 (relating to transactions involving insurance company pooled separate accounts); PTCE 91 38 (relating to transactions involving bank collective investment funds); PTCE 95 60 (relating to transactions involving insurance company general accounts); and PTCE 96 23 (relating to transactions effected by an “in-house asset manager”) or some other applicable exemption, and will not cause a non-exempt violation of any Similar Law and will be deemed to further represent that it will not transfer such offered note in violation of the foregoing.

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     Prospective Benefit Plan investors in offered notes should consult with their legal advisors concerning the impact of ERISA and the Code, the prohibited transaction rules and exemptions that may apply to them, and the potential consequences in their specific circumstances, prior to making an investment in the offered notes. Each Benefit Plan fiduciary should also determine whether under the general fiduciary standards of investment prudence and diversification, an investment in the offered notes is appropriate for the Benefit Plan, taking into account the overall investment policy of the Plan and the composition of the Benefit Plan’s investment portfolio.
REPORTS TO SECURITYHOLDERS
     Quarterly and annual reports concerning the trust will be delivered to noteholders. We refer you to “Reports to Securityholders” in the prospectus.
     Except in very limited circumstances, you will not receive these reports directly from the trust. Instead, you will receive them through Cede & Co., as nominee of DTC and registered holder of the notes. We refer you to “Certain Information Regarding the Securities — Book-Entry Registration” in the prospectus.
UNDERWRITING
     The offered notes listed below are offered severally by the underwriters, subject to receipt and acceptance by them and subject to their right to reject any order in whole or in part. It is expected that the offered notes will be ready for delivery in book-entry form only through the facilities of DTC, Clearstream, Luxembourg and the Euroclear System, on or about the closing date against payment in immediately available funds.
     Subject to the terms and conditions in the underwriting agreement dated November 16, 2005, the depositor has agreed to cause the trust to sell to each of the underwriters named below, and each of the underwriters has severally agreed to purchase, the principal amounts of the offered notes shown opposite its name:
                         
Underwriter   Class A-1 Notes     Class A-2 Notes     Class A-3 Notes  
Wachovia Capital Markets, LLC
  $ 145,958,000     $ 266,949,000     $ 184,368,000  
Barclays Capital Inc.
  $ 2,266,000     $ 4,144,000     $ 2,862,000  
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated
  $ 2,266,000     $ 4,144,000     $ 2,862,000  
Sandler O’Neill & Partners, L.P.
  $ 1,510,000     $ 2,763,000     $ 1,908,000  
 
                 
Total
  $ 152,000,000     $ 278,000,000     $ 192,000,000  
 
                 

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Underwriter   Class A-4 Notes     Class A-5 Notes     Class A-6 Notes  
Wachovia Capital Markets, LLC
  $ 284,233,000     $ 379,298,000     $ 415,787,000  
Barclays Capital Inc.
  $ 4,413,000     $ 5,889,000     $ 6,454,000  
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated
  $ 4,413,000     $ 5,889,000     $ 6,454,000  
Sandler O’Neill & Partners, L.P.
  $ 2,941,000     $ 3,924,000     $ 4,305,000  
 
                 
Total
  $ 296,000,000     $ 395,000,000     $ 433,000,000  
 
                 
     The underwriters have agreed, subject to the terms and conditions of the underwriting agreement, to purchase all of the offered notes listed above if any of such offered notes are purchased. The underwriters have advised the depositor that they propose initially to offer the offered notes to the public at the prices listed below, and to certain dealers at these prices less concessions not in excess of the concessions listed below. The underwriters may allow and such dealers may reallow concessions to other dealers not in excess of the reallowances listed below. After the initial public offering, these prices and concessions may be changed.
                                         
    Initial Public   Underwriting   Proceeds to The        
    Offering Price   Discount   Depositor   Concession   Reallowance
Per Class A-1 Note
    100.0 %     0.150 %     99.850 %     0.090 %     0.0450 %
Per Class A-2 Note
    100.0 %     0.200 %     99.800 %     0.120 %     0.0600 %
Per Class A-3 Note
    100.0 %     0.225 %     99.775 %     0.135 %     0.0675 %
Per Class A-4 Note
    100.0 %     0.250 %     99.750 %     0.150 %     0.0750 %
Per Class A-5 Note
    100.0 %     0.340 %     99.660 %     0.204 %     0.1020 %
Per Class A-6 Note
    100.0 %     0.400 %     99.600 %     0.240 %     0.1200 %
     
Total
  $ 1,746,000,000     $ 5,031,000     $ 1,740,969,000                  
 
                                 
     The prices and proceeds shown in the table do not include any accrued interest. The actual prices and proceeds will include interest, if any, from the closing date. The proceeds shown are before deducting estimated expenses of $1,500,000 payable by the depositor.
     The depositor, Wachovia Bank and WEF have agreed to indemnify the underwriters against certain liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
     The offered notes are new issues of securities with no established trading market. Application has been made to the Irish Financial Services Regulatory Authority, as competent authority under Directive 2003/71/EC, for the prospectus to be approved. Application has been made to the Irish Stock Exchange for the offered notes to be admitted to the Official List and trading on its regulated market. There can be no assurance that such listings will be granted. The sponsor has been advised by the underwriters that the underwriters intend to make a market in the offered notes but are not obligated to do so and may discontinue market making at any time without notice. No assurance can be given as to the liquidity of the trading market for the offered notes.
     In the ordinary course of their business, the underwriters and certain of their affiliates have in the past, and may in the future, engage in commercial and investment banking activities with Wachovia Bank, WEF, the depositor and their respective affiliates.

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     The trust may, from time to time, invest the funds in the Trust Accounts in eligible investments acquired from the underwriters in the ordinary course of business.
     During and after the offering, the underwriters may engage in transactions, including open market purchases and sales, to stabilize the prices of the offered notes.
     The underwriters, for example, may over-allot the offered notes for the account of the underwriting syndicate to create a syndicate short position by accepting orders for more offered notes than are to be sold.
     In addition, the underwriters may impose a penalty bid on the broker-dealers who sell the offered notes. This means that if an underwriter purchases offered notes in the open market to reduce a broker-dealer’s short position or to stabilize the prices of the offered notes, it may reclaim the selling concession from the broker-dealers who sold those offered notes as part of the offering.
     In general, over-allotment transactions and open market purchases of the offered notes for the purpose of stabilization or to reduce a short position could cause the price of an offered note to be higher than it might be in the absence of such transactions.
     Neither the depositor nor any of its affiliates or any person acting on behalf of the foregoing has taken or will take, directly or indirectly, any action designed to cause or to result in, or that has constituted or might reasonably be expected to cause or result in, the stabilization in violation of applicable laws or manipulation of the price of any security to facilitate the sale or resale of the offered notes.
     In connection with the issue of the offered notes, the underwriters, as stabilization managers (or persons acting on behalf of the stabilizing managers) may over-allot offered notes (provided that in the case of offered notes to be admitted to trading on the Irish Stock Exchange, the aggregate principal amount of offered notes allotted does not exceed 105% of the aggregate principal amount of each class) or effect transactions with a view to supporting the market price of the offered notes at a higher level than that which might otherwise prevail. However, there is not assurance that the stabilizing managers (or persons acting on behalf of the stabilizing managers) will undertake stabilization action. Any stabilizing action may begin on or after the date on which adequate public disclosure of the term of the offer of offered notes is made and, if begun, may be ended at any time, but it must end no later than the earlier of 30 days after the closing date or 60 days after the date of allotment of the offered notes.
     The class B notes may be offered by the depositor or one or more of its affiliates from time to time directly or through one or more underwriters or agents (either of such may include Wachovia Capital Markets, LLC) in one or more negotiated transactions, or otherwise, at varying prices to be determined at the time of sale. However, there is currently no underwriting or other distribution arrangement in effect for the class B notes. Proceeds to the depositor or one or more of its affiliates from any sale of class B notes will be equal to the purchase price paid by the purchaser, net of any expenses payable by the depositor or one or more of its affiliates and any compensation payable to any underwriter or agent (which may include Wachovia Capital Markets, LLC).

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     Wachovia Capital Markets, LLC is an affiliate of the originators, the depositor, the master servicer, the administrator, and is a registered broker/dealer. Any obligations of Wachovia Capital Markets, LLC are the sole responsibility of Wachovia Capital Markets, LLC and do not create any obligation or guarantee on the part of any affiliate of Wachovia Capital Markets, LLC.
     In relation to each Relevant Member State of the European Economic Area which has implemented the Prospectus Directive, each underwriter hereby represents and agrees that with effect from and including the “Relevant Implementation Date” for such Relevant Member State, which is the date on which the Prospectus Directive is implemented in that Relevant Member State, it has not made and will not make an offer of the offered notes to the public in that Relevant Member State except that it may, with effect from and including the Relevant Implementation Date, make an offer of the offered notes to the public in that Relevant Member State:
    in (or in Germany, where the offer starts within) the period beginning on the date of publication of a prospectus in relation to those offered notes which has been approved by the competent authority in that Relevant Member State or, where appropriate, approved in another Relevant Member State and notified to the competent authority in that Relevant Member State, all in accordance with the Prospectus Directive and ending on the date which is 12 months after the date of such publication;
 
    at any time to legal entities which are authorized or regulated to operate in the financial markets or, if not so authorized or regulated, whose corporate purpose is solely to invest in securities;
 
    at any time to any legal entity which has two or more of (1) an average of at least 250 employees during the last financial year, (2) a total balance sheet of more than €43,000,000 and (3) an annual net turnover of more than €50,000,000, as shown in its last annual or consolidated accounts; or
 
    at any time in any other circumstances which do not require the publication by the Trust of a prospectus pursuant to Article 3 of the Prospectus Directive.
     For the purposes of the above paragraphs, the expression an “offer of the offered notes to the public” in relation to any offered notes in any Relevant Member State means the communication in any form and by any means of sufficient information on the terms of the offer and the offered notes to be offered so as to enable an investor to decide to purchase or subscribe the offered notes, as the same may be varied in that Relevant Member State by any measure implementing the Prospectus Directive in that Relevant Member State.
     For purposes of the above paragraphs, (i) “Relevant Member State” means each member state of the European Economic Area, (ii) “European Economic Area” means the European Union member states (currently Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, The Netherlands and the United Kingdom), together with Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway, and (iii) “Prospectus Directive”

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means Directive 2003/71/EC and includes any relevant implementing measure in each Relevant Member State.
     Each underwriter has severally represented to and agreed that:
    it has only communicated or caused to be communicated and will only communicate or cause to be communicated any invitation or inducement to engage in investment activity (within the meaning of Section 21 of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (the “FSMA”)) received by it in connection with the issue or sale of any offered notes in circumstances in which Section 21(1) of the FSMA does not apply to the trust; and
 
    it has complied and will comply with all applicable provisions of the FSMA with respect to anything done by it in relation to the offered notes in, from or otherwise involving the United Kingdom.
     No action has been or will be taken by the depositor or the underwriters that would permit a public offering of the offered notes in any country or jurisdiction other than in the United States or the Republic of Ireland, where action for that purpose is required. Accordingly, the offered notes may not be offered or sold, directly or indirectly, and neither the prospectus, this prospectus supplement nor any circular, prospectus, form of application, advertisement or other material may be distributed in or from or published in any country or jurisdiction, except under circumstances that will result in compliance with any applicable laws and regulations. Persons into whose hands this prospectus supplement comes are required by the depositor and the underwriters to comply with all applicable laws and regulations in each country or jurisdiction in which they purchase, sell or deliver the offered notes or have in their possession or distribute such prospectus supplement, in all cases at their own expense.
     The depositor has not authorized any offer of the offered notes to the public in the United Kingdom within the meaning of the FSMA. The offered notes may not lawfully be offered or sold to persons in the United Kingdom except in circumstances which do not result in an offer to the public in the United Kingdom within the meaning of the FSMA.
     Each underwriter has severally represented to and agreed that: (i) in respect of a local offer (within the meaning of Section 38(l) of the Investment Funds, Companies and Miscellaneous Provisions Act 2005 of Ireland) of offered notes in Ireland, it has complied and will comply with Section 49 of the Investment Funds, Companies and Miscellaneous Provisions Act 2005 of Ireland; and (ii) at all times:
    it has complied and will comply with all applicable provisions of the Investment Intermediaries Acts, 1995 to 2000 of Ireland (as amended) with respect to anything done by it in relation to the offered notes or operating in, or otherwise involving, Ireland and, in the case of an underwriter acting under and within the terms of an authorization to do so for the purposes of European Union Council Directive 93 /22/EEC of 10 May 1993 (as amended or extended), it has complied with any codes of conduct made under the Investment Intermediaries Acts 1995 to 2000, of Ireland (as amended) and, in the case of an underwriter acting within the terms of an

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      authorization granted to it for the purposes of European Union Council Directive 2000/12/EC of 20 March 2000 (as amended or extended), it has complied with any codes of conduct or practice made under Section 117(l) of the Central Bank Act, 1989 or Ireland (as amended); and
 
    it has only issued or passed on, and it will only issue or pass on, in Ireland or elsewhere, any document received by it in connection with the issue of the offered notes to persons who are persons to whom the document may otherwise lawfully be issued or passed on.
LISTING AND GENERAL INFORMATION
     Application has been made to the Irish Financial Service Regulatory Authority, as competent authority under Directive 2003/71/EC, for the prospectus to be approved. Application has been made to the Irish Stock Exchange for the offered notes to be admitted to the Official List and trading on its regulated market. There can be no assurance that such listings will be granted.
     For so long as any of the offered notes are listed on the Irish Stock Exchange, copies of the certificate of formation and limited liability company operating agreement of the depositor, as well as legal notice relating to the issuance of the notes together with copies of the indenture, the trust agreement, the form of the offered notes, the administration agreement, the master servicing agreement, the sub-servicing agreements and the other basic documents will be available for inspection in electronic format at the registered office of the trust and at the office of the paying agent in Ireland.
     For so long as any of the offered notes are listed on the Irish Stock Exchange and the rules of such Exchange shall so require, the trust will inform the Irish Stock Exchange and publish a notice in an authorized newspaper, which is expected to be on the Daily Official List, if the ratings assigned to any of the offered notes are reduced or withdrawn.
     The notes, the indenture, the master servicing agreement, the sub-servicing agreements and the administration agreement are governed by the laws of the State of New York. The trust agreement is governed by the laws of the State of Delaware.
     The issuance by the trust of the notes has been authorized by the amended and restated trust agreement dated November 29, 2005 among the depositor, the eligible lender trustee and the administrator.
     As long as the offered notes are listed on the Irish Stock Exchange, administrator’s certificates regarding quarterly distributions, master servicer’s reports and annual statements as to servicing compliance, will be available in electronic format at the office of the paying agent in Ireland.
     The European Union Transparency Obligations Directive is currently being finalized and may be implemented in a manner that is unduly burdensome for the trust. In particular, the trust may be required to publish financial statements in the European Union prepared in accordance with, or reconciled to, international financial reporting standards. In such circumstances the

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administrator may decide to seek an alternative listing for the notes on a stock exchange of international standing outside the European Union as the administrator may select after consultation with the underwriters.
     The depositor accepts responsibility for the information contained in this prospectus supplement and the attached prospectus. To the best knowledge and belief of the depositor the information contained in this prospectus supplement and the attached prospectus is in accordance with the facts and does not omit anything likely to affect the import of such information.
     Notwithstanding the provisions set forth in the section “Incorporation of Certain Documents by Reference” in the accompanying prospectus, the documents enlisted in such section do not form part of the “prospectus” under the Prospectus (Directive 2003/71/EC) Regulations for the purposes of obtaining approval of the prospectus from the IFSRA or listing of the offered notes on the Irish Stock Exchange.
RATINGS OF THE OFFERED NOTES
     It is a condition to the issuance and sale of the offered notes that they be rated in the highest investment rating category by Moody’s and S&P. A rating is not a recommendation to buy, sell or hold the offered notes and may be subject to revision or withdrawal at any time by the assigning rating agency.
LEGAL MATTERS
     McKee Nelson LLP, as special counsel to the trust, the sponsor, the originators, the master servicer and the depositor, will give opinions on specified legal matters for the sponsor, the master servicer, the originators, the trust and the depositor. McKee Nelson LLP will also give opinions on specified federal income tax matters for the trust. Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A., as Delaware counsel for the trust, will give opinions on specified legal matters for the trust, including specified Delaware state income tax matters. Sidley Austin Brown & Wood LLP, San Francisco, California will give opinions on specified legal matters for the underwriters.

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GLOSSARY FOR PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT
Adjusted Pool Balance” means, for any distribution date,
    if the Pool Balance as of the last day of the related collection period is greater than 40% of the Initial Pool Balance, the sum of that Pool Balance, Capitalized Interest, the amount, if any, on deposit in the add-on consolidation loan account (excluding any amounts in such account at the end of the collection period relating to the April 2006 distribution date), and the Specified Reserve Account Balance for that distribution date, or
 
    if the Pool Balance as of the last day of the related collection period is less than or equal to 40% of the Initial Pool Balance, the sum of that Pool Balance and Capitalized Interest.
     “Available Funds” means, as to a distribution date or any related monthly payment date, the sum of the following amounts received with respect to the related collection period or, in the case of a monthly payment date, the applicable portion of these amounts:
    all collections received by the master servicer and the sub-servicers on the trust student loans, including any guarantee payments received on the trust student loans, but net of:
  (1)   any collections in respect of principal on the trust student loans applied by the trust to repurchase guaranteed loans from the guarantors under the guarantee agreements, and
 
  (2)   amounts required by the Higher Education Act to be paid to the Department of Education or to be repaid to borrowers, whether or not in the form of a principal reduction of the applicable trust student loan, on the trust student loans for that collection period, including consolidation loan rebate fees;
    any interest subsidy payments and special allowance payments with respect to the trust student loans during that collection period;
 
    all proceeds of the liquidation of defaulted trust student loans which were liquidated during that collection period in accordance with the customary servicing procedures of the master servicer or the related sub-servicer, as applicable, net of expenses incurred by the master servicer or the related sub-servicer, as applicable, related to their liquidation and any amounts required by law to be remitted to the borrower on the Liquidated Student Loans, and all recoveries on Liquidated Student Loans which were written off in prior collection periods or during that collection period;
 
    the aggregate purchase amounts received during that collection period for those trust student loans reacquired by the depositor or purchased by the master servicer or for trust student loans sold to another eligible lender pursuant to the master servicing agreement;

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    the aggregate purchase amounts received during that collection period for those trust student loans repurchased by Wachovia Bank or WEF;
 
    the aggregate amounts, if any, received from any of Wachovia Bank, WEF, the depositor or the master servicer, as the case may be, as reimbursement of non-guaranteed interest amounts, or lost interest subsidy payments and special allowance payments, on the trust student loans pursuant to the purchase agreements or the contribution agreement;
 
    amounts received by the trust pursuant to the master servicing agreement and the sub-servicing agreements during that collection period as to yield or principal adjustments;
 
    any interest remitted by the administrator to the collection account prior to such distribution date or monthly payment date;
 
    investment earnings for that distribution date earned on amounts on deposit in each Trust Account;
 
    on the April 2006 distribution date, any amounts transferred from the add-on consolidation loan account following the end of the consolidation loan add-on period;
 
    on the July 2007 distribution date, all funds then on deposit in the capitalized interest account that are transferred into the collection account on that distribution date; and
 
    amounts transferred from the reserve account in excess of the Specified Reserve Account Balance as of that distribution date;
provided that if on any distribution date there would not be sufficient funds, after application of Available Funds, as defined above, and application of amounts available from the capitalized interest account and the reserve account, to pay any of the items specified in clauses (a) through (d) under “Description of the Notes — Distributions — Distributions from the Collection Account” above (but excluding clause (d), and including clauses (e) through (j), in the event that a condition exists as described in either (1) or (2) under “Description of the Notes — The Notes — The Class B Notes — Subordination of the Class B Notes” above), then Available Funds for that distribution date will include, in addition to the Available Funds as defined above, amounts on deposit in the collection account, or amounts held by the administrator, or which the administrator reasonably estimates to be held by the administrator, for deposit into the collection account which would have constituted Available Funds for the distribution date succeeding that distribution date, up to the amount necessary to pay such items, and the Available Funds for the succeeding distribution date will be adjusted accordingly.
     “Capitalized Interest” means, for any distribution date through and including the July 2007 distribution date:
    if neither of conditions (1) and (2) described under “Description of the Notes — The Notes — The Class B Notes — Subordination of the Class B Notes” above are in effect,

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      the amount on deposit in the capitalized interest account on the distribution date following those distributions with respect to clauses (a) through (d) under “ — Distributions — Distributions from the Collection Account” above or
 
    if either of conditions (1) or (2) described under “Description of the Notes — The Notes — The Class B Notes — Subordination of the Class B Notes” above is in effect, the excess, if any, of (x) the amount on deposit in the capitalized interest account on the distribution date following those distributions with respect to clauses (a) through (c) under “ — Distributions — Distributions from the Collection Account” above over (y) the Class B Noteholders’ Interest Distribution Amount.
     “Class A Note Interest Shortfall” means, for any distribution date, the excess of:
    the Class A Noteholders’ Interest Distribution Amount on the preceding distribution date, over
 
    the amount of interest actually distributed to the class A noteholders on that preceding distribution date,
plus interest on the amount of that excess, to the extent permitted by law, at the interest rate applicable for each such class of notes from that preceding distribution date to the current distribution date.
     “Class A Noteholders’ Distribution Amount” means, for any distribution date, the sum of the Class A Noteholders’ Interest Distribution Amount and the Class A Noteholders’ Principal Distribution Amount for that distribution date.
     “Class A Noteholders’ Interest Distribution Amount” means, for any distribution date, the sum of:
    the amount of interest accrued at the class A note interest rates for the related accrual period on the aggregate outstanding principal balances of all classes of class A notes on the immediately preceding distribution date (or in the case of the first distribution date, the closing date) after giving effect to all principal distributions to class A noteholders on that preceding distribution date; and
 
    the Class A Note Interest Shortfall for that distribution date.
     “Class A Noteholders’ Principal Distribution Amount” means, for any distribution date, the Principal Distribution Amount times the Class A Percentage for that distribution date; provided that the Class A Noteholders’ Principal Distribution Amount will not exceed the outstanding principal balance of the class A notes.
     In addition, on the final scheduled distribution date for any class of class A notes, the principal required to be distributed to the related noteholders will include the amount required to reduce the outstanding balance of that class to zero.

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     “Class A Percentage” mean, for any distribution date, 100% minus the Class B Percentage for that distribution date.
     “Class B Note Interest Shortfall” means, for any distribution date, the excess of:
    the Class B Noteholders’ Interest Distribution Amount on the preceding distribution date, over
 
    the amount of interest actually distributed to the class B noteholders on that preceding distribution date,
     plus interest on the amount of that excess, to the extent permitted by law, at the class B note interest rate from that preceding distribution date to the current distribution date.
     “Class B Noteholders’ Distribution Amount” means, for any distribution date, the sum of the Class B Noteholders’ Interest Distribution Amount and the Class B Noteholders’ Principal Distribution Amount for that distribution date.
     “Class B Noteholders’ Interest Distribution Amount” means, for any distribution date, the sum of:
    the amount of interest accrued at the class B note rate for the related accrual period on the outstanding principal balance of the class B notes on the immediately preceding distribution date (or in the case of the first distribution date, the closing date) after giving effect to all principal distributions to class B noteholders on that preceding distribution date; and
 
    the Class B Note Interest Shortfall for that distribution date.
     “Class B Noteholders’ Principal Distribution Amount” means, for any distribution date, the Principal Distribution Amount times the Class B Percentage for that distribution date; provided that the Class B Noteholders’ Principal Distribution Amount will not exceed the principal balance of the class B notes.
     In addition, on the class B final scheduled distribution date, the principal required to be distributed to the class B noteholders will include the amount required to reduce the outstanding principal balance of the class B notes to zero.
     “Class B Percentage”, with respect to any distribution date means:
    prior to the Stepdown Date or with respect to any distribution date on which a Trigger Event is in effect, zero; and
 
    on and after the Stepdown Date and provided that no Trigger Event is in effect, a fraction expressed as a percentage, the numerator of which is the aggregate principal balance of the class B notes immediately prior to that distribution date and the denominator of which is the aggregate principal balance of all outstanding notes.

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     “Clearstream, Luxembourg” means Clearstream Banking, société anonyme, a corporation organized under the laws of the Duchy of Luxembourg (formerly known as Cedelbank, société anonyme), and its address is L-2967 Luxembourg, Luxembourg.
     “DTC” means The Depository Trust Company, or any successor thereto, and its address is 55 Water Street, New York, New York 10042-0099.
     “Euroclear” means Euroclear Bank, S.A./N.V., as operator of the Euroclear System, and its address is 1 Boulevard du Roi Albert II, B-1210 Brussels.
     “Initial Pool Balance” means the sum of the Pool Balance of the initial trust student loans as of the cutoff date and all amounts deposited into the add-on consolidation loan account on the closing date.
     “Liquidated Student Loan” means any defaulted trust student loan liquidated by the master servicer (which shall not include any trust student loan on which guarantee payments are received) or which the master servicer has, after using all reasonable efforts to realize upon such trust student loan, determined to charge off.
     “Moody’s” means Moody’s Investors Service, Inc., or any successor rating agency.
     “Pool Balance” means, for any date, the aggregate principal balance of the trust student loans on that date, including accrued interest that is expected to be capitalized, as such balance has been reduced through such date by:
    all payments received by the trust through that date from borrowers, the guarantee agencies and the Department of Education;
 
    all amounts received by the trust through that date from (i) repurchases of the trust student loans by Wachovia Bank or WEF, (ii) reacquisitions of the trust student loans by the depositor or (iii) purchases of the trust student loans by the master servicer;
 
    all liquidation proceeds and Realized Losses on the trust student loans liquidated through that date;
 
    the amount of any adjustments to balances of the trust student loans that the master servicer or each sub-servicer makes under the master servicing agreement or the applicable sub-servicing agreement through that date; and
 
    the amount by which guarantor reimbursements of principal on defaulted trust student loans through that date are reduced from 100% to 98%, or other applicable percentage, as required by the risk sharing provisions of the Higher Education Act.

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     “Principal Distribution Amount” means as to each distribution date, the amount by which the aggregate outstanding principal balance of the notes exceeds the Adjusted Pool Balance for that distribution date.
     “Realized Loss” means the excess of the principal balance, including any interest that had been or had been expected to be capitalized, of any Liquidated Student Loan over liquidation proceeds for a student loan to the extent allocable to principal, including any interest that had been or had been expected to be capitalized.
     “S&P” means Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services, a division of The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., or any successor rating agency.
     “Significant Guarantor” means the guarantee agency that each guarantee trust student loans comprising at least 10% of the initial Pool Balance.
     “Specified Reserve Account Balance” means, for any distribution date, the greater of:
     (a) 0.25% of the Pool Balance and the amount, if any, on deposit in the add-on consolidation loan account (excluding any amounts in such account at the end of the collection period relating to the April 2006 distribution date), each as of the close of business on the last day of the related collection period; and
     (b) $2,670,942;
provided that in no event will that balance exceed the aggregate outstanding principal balance of the notes.
     “Stepdown Date” means the earlier to occur of (1) the October 2011 distribution date or (2) the first date on which no class A notes remain outstanding.
     “Trigger Event” means, on any distribution date while any of the class A notes are outstanding, that the outstanding principal balance of the notes, after giving effect to distributions to be made on that distribution date, would exceed the Adjusted Pool Balance for that distribution date.
     “Trust Accounts” means the collection account, the reserve account, the capitalized interest account and the add-on consolidation loan account.

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PRINCIPAL OFFICES
DEPOSITOR
WACHOVIA EDUCATION LOAN FUNDING LLC
One Wachovia Center
301 South College Street, Suite F
Charlotte, North Carolina, 28288-5578
MASTER SERVICER
WACHOVIA EDUCATION FINANCE INC.
11000 White Rock Road
Rancho Cordova, California 95670
ADMINISTRATOR
WACHOVIA BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
One Wachovia Center
301 South College Street
Charlotte, North Carolina, 28288
WACHOVIA STUDENT LOAN TRUST 2005-1
     
CHASE BANK USA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
  WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
as Eligible Lender Trustee   as Indenture Trustee
500 Stanton Christiana Road, FL3/OPS4,   MAC#9311-161, Sixth Street and Marquette Avenue,
Newark, Delaware 19713   Minneapolis, Minnesota 55479
PAYING AGENT
WACHOVIA BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
One Wachovia Center
301 South College Street
Charlotte, North Carolina, 28288
IRISH PAYING AGENT AND IRISH LISTING AGENT
     
DEUTSCHE INTERNATIONAL CORPORATE   ARTHUR COX LISTING SERVICES LIMITED
SERVICES (IRELAND) LIMITED    
5 Harbourmaster Place, International Financial Services Centre   Earlsfort Centre, Earlsfort Terrace
Dublin 1, Ireland   Dublin 2, Ireland
LEGAL ADVISORS TO THE SPONSOR, THE ORIGINATORS, THE DEPOSITOR,
THE TRUST AND THE MASTER SERVICER
MCKEE NELSON LLP
One Battery Park Plaza
New York, New York 10004
LEGAL ADVISORS TO THE UNDERWRITERS
SIDLEY AUSTIN BROWN & WOOD LLP
555 California Street
San Francisco, California 94104
LEGAL ADVISORS AS TO DELAWARE LAW
RICHARDS, LAYTON & FINGER, P.A.
920 King Street
Wilmington, Delaware 19801

 



 

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PROSPECTUS
Wachovia Student Loan Trusts
Student Loan-Backed Notes
Student Loan-Backed Certificates

 

Wachovia Education Loan Funding LLC
Depositor
Wachovia Bank, National Association
Wachovia Education Finance Inc.

Originators
Wachovia Bank, National Association
Sponsor and Administrator
Wachovia Education Finance Inc.
Master Servicer
 
You should review carefully the factors set forth under “Risk Factors” beginning on page 16 of this prospectus and in the prospectus supplement accompanying this prospectus.

Each issue of securities are asset backed securities and represent obligations of, or interests in, the applicable trust only. They do not represent interests in or obligations of Wachovia Bank, National Association, the originators, the sponsor, the depositor, the administrator, the master servicer or any of their affiliates.
The securities are not guaranteed or insured by the United States of America or any governmental agency.
This prospectus may be used to offer and sell any series of securities only if accompanied by the prospectus supplement for that series.
The Issuing Entity
A new trust will be formed by the depositor to issue each series of student loan-backed securities and a particular trust may issue multiple series of such securities.
The assets of each trust will include:
  education loans to students or parents of students originated under the Federal Family Education Loan Program; and
 
  other moneys, investments and property.
The Depositor
Wachovia Education Loan Funding LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, is the depositor. Wachovia Education Finance Inc. is the sole member of Wachovia Education Loan Funding LLC.
The Securities
The student loan-backed securities issued by each issuing entity may be in the form of notes or certificates. Each issue will have its own series designation. We will sell the securities from time to time in amounts, at prices and on terms determined at the time of offering and sale. Each series:
  will include one or more classes of notes secured by the assets of that trust. may include one or more classes of certificates that represent ownership interests in the assets of the trust for that issue.
A class of notes or certificates may:
  be senior or subordinate to other classes; and
 
  receive payments from one or more forms of credit or cash flow enhancements designed to reduce the risk to investors caused by shortfalls in payments on the related student loans.
Each class of notes or certificates has the right to receive payments of principal and interest at the rates, on the dates, to the extent and in the manner described in the applicable supplement to this prospectus.
A supplement to this prospectus will describe the specific amounts, prices and terms of the notes and certificates of each series. The supplement will also give details of the specific student loans, credit enhancement, and other assets of the trust.
Neither the Securities and Exchange Commission nor any state securities commission has approved or disapproved the securities or determined if this prospectus is truthful or complete. Any representation to the contrary is a criminal offense.
The date of this prospectus is November 16, 2005.

 



 

IMPORTANT NOTICE ABOUT INFORMATION PRESENTED IN THIS
PROSPECTUS
AND THE RELATED PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT
     We provide information to you about the securities in two separate documents that progressively provide more detail:
    this prospectus, which provides general information, some of which may not apply to your series of securities; and
 
    the related prospectus supplement that describes the specific terms of your series of securities, including:
    the timing of interest and principal payments;
 
    financial and other information about the student loans and the other assets owned by the trust;
 
    information about credit enhancement;
 
    the ratings; and
 
    the method of selling the securities.
     You should rely only on the information contained or incorporated in this prospectus and the prospectus supplement. We have not authorized anyone to provide you with different information. We are not offering the securities in any state or other jurisdiction where the offer is prohibited.
     We have made cross-references to captions in this prospectus and the accompanying prospectus supplement under which you can find further related discussions. The following table of contents and the table of contents in the related prospectus supplement indicate where these captions are located.
     Unless otherwise indicated, references to “we”, “us” and “our” in this prospectus and the accompanying prospectus refer to Wachovia Education Loan Funding LLC, as depositor of the trust student loans.
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    Page
PROSPECTUS SUMMARY
    1  
Principal Parties
    1  
The Notes
    2  
The Certificates
    4  
Assets of the Trust
    6  
Collection Account
    8  
Credit and Cash Flow or other Enhancement or Derivative Arrangements
    8  
Purchase Agreements
    9  
Contribution Agreements
    9  
Master Servicing Agreements and Sub-Servicing Agreements
    9  
Master Servicing Fee
    10  
Administration Agreement
    10  
Administration Fee
    10  
Representations and Warranties of the Depositor
    11  
Representations and Warranties of the Originators under the Purchase Agreements
    12  
Covenants of the Master Servicer
    12  
Optional Purchase
    13  
Auction of Trust Assets
    13  
Tax Considerations
    14  
ERISA Considerations
    15  
Ratings
    15  
RISK FACTORS
    16  
FORMATION OF THE TRUSTS
    37  
The Issuing Entities
    37  
Eligible Lender Trustee
    38  
USE OF PROCEEDS
    38  
THE DEPOSITOR, THE MASTER SERVICER, THE ADMINISTRATOR AND THE SPONSOR
    39  
The Depositor
    39  
Wachovia Bank as the Administrator and the Sponsor
    40  
WEF as Master Servicer
    40  
THE ORIGINATORS
    41  
WEF
    41  
Wachovia Bank
    41  
The Other Originators
    42  
THE STUDENT LOAN POOLS
    42  
General Information about the Pool
    42  
The Student Loan Financing Business of Wachovia
    43  
Payment of Notes
    46  
Termination
    47  
TRANSFER AND SERVICING AGREEMENTS
    48  
General
    48  
Purchase of Student Loans by the Depositor; Representations and Warranties of the Originators
    48  
Contribution of Student Loans to the Trust; Representations and Warranties of the Depositor
    49  
Custodian of Promissory Notes
    50  
Amendments to Transfer and Servicing Agreements
    50  
SERVICING AND ADMINISTRATION
    51  
General
    51  
Accounts
    51  
Servicing Procedures
    52  
Payments on Student Loans
    53  
Master Servicer Covenants
    54  
Servicing Compensation
    55  
Net Deposits
    56  
Evidence as to Compliance
    56  
Certain Matters Regarding the Master Servicer
    57  
Master Servicer Default
    58  
Rights Upon Master Servicer Default
    59  
Waiver of Past Defaults
    59  
Administration Agreement
    60  
Administrator Default
    60  
Rights Upon Administrator Default
    61  
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Statements to Indenture Trustee, Paying Agent and Trust
    61  
Evidence as to Compliance
    62  
TRADING INFORMATION
    63  
Pool Factors
    64  
DESCRIPTION OF THE NOTES
    65  
General
    65  
Principal and Interest on the Notes
    65  
The Indenture
    66  
DESCRIPTION OF THE CERTIFICATES
    73  
General
    73  
Distributions on the Certificate Balance
    73  
CERTAIN INFORMATION REGARDING THE SECURITIES
    75  
Fixed Rate Securities
    75  
Floating Rate Securities
    75  
Auction Rate Securities
    80  
Distributions
    84  
Credit and Cash Flow or other Enhancement or Derivative Arrangements
    84  
Book-Entry Registration
    85  
Definitive Securities
    88  
List of Securityholders
    89  
Reports to Securityholders
    89  
CERTAIN LEGAL ASPECTS OF THE STUDENT LOANS
    90  
Transfer of Student Loans
    90  
Consumer Protection Laws
    91  
Loan Origination and Servicing Procedures Applicable to Student Loans
    91  
Student Loans Generally Not Subject to Discharge in Bankruptcy
    92  
U.S. FEDERAL INCOME TAX CONSEQUENCES
    92  
Tax Characterization of the Trust
    92  
Tax Consequences to Holders of Notes
    93  
Tax Consequences to Holders of the Certificates
    98  
Classification as a Partnership
    98  
FEDERAL TAX CONSEQUENCES FOR TRUSTS IN WHICH ALL CERTIFICATES ARE RETAINED BY THE ORIGINATORS, THE SPONSOR, THE DEPOSITOR OR A THIRD PARTY ORIGINATOR
    104  
Tax Characterization of the Trust
    104  
Tax Consequences to Holders of the Notes
    105  
STATE TAX CONSEQUENCES
    105  
ERISA CONSIDERATIONS
    105  
General
    105  
Purchases of the Notes
    106  
The Certificates
    107  
AVAILABLE INFORMATION
    108  
REPORTS TO SECURITYHOLDERS
    108  
INCORPORATION OF CERTAIN DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE
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PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION
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LEGAL MATTERS
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APPENDIX A
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APPENDIX B
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PROSPECTUS SUMMARY
     This summary highlights selected information concerning the securities. It does not contain all of the information that you might find important in making your investment decision. You should read the full description of this information appearing elsewhere in this document and in the prospectus supplement for your particular securities.
Principal Parties
             
 
    Issuing Entity   A Delaware statutory trust to be formed for each series of securities under a trust agreement between the depositor and an eligible lender trustee.
 
           
 
    Depositor   The depositor is Wachovia Education Loan Funding LLC. Wachovia Education Finance Inc. is the sole member of the depositor. An interim eligible lender trustee specified in the prospectus supplement for your securities will hold legal title to the student loans on our behalf. References to the “depositor” also include the interim eligible lender trustee where the context involves the holding or transferring of legal title to the student loans.
 
           
 
    Eligible Lender Trustee   For each series of securities, the related prospectus supplement will specify the eligible lender trustee for the related trust. We refer you to “Formation of the Trusts—Eligible Lender Trustee” of this prospectus.
 
           
 
    Master Servicer and Sub-Servicers   The master servicer will be Wachovia Education Finance Inc. or another master servicer specified in the prospectus supplement for your securities. The master servicer may contract with various other sub-servicers. The related prospectus supplement will identify any sub-servicers that service 10% or more of a trust’s pool assets. We refer you to “Servicing and Administration—Certain Matters Regarding the Master Servicer” of this prospectus.
 
           
 
          Wachovia Education Finance Inc. is a majority owned, indirect subsidiary of Wachovia Bank, National Association.

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          Wachovia Education Finance Inc. manages and operates the student loan lending and servicing business within the Wachovia family of companies, undertaking such activities on its own behalf and on behalf of Wachovia Bank, National Association and other Wachovia affiliates and with respect to various unrelated parties.
 
           
 
    Indenture Trustee   For each series of securities, the related prospectus supplement will specify the indenture trustee for the notes. We refer you to “Description of the Notes—The Indenture—The Indenture Trustee” of this prospectus.
 
           
 
    Administrator   Wachovia Bank, National Association will act as administrator of each trust. Under the circumstances described in this prospectus, it may transfer its obligations as administrator. We refer you to “Servicing and Administration—Administration Agreement” of this prospectus.
 
           
 
    Sponsor   Wachovia Bank, National Association will act as sponsor of each trust. We refer you to “The Depositor, The Master Servicer, The Administrator and The Sponsorand Transfer and Servicing Agreements” of this prospectus.
 
           
 
    Originators   Wachovia Bank, National Association, Wachovia Education Finance Inc. and/or other affiliates of Wachovia Corporation will be the originators of the student loans. In addition, if specified in the related prospectus supplement, there may be unaffiliated originators of the trust student loans. We refer you to “The Depositor, The Master Servicer, The Administrator and The Sponsorand Transfer and Servicing Agreements” of this prospectus.
     
The Notes
  Each series of securities will include one or more classes of student loan-backed notes. We may offer one or more classes of notes publicly or privately or they may be retained by the depositor or one of its affiliates, as specified in the related prospectus supplement. The notes will be issued under an indenture between the trust and the related indenture trustee. The notes will be available for purchase in the denominations provided in the related prospectus supplement. They will be available initially in book-entry form only. Investors who hold the notes in book-entry form will be able to receive definitive notes only in the limited circumstances described in this prospectus or in the related prospectus supplement. We refer you to “Certain Information Regarding the Securities—Book-Entry

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  Registrationand—Definitive Securities” of this prospectus.
 
   
 
  Except for interest-only and principal-only securities described below, each class of notes will have a stated principal amount and will bear interest at a specified rate. Classes of notes may also have different interest rates. The interest rate may be:
    fixed,
 
    variable,
 
    adjustable,
 
    auction-determined, or
 
    any combination of these rates.
     
 
  As to notes bearing a variable interest rate, such interest rate may be determined by reference to an interest rate index. The index may be based on LIBOR, a commercial paper rate, a federal funds rate, the 91-day U.S. Treasury bill rate, a U.S. Treasury constant maturity rate, the prime rate, a negotiable certificate of deposit rate or some other rate as specified in the related prospectus supplement.
 
   
 
  The related prospectus supplement will specify:
    the principal amount or notional amount of each class of notes; and
 
    the interest rate, if any, for each class of notes or the method for determining the interest rate.
     
 
  If specified in the related prospectus supplement, a class of notes may have no principal balance and bear interest on the related notional amount. A notional amount is the amount used as a reference to calculate the amount of interest due on an interest-only class that is not entitled to any distributions of principal.

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  If specified in the related prospectus supplement, a class of notes may not bear interest and be entitled to receive only distributions of principal.
 
   
 
  If specified in the related prospectus supplement, a class of notes may accrete the amount of accrued interest otherwise distributable on the class, which amount will be added as principal to the principal balance of the class on each applicable distribution date. The accretion may continue until some specified event has occurred or until such class of notes is retired.
 
   
 
  The notes will be denominated in U.S. Dollars.
 
   
 
  We refer you to “Description of the Notes—Principal and Interest on the Notesand Certain Information Regarding The Securities” of this prospectus.
 
   
 
  If a series includes two or more classes of notes:
    timing and priority of payments, seniority, interest rates or amount of payments of principal or interest may differ for each class; or
 
    payments of principal or interest on a class may or may not be made, depending on whether specified events occur.
     
 
  The related prospectus supplement will provide this information.
 
   
The Certificates
  Each series of securities may also include one or more classes of certificates. The certificates will be issued under the trust agreement for that series. We may offer each class of certificates publicly or privately or they may be retained by the depositor or one of its affiliates, as specified in the related prospectus supplement.
 
   
 
  If issued publicly, the certificates will be available for purchase in the denominations provided in the related prospectus supplement. They will be available initially in book-entry form only. Investors who hold the certificates in book-entry form will be able to receive definitive certificates only in the limited circumstances described in this prospectus or in the related prospectus supplement. We refer you to “Certain Information Regarding the

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  Securities—Book-Entry Registrationand—Definitive Securities” of this prospectus.
 
   
 
  Except for interest-only and principal-only certificates described below, each class of certificates will have a stated certificate balance. If specified in the related prospectus supplement, the certificates may yield a return on that balance at a specified certificate rate. The rate of return may be:
    fixed,
 
    variable,
 
    adjustable,
 
    auction-determined, or
 
    any combination of these rates.
     
 
  As to certificates bearing a variable certificate rate, such certificate rate may be determined by reference to an interest rate index. The index may be based on LIBOR, a commercial paper rate, a federal funds rate, the 91-day U.S. Treasury bill rate, a U.S. Treasury constant maturity rate, the prime rate, a negotiable certificate of deposit rate or some other rate as specified in the related prospectus supplement.
 
   
 
  The related prospectus supplement will specify:
    the certificate balance or notional amount for each class of certificates; and
 
    the rate of return, if any, for each class of certificates or the method for determining the rate of return.
     
 
  If specified in the related prospectus supplement, a class of certificates may have no certificate balance and bear a rate of return on the related notional amount.
 
   
 
  If specified in the related prospectus supplement, a class of certificates may not bear a rate of return and be entitled to receive only distributions of principal or excess interest.
 
   
 
  If specified in the related prospectus supplement, a class of certificates may accrete the amount of accrued rate of

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  return otherwise distributable on the class which amount will be added as principal to the certificate balance of the class on each applicable distribution date. The accretion may continue until some specified event has occurred or until such class of certificates is retired.
 
   
 
  The certificates will be denominated in U.S. Dollars.
 
   
 
  If a series includes two or more classes of certificates:
    timing and priority of distributions, seniority, allocations of losses, certificate rates or distributions on the certificate balance may differ for each class; and
 
    distributions on a class may or may not be made, depending on whether specified events occur.
     
 
  The related prospectus supplement will provide this information. We refer you to “Description of the Certificates—Distributions on the Certificate BalanceandCertain Information Regarding The Securities” of this prospectus.
 
   
 
  Distributions on the certificates may be subordinated in priority of payment to payments of principal and interest on the notes. If this is the case, the related prospectus supplement will provide this information.
 
   
Assets of the Trust
  The assets of each trust will include a pool of student loans. They are education loans to students or parents of students, and former students and parents of former students, made under the Federal Family Education Loan Program.
 
   
 
  The term “student loans” refers to loans made under the Federal Family Education Loan Program. Student loans owned by a specific trust are referred to as “trust student loans”.
 
   
 
  The assets of the trust will include rights to receive payments made on these student loans and any proceeds related to them.
 
   
 
  We will purchase the student loans from Wachovia Bank, National Association, Wachovia Education Finance Inc. and/or another affiliate of Wachovia Corporation under one or more purchase agreements. If an originator of the student

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  loans is not described in this prospectus, the prospectus supplement for your securities will identify that originator to the extent that student loans originated by that originator constitute 10% or more of the trust student loans. The student loans will be selected based on criteria listed in the purchase agreements. We will assign the student loans to the trust under a contribution agreement.
 
   
 
  The related prospectus supplement will specify the aggregate principal balance of the loans sold as of a statistical cutoff date. It will also specify a date as the cutoff date. The cutoff date will be the date on or after which the trust will be entitled to payments on or with respect to the student loans. The related prospectus supplement may also specify a statistical cutoff date that is different from the cutoff date. The statistical cutoff date will be the date as of which statistical data relating to the student loans will be presented. The property of each trust also will include amounts on deposit in specific trust accounts, including a collection account, any reserve account and any other account identified in the applicable prospectus supplement and the right to receive payments under any swap agreements entered into by the trust. We refer you to “Formation of the Trusts—The Issuing Entities” of this prospectus.
 
   
 
  Each student loan assigned to a trust will be at least 98% guaranteed—or 100% for student loans disbursed before October 1, 1993—as to the payment of principal and interest by a state guaranty agency or a private non-profit guarantor. These guarantees are contingent upon compliance with specific origination and servicing procedures as prescribed by various federal and guarantor regulations. Each guarantor is reinsured by the Department of Education for between 75% and 100% of claims paid by that guarantor for a given federal fiscal year. The reinsured amount depends on a guarantor’s claims experience and the year in which the loans subject to the claims were disbursed. The percentage of the claims paid by a guarantor that are reinsured could change in the future by legislation. We refer you to “Appendix A—Federal Family Education Loan Program—Guarantee Agencies under FFELP” of this prospectus.

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  A trust may also have among its assets various agreements with counterparties providing for interest rate swaps, caps and similar financial contracts. These agreements will be described in the related prospectus supplement.
 
   
Collection Account
  For each trust, the administrator will establish and maintain one or more accounts to hold all payments made on the trust student loans. We refer to these accounts collectively as the collection account. The collection account will be in the name of the indenture trustee on behalf of the holders of the notes and the certificates. The prospectus supplement will describe the permitted uses of funds in the collection account and the conditions for their application.
 
   
Credit and Cash Flow or other Enhancement or
  Credit or cash flow enhancement for any series of securities may include one or more of the following:
Derivative Arrangements
   
    subordination of one or more classes of securities;
 
    a reserve account or a cash collateral account;
 
    capitalized interest account;
 
    overcollateralization;
 
    letters of credit, credit or liquidity facilities;
 
    surety bonds;
 
    guaranteed investment contracts;
 
    interest rate or other swaps, exchange agreements, interest rate protection agreements, repurchase obligations, put or call options and other yield protection agreements;
 
    agreements providing for third party payments; or
 
    other support, deposit or derivative arrangements.

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  If any credit or cash flow enhancement applies to a trust or any of the securities issued by that trust, the related prospectus supplement will describe the specific enhancement as well as the conditions for their application. A credit or cash flow enhancement may have limitations and exclusions from coverage. If applicable, the related prospectus supplement will describe these limitations or exclusions.
 
   
 
  We refer you to “Certain Information Regarding the Securities— Credit and Cash Flow or other Enhancement or Derivative Arrangements” of this prospectus.
 
   
Purchase Agreements
  For each trust, the depositor will acquire the related student loans under one or more purchase agreements. The depositor will assign its rights under the purchase agreement to the eligible lender trustee on behalf of the trust. The trust will further assign these rights to the indenture trustee as collateral for the notes. We refer you to “Transfer and Servicing Agreements” of this prospectus.
 
   
Contribution Agreements
  The depositor will assign the student loans to the trust under a contribution agreement. The eligible lender trustee will hold legal title to the trust student loans. The trust will assign its rights under the contribution agreement to the indenture trustee as collateral for the notes. We refer you to “Transfer and Servicing Agreements” of this prospectus.
 
   
Master Servicing Agreements and Sub-Servicing Agreements
  Wachovia Education Finance Inc. has entered into certain sub-servicing agreements with sub-servicers in respect of the servicing of the student loans. However, Wachovia Education Finance Inc. may enter into further sub-servicing agreements with approved sub-servicers in respect of the trust student loans. The master servicer will operate under a master servicing agreement in respect of the trust student loans held by each trust.
 
   
 
  Under the master servicing agreement, the master servicer will be responsible for arranging and overseeing the performance by the sub-servicers of their respective servicing obligations with respect to the trust student loans. The master servicer may coordinate the filing with the Department of Education of claims to collect special allowance payments if not required of the sub-servicer under each sub-servicer agreement. Under each sub-servicing agreement, each sub-servicer will be responsible

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  for servicing, managing, maintaining custody of, and making collections on the trust student loans. In addition, each sub-servicer will file with the Department of Education and the guarantors all appropriate claims to collect interest subsidy payments and guarantee payments, and may make such filings with respect to special allowance payments, if not required of the master servicer under the master servicing agreement, owed on the trust student loans. We refer you to “Servicing and Administration” of this prospectus.
 
   
Master Servicing Fee
  The master servicer will receive a master servicing fee specified in the related prospectus supplement. It will also receive reimbursement for expenses and charges, as specified in that prospectus supplement. These amounts will be payable monthly. The master servicing fee and any portion of the master servicing fee that remains unpaid from prior dates will be payable before any payments are made on the related securities unless any portion of the master servicing fee is expressly subordinated to payments on the securities, as specified in the related prospectus supplement. The related prospectus supplement will specify whether the master servicer will be solely responsible for all compensation due to the sub-servicers for the performance of their respective obligations under the related sub-servicing agreements or whether these fees will be paid from the assets of the trust and, if so, the priority of their payment. We refer you to “Servicing and Administration—Servicing Compensation” of this prospectus.
 
   
Administration Agreement
  Wachovia Bank, National Association, in its capacity as administrator, will enter into an administration agreement with each trust, the eligible lender trustee, the master servicer and the indenture trustee. Under this agreement, Wachovia Bank, National Association will undertake specific administrative duties for each trust. We refer you to “Servicing and Administration—Administration Agreementof this prospectus.
 
   
Administration Fee
  The administrator will receive an administration fee specified in the related prospectus supplement. It may also receive reimbursement for expenses and charges, as specified in the related prospectus supplement. These amounts will be payable before any payments are made on the related securities, as specified in the related prospectus supplement. We refer you to “Servicing and

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  Administration—Administration Agreement” of this prospectus.
 
   
Representations and Warranties of the Depositor
  Under the contribution agreement for each trust, the depositor, as the transferor of the loans to the trust, will make specific representations and warranties to the trust concerning the student loans. The depositor will have an obligation to reacquire any trust student loan if the trust is materially and adversely affected by a breach of its representations or warranties, unless it can cure the breach within the period specified in the applicable prospectus supplement. Any breach that relates to compliance with the Higher Education Act or the requirements of a guarantor, but that does not affect that guarantor’s obligation to guarantee payment of a trust student loan, will not be considered to have a material adverse effect. Alternatively, it may substitute qualified substitute student loans rather than repurchasing the affected loans. Qualified substitute student loans are student loans that comply, on the date of substitution, with all of the representations and warranties made by the depositor in the contribution agreement. Qualified substitute student loans must also be substantially similar on an aggregate basis to the loans they are being substituted for with regard to the following characteristics:
    principal balance;
 
    status – in-school, grace, deferment, forbearance or repayment;
 
    program type – Unsubsidized Stafford, Subsidized Stafford, PLUS, SLS, Consolidation;
 
    school type;
 
    total return; and
 
    remaining term to maturity.
     
 
  Any required reacquisition or substitution will occur on the date the next collection period ends after the applicable cure period has expired.

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  In addition, the depositor will have an obligation to reimburse the trust for:
    any shortfall between the balance of the qualified substitute student loans and the balance of the loans being replaced and
 
    any accrued interest not guaranteed by, or that is required to be refunded to, a guarantor and any program payments lost
     
 
  as a result of a breach of our representations and warranties.
 
   
 
  We refer you to “Transfer and Servicing Agreements—Contribution of Student Loans to the Trust; Representations and Warranties of the Depositor” of this prospectus.
 
   
Representations and Warranties of the Originators under the Purchase Agreements
  In each purchase agreement, the related originator of the student loans will make representations and warranties to the depositor concerning the student loans covered by that relevant purchase agreement. These representations and warranties will be similar to the representations and warranties made by the depositor under the related contribution agreement. The related originator will have repurchase, substitution and reimbursement obligations under each relevant purchase agreement that match those of the depositor under the contribution agreement. These obligations may be transferred if certain conditions are satisfied. We refer you to “Transfer and Servicing Agreements—Purchase of Student Loans by the Depositor; Representations and Warranties of the Originators” of this prospectus.
 
   
Covenants of the Master Servicer
  The master servicer will agree to service (or cause the sub-servicers to service) the trust student loans in compliance with the relevant servicing agreements and the Higher Education Act, if applicable. It will have an obligation to purchase from a trust, or substitute qualified substitute student loans for, any trust student loan if the trust is materially and adversely affected by a breach of any covenant of the master servicer concerning that student loan. Any breach that relates to compliance with the Higher Education Act or the requirements of a guarantor, but that does not affect that guarantor’s obligation to guarantee

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  payment of a trust student loan, will not be considered to have a material adverse effect.
 
   
 
  If the master servicer does not (or does not cause the related sub-servicer to) cure a breach within the period specified in the applicable prospectus supplement, the purchase or substitution will be made on the next collection period end date after the applicable cure period has expired, or as described in the related prospectus supplement.
 
   
 
  In addition, the master servicer has an obligation to reimburse the trust for:
    any shortfall between the balance of the qualified substitute student loans and the balance of the loans being replaced, and
 
    any accrued interest not guaranteed by, or that is required to be refunded to, a guarantor and any program payments lost
     
 
  as a result of a breach of the master servicer’s covenants.
 
   
 
  We refer you to “Servicing and Administration—Master Servicer Covenants” of this prospectus.
 
   
Optional Purchase
  Subject to any limitations described in the applicable prospectus supplement, the master servicer or another entity specified in the prospectus supplement may, at its option, purchase, or arrange for the purchase of, all remaining student loans owned by a trust on any distribution date when their pool balance as of the end of the related collection period is 10% or less of the initial pool balance plus accrued interest to be capitalized as of the applicable cutoff dates. The exercise of this purchase option will result in the early retirement of the securities issued by that trust. We refer you to “The Student Loan Pools—Termination” of this prospectus.
 
   
Auction of Trust Assets
  If specified in the related prospectus supplement and subject to any limitations described in the applicable prospectus supplement, the indenture trustee will offer for sale all remaining trust student loans at the end of the collection period when their pool balance reduces to a percentage specified in the related prospectus supplement or less of the initial pool balance, plus accrued interest to be capitalized as of the applicable cutoff dates. If specified in

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  the related prospectus supplement, an auction will occur only if the entity with the optional purchase right has first waived its optional purchase right. The auction of the remaining trust student loans will result in the early retirement of the securities issued by that trust. The related prospectus supplement will specify the minimum purchase price for the trust’s assets. We refer you to “The Student Loan Pools— Termination” in this prospectus and “Summary of Terms—Termination of the Trust—Auction of Trust Assets” in the related prospectus supplement.
 
   
Tax Considerations
  On the closing date for a series, McKee Nelson LLP or a law firm identified in the applicable prospectus supplement, as federal tax counsel to the applicable trust, will deliver an opinion that, for U.S. federal income tax purposes:
    the notes of that series will be characterized as debt; and
 
    the trust will not be characterized as an association or a publicly traded partnership taxable as a corporation.
     
 
  For discussion of consequences of holding a certificate, we refer you to “U.S. Federal Income Tax Consequences—Tax Consequences to Holders of Certificates” and “Federal Tax Consequences for Trusts in which all Certificates are retained by the Originators, the Sponsor, the Depositor or a Third Party Originator” of this prospectus.
 
   
 
  In addition, a law firm identified in the applicable prospectus supplement as Delaware tax counsel to the applicable trust will deliver an opinion that:
    the same characterizations would apply for Delaware state income tax purposes as for U.S. federal income tax purposes; and
 
    holders of the securities that are not otherwise subject to Delaware taxation on income will not become subject to Delaware state tax as a result of their ownership of the securities.
     
 
  By acquiring a note, you will agree to treat that note as indebtedness for U.S. federal income tax purposes.

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  By acquiring a certificate, you will agree to treat the related trust either as a partnership in which you are a partner for federal income tax purposes or as otherwise described in the related prospectus supplement.
 
   
 
  We refer you to “U.S. Federal Income Tax Consequences” and “State Tax Consequences” of this prospectus.
 
   
ERISA Considerations
  Subject to the considerations set forth in “ERISA Considerations” in this prospectus and the related prospectus supplement, the notes may be acquired by a transferee for, or on behalf of, an employee benefit plan or other retirement arrangement subject to Section 406 of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended, or Section 4975 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, or any substantially similar applicable law or any entity deemed to hold the plan assets of the foregoing. The certificates may not be acquired by such plans, arrangements or entities.
 
   
Ratings
  All of the securities will be rated in one of the four highest rating categories. The prospectus supplement for each trust will specify the ratings for the securities being issued.

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RISK FACTORS
     You should carefully consider the following risk factors in deciding whether to purchase any securities. You should also consider the additional risk factors described in each prospectus supplement. All of these risk factors could affect your investment in or return on the securities.
     
Because The Securities May Not Provide Regular or Predictable Payments, You May Not Receive The Return on Investment That You Expected
  The securities may not provide a regular or predictable schedule of payments or payment on any specific date. Accordingly, you may not receive the return on investment that you expected.
 
   
If a Secondary Market For Your Securities Does Not Develop, The Value of Your Securities May Diminish
  The securities will be a new issue without an established trading market. While we may list the securities of a trust on a European exchange if specified in the related prospectus supplement, we do not intend to list the securities on any exchange in the United States. We cannot assure you that listing on a European exchange if made will be accepted nor, in any event, that a secondary market for the securities will develop. If a secondary market does not develop, the spread between the bid price and the asked price for your securities may widen, thereby reducing the net proceeds to you from the sale of your securities.
 
   
The Trust Will Have Limited Assets From Which To Make Payments On The Securities, Which May Result In Losses
  The trust will not have, nor will it be permitted to have, significant assets or sources of funds other than the trust student loans, the guarantee agreements and, if so provided in the related prospectus supplement, a reserve account, any other accounts established in the trust’s name, any derivative contracts and other credit or cash flow enhancements.
 
   
 
  Consequently, you must rely upon payments on the trust student loans from the borrowers and guarantors, and, if available, amounts on deposit in the trust accounts, amounts received from derivative

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  counterparties and any other credit or cash flow enhancements to repay your securities. If these sources of funds are insufficient to repay your securities, you may experience a loss on your investment.
 
   
You May Incur Losses Or Delays In Payments On Your Securities If Borrowers Default On The Student Loans
  The majority of the student loans owned by the trust will be only 98% guaranteed. However, guarantors pay 100% of principal and interest for claims made under the lender of last resort provisions of the Higher Education Act or if the master servicer or the sub-servicer servicing the loan has been designated by the Secretary of Education as an exceptional performer. If a borrower defaults on a trust student loan that is only 98% guaranteed, the related trust will experience a loss of approximately 2% of the outstanding principal and accrued interest on that student loan. If defaults occur on the trust student loans and the credit enhancement described in the related prospectus supplement is insufficient, you may suffer a delay in payment or losses on your securities.
 
   
If A Guarantor Of The Student Loans Experiences Financial Deterioration Or Failure, You May Suffer Delays In Payment Or Losses On Your Securities
  All of the student loans will be unsecured. As a result, the only security for payment of a student loan is the guarantee provided by the applicable guarantor (backed by the Department of Education as provided below). Student loans acquired by each trust will be subject to guarantee agreements with a number of individual guarantors. A deterioration in the financial status of a guarantor and its ability to honor guarantee claims could result in a failure of that guarantor to make its guarantee payments to the eligible lender trustee in a timely manner. A guarantor’s financial condition could be adversely affected by a number of factors, including:
    the continued voluntary waiver by the guarantor of the guarantee fee payable by a borrower upon disbursement of a student loan;

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    the amount of claims made against that guarantor as a result of borrower defaults;
 
    the amount of claims reimbursed to that guarantor from the Department of Education, which range from 75% to 100% of the 98% guaranteed portion of the loan depending on the date the loan was made and the performance of the guarantor; and
 
    changes in legislation that may reduce expenditures from the Department of Education that support federal guarantors or that may require guarantors to pay more of their reserves to the Department of Education.
     
 
  If the financial condition of a guarantor deteriorates, it may fail to make guarantee payments in a timely manner. In that event, you may suffer delays in payment or losses on your securities.
 
   
The Department Of Education’s Failure To Make Reinsurance Payments May Negatively Affect The Timely Payment Of Principal And Interest On Your Securities
  If a guarantor is unable to meet its guarantee obligations, the trust may submit claims directly to the Department of Education for payment. The Department of Education’s obligation to pay guarantee claims directly is dependent upon it determining that the guarantor is unable to meet its obligations. If the Department of Education delays in making this determination, you may suffer a delay in the payment of principal and interest on your securities. In addition, if the Department of Education determines that the guarantor is able to meet its obligations, the Department of Education will not make guarantee payments to the trust. The Department of Education may or may not make the necessary determination or, if it does, it may or may not make this determination or the ultimate payment of the guarantee claims in a timely manner. This could result in delays or losses on your investment.

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You Will Bear Prepayment And Extension Risk Due To Actions Taken By Individual Borrowers And Other Variables Beyond Our Control
  A borrower may prepay a student loan in whole or in part at any time. The rate of prepayments on the student loans may be influenced by a variety of economic, social, competitive and other factors, including changes in interest rates, the statutory formula for calculating interest rates, the availability of alternative financings and the general economy. Financing alternatives consist of various loan consolidation programs including, among others, in-school consolidation loans and the Federal Direct Lending Program. The ability of borrowers to consolidate student loans while they are still in school may cause in-school consolidation loans to experience higher rate of prepayment as the borrowers incur additional indebtedness to fund their continuing education. The ability of borrowers to refinance their existing consolidation loans into the Federal Direct Lending Program may also result in prepayments. The likelihood of prepayments is higher as a result of various loan consolidation programs. In addition, a trust may receive unscheduled payments due to defaults and to purchases by the master servicer or reacquisitions by the depositor. Because a pool will include thousands of student loans, it is impossible to predict the amount and timing of payments that will be received and paid to securityholders in any period. Consequently, the length of time that your securities are outstanding and accruing interest may be shorter than you expect.
 
   
 
  On the other hand, the trust student loans may be extended as a result of in-school periods, grace periods, deferment periods and, under some circumstances, forbearance periods. This may lengthen the remaining term of the student loans and delay principal payments to you. In addition, the amount available for distribution to you will be reduced if borrowers fail to pay timely the principal and interest due on the student loans. Consequently, the length of time that your securities are outstanding and accruing interest may be longer than you expect.
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      repaid slower than you anticipate, then your yield may be lower than you anticipate.
 
    If you purchase interest-only securities or you purchase your securities at a premium and principal is repaid faster than you anticipate, then your yield may be lower than you anticipate.
 
    If you purchase interest-only securities and principal is repaid faster than you anticipate, then you may lose your initial investment.
     
 
  Any optional purchase right and any provision for the auction of the trust student loans create additional uncertainty regarding the timing of payments to securityholders.
 
   
 
  The effect of these factors is impossible to predict. To the extent they create reinvestment risk, you will bear that risk.
 
   
You May Be Unable To Reinvest Principal Payments At The Yield You Earn On The Securities
  Asset-backed securities usually produce increased principal payments to investors when market interest rates fall below the interest rates on the collateral—student loans in this case—and decreased principal payments when market interest rates rise above the interest rates on the collateral. As a result, you are likely to receive more money to reinvest at a time when other investments generally are producing lower yields than the yield on the securities. Similarly, you are likely to receive less money to reinvest when other investments generally are producing higher yields than the yield on the securities.

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A Failure To Comply With Student Loan Origination And Servicing Procedures Could Jeopardize Guarantor, Interest Subsidy And Special Allowance Payments On The Student Loans, Which May Result In Delays In Payment Or Losses On Your Securities
  The Higher Education Act requires lenders making and servicing student loans and the guarantors guaranteeing those loans to follow specified procedures, including due diligence procedures, to ensure that the student loans are properly made, disbursed and serviced. Failure to follow these procedures may result in:
    the Department of Education’s refusal to make reinsurance payments to the applicable guarantor or directly to the lender in the event the Department of Education has determined that the guarantor is unable to meet its guaranty obligations or to make interest subsidy payments and special allowance payments on the trust student loans; or
 
    the guarantors’ inability or refusal to make guarantee payments on the trust student loans.
     
 
  Loss of any program payments could adversely affect the amount of available funds and the trust’s ability to pay principal and interest on your securities.
 
   
The Inability Of The Depositor Or The Master Servicer To Meet Its Repurchase Obligation May Result In Losses On Your Securities
  Under some circumstances, the trust has the right to require the depositor to reacquire or substitute for or the master servicer to purchase or substitute for a trust student loan. This right arises generally if a breach of the representations, warranties or covenants of the depositor or the master servicer, as applicable, has a material adverse effect on the trust, if the breach affects the guarantor’s obligation to guarantee payments of a trust student loan and such breach is

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  not cured within the applicable cure period. We cannot assure you, however, that the depositor or the master servicer will have the financial resources to make a reacquisition or purchase, as applicable, or substitution. In this case, you will bear any resulting loss.
 
   
The Noteholders’ Right To Waive Defaults May Adversely Affect Certificateholders and Subordinate Noteholders
  The noteholders have the ability, with specified exceptions, to waive defaults by the master servicer or the administrator, including defaults that could materially and adversely affect any certificateholders.
 
   
 
  In addition, if specified in the related prospectus supplement, noteholders of the most senior classes of notes outstanding may have the right to waive these defaults as well as events of default under the related indenture that could materially adversely affect the holders of more junior classes of notes and any certificateholders.
 
   
Subordination Of The Certificates Or Some Classes Of Notes Results In A Greater Risk Of Losses Or Delays In Payment On Those Securities
  Payments on any certificates may be subordinated to payments due on the notes of that series. In addition, some classes of notes may be subordinate to other classes. Consequently, holders of the certificates and the holders of some classes of notes may bear a greater risk of losses or delays in payment. In addition, if specified in the related prospectus supplement, failure to make payments on certain classes of notes may not constitute an event of default under the related indenture until the most senior classes are paid in full. The related prospectus supplement will describe the nature and the extent of any subordination.

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The Securities May Be Repaid
  The securities may be repaid before you expect them to be if:
Early Due To An Auction Sale Or The Exercise Of The Purchase Option. If This Happens, Your Yield May Be Affected And You Will Bear Reinvestment Risk
   
    the indenture trustee successfully conducts an auction sale or
 
    the master servicer or other applicable entity exercises its option to purchase all the trust student loans.
     
 
  Either event would result in the early retirement of the securities outstanding on that date. If this happens, your yield on the securities may be affected. You will bear the risk that you cannot reinvest the money you receive in comparable securities at as high a yield.
 
   
Incentive Programs May Reduce Payments On Trust Student Loans
  Various incentive programs may be made available to borrowers by the originators of the student loans. Incentive programs may also be made available to borrowers with trust student loans. Noteholders will bear the risk of any reduction in payments on the trust student loans resulting from application of the incentive programs.
 
   
Payment Offsets By Guarantors Or The Department Of Education Could Prevent The Trust From Paying You The Full Amount Of The Principal And Interest Due On Your Securities
  The eligible lender trustee will use the same Department of Education lender identification number for student loans in a trust as it uses for other student loans it holds on behalf of other trusts established by the depositor. If so, the billings submitted to the Department of Education and the claims submitted to the guarantors will be consolidated with the billings and claims for payments for trust student loans under other trusts using the same lender identification number. Payments on those billings by the Department of Education as well as claim payments by the

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  applicable guarantors will be made to the eligible lender trustee, or to the master servicer or the related sub-servicer, if applicable, on behalf of the eligible lender trustee, in a lump sum. Those payments must be allocated by the administrator among the various trusts that reference the same lender identification number.
 
   
 
  If the Department of Education or a guarantor determines that the eligible lender trustee owes it a liability on any trust student loan, including loans it holds on behalf of the trust for your securities or other trusts, the Department or the applicable guarantor may seek to collect that liability by offsetting it against payments due to the eligible lender trustee under the terms of the trust. Any offsetting or shortfall of payments due to the eligible lender trustee could adversely affect the amount of available funds for any collection period and thus the trust’s ability to pay you principal and interest on the securities.
 
   
 
  The master servicing agreement and the sub-servicing agreements for your securities and other servicing agreements of the depositor will contain provisions for cross-indemnification concerning those payments and offsets. Even with cross-indemnification provisions, however, the amount of funds available to the trust from indemnification would not necessarily be adequate to compensate the trust and investors in the securities for any previous reduction in the available funds.
 
   
A Default By The Master Servicer Or A Sub-Servicer Or A Termination Of A Master Servicing Agreement or A Sub-Servicing Agreement May Result In Additional Costs, Increased Servicing Fees By A Substitute Master Servicer Or A Diminution In Servicing Performance, Any Of Which May Have An Adverse Effect On Your Securities
  The servicing of student loans originated under the Higher Education Act requires special skill and diligence. The master servicer does not have experience collecting payments from borrowers, the guarantors or the Department of Education and the master servicer has delegated or subcontracted or will delegate or subcontract these duties to sub-servicers

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  to be specified in the related prospectus supplement pursuant to sub-servicing agreements. If specified in the related prospectus supplement, the sub-servicing agreements may be terminated by the master servicer upon notice provided not less than the applicable period as specified in the related prospectus supplement. In addition, if specified in the related prospectus supplement, the sub-servicers may terminate the sub-servicing agreements upon giving notice. If the master servicer or a sub-servicer defaults on its obligations to service the student loans, or a sub-servicing agreement is terminated, we cannot be certain of (a) the cost to transfer the servicing obligations to a successor, (b) the ability of that successor to perform the servicing obligations and duties of the master servicer or a sub-servicer under the master servicing agreements or the sub-servicing agreements or (c) the servicing fees that would be charged by a successor master servicer or sub-servicer. Any of these events may adversely affect the payment of principal and interest on your notes.
 
   
 
  In addition, if a master servicer default occurs, the indenture trustee or the noteholders in a given series or class of securities may remove the master servicer without the consent of the eligible lender trustee or any of the certificateholders of that series. Only the indenture trustee or the noteholders (or, if specified in the related prospectus supplement, the holders of the most senior classes of notes outstanding), and not the eligible lender trustee or the certificateholders, have the ability to remove the master servicer if a master servicer default occurs. The noteholders (or, if specified in the related prospectus supplement, the holders of the most senior classes of notes outstanding) have the ability, with some exceptions, to waive defaults by the master servicer, including defaults that could materially and adversely affect the holders of more junior classes of notes and certificateholders.
 
   
Risk of Commingling Of Funds By The Administrator
  We will require the master servicer and the sub-servicers to deposit all payments on the trust student loans collected during each collection period into the related collection account within two business days of receipt of the payments, and if the payment is not

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  readily identifiable as a payment on trust student loan, within two business days of being so identified. However, if specified in the related prospectus supplement and for so long as no administrator default has occurred and is continuing, and any other condition to making deposits less frequently than daily as may be specified by the rating agencies or set forth in the related prospectus supplement is satisfied, the master servicer and each sub-servicer will remit these amounts to the administrator within two business days of receipt, and we will require the administrator to deposit these amounts in the collection account by the business day preceding each monthly payment date.
 
   
 
  Pending deposit into the collection account by the administrator, collections may be invested by the administrator at its own risk and for its own benefit and will not be segregated from its own funds. If the administrator were unable to remit the funds, the applicable securityholders might incur a loss. To the extent set forth in the related prospectus supplement, the administrator may, in order to satisfy the requirements described above, obtain a letter of credit or other security for the benefit of the related trust to secure timely remittances of collections on the trust student loans.
 
   
If The Master Servicer Or Any Sub-Servicer Fails To Comply With The Department Of Education’s Third-Party Servicer Regulations Regarding Student Loans, Payments On Your Notes Could Be Adversely Affected
  The Department of Education regulates each servicer of student loans. Under those regulations, a third-party servicer, including the master servicer or any sub-servicer, is jointly and severally liable with its client lenders for liabilities to the Department of Education arising from its violation of applicable requirements. In addition, if the master servicer or any sub-servicer fails to meet standards of financial responsibility or administrative capability included in the regulations, or violates other requirements, the Department of Education may fine the master servicer or any sub-servicer and/or limit, suspend, or

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  terminate the master servicer’s or sub-servicer’s eligibility to contract to service student loans. If the master servicer or any sub-servicer were so fined or held liable, or its eligibility were limited, suspended, or terminated, its ability to properly service the student loans held in a trust estate and to satisfy its obligation to purchase any trust student loans with respect to which it has breached its representations, warranties or covenants could be adversely affected. In addition, if the Department of Education terminates the master servicer’s or any sub-servicer’s eligibility to service student loans, a servicing transfer will take place and there may be delays in collections and temporary disruptions in servicing on the related trust student loans. Any servicing transfer may temporarily adversely affect payments to you.
 
   
The Insolvency Of Wachovia Bank, National Association Could Delay Or Reduce Payments On Your Securities
  Wachovia Bank, National Association intends that each transfer of student loans by it to the depositor will constitute a sale without recourse of all of its right, title and interest in and to the student loans. If Wachovia Bank, National Association were to become insolvent, a conservator or receiver may be appointed which may be the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation. The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, as conservator or receiver of Wachovia Bank, National Association, might take the position that the transfer of student loans did not constitute a “sale”, but rather was a transfer as security for a “loan” or other contractual obligation of Wachovia Bank, National Association by the depositor. If this recharacterization were upheld, the depositor and, as a consequence, the trust would be creditors of Wachovia Bank, National Association.
 
   
 
  Under the Federal Deposit Insurance Act, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, as conservator or receiver of Wachovia Bank, National Association, would have the power to repudiate contracts and to request a stay of up to 90 days of any judicial action or proceeding involving an insolvent depository institution. However, the valid perfected security interest of the indenture trustee would be enforceable (to the extent of the trust’s “actual direct compensatory damages”) notwithstanding the

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  insolvency of Wachovia Bank, National Association and the subsequent repudiation or disaffirmation of the purchase agreements by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation as conservator or receiver of Wachovia Bank, National Association, to the extent that the following requirements are met, among others:
    Wachovia Bank, National Association granted a security interest in the student loans to the depositor that was assigned to the trust and then to the indenture trustee;
 
    the security interest is a first priority security interest and was validly perfected before the insolvency of Wachovia Bank, National Association; and
 
    the security interest was not taken or granted in contemplation of the insolvency of Wachovia Bank, National Association or with the intent to hinder, delay or defraud the creditors of Wachovia Bank, National Association.
     
 
  Accordingly, payments to the trust with respect to the student loans (up to the amount of such damages) should not be subject to recovery by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation as conservator or receiver of Wachovia Bank, National Association. If, however, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation were to require the indenture trustee to establish its right to those payments by submitting to and completing the administrative claims procedure established under the Federal Deposit Insurance Act, or the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation were to request a stay of proceedings with respect to Wachovia Bank, National Association as provided under the Federal Deposit Insurance Act, delays in payments on the securities and possible reductions in the amount of those payments could occur.
 
   
 
  Effective as of September 11, 2000, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation adopted a rule that

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  provides that if a bank’s transfer of assets satisfies certain requirements then, notwithstanding the rights of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation described above, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation will not seek to reclaim, recover or recharacterize the assets as property of the bank or of the bank’s receivership. Wachovia Bank, National Association believes that the rule of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation will apply to the transfer of student loans to the depositor in the manner contemplated by this prospectus and intends on satisfying in all material respects the requirements of the rule of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation. Nevertheless, under the rule, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, as conservator or receiver of Wachovia Bank, National Association, will still retain the right to take certain actions with respect to the student loans, including to (i) enforce the purchase agreements, the contribution agreements and the transfer and servicing agreements to which Wachovia Bank, National Association is a party, notwithstanding any provision thereof providing for termination, default, acceleration or exercise of rights upon, or solely by reason of, insolvency or the appointment of a conservator or receiver or (ii) disaffirm or repudiate any transaction document to which Wachovia Bank, National Association is a party that imposes continuing obligations or duties on Wachovia Bank, National Association in conservatorship or receivership.
 
   
The Bankruptcy Of Wachovia Education Finance Inc. Could Also Delay Or Reduce Payments On Your Securities
  Wachovia Education Finance Inc., as an originator, intends that its transfer of the student loans to the depositor will be a valid sale and assignment of the student loans to the depositor for non-tax purposes. If Wachovia Education Finance Inc. were to become a debtor in a bankruptcy case and a creditor or trustee-in-bankruptcy of or Wachovia Education Finance Inc. itself were to take the position that the sale of student loans by it to the depositor for non-tax purposes should instead be treated as a pledge of the student loans to secure a borrowing of Wachovia Education Finance Inc., delays in payments of collections on or in respect of the student loans to the noteholders and

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  certificateholders could occur. If a court ruled in favor of any such trustee, debtor or creditor, reductions in the amount of those payments could result. A tax or governmental lien on the property of Wachovia Education Finance Inc. arising before the transfer of the student loans to the depositor may have priority over the depositor’s interest in those student loans even if the transfer of the student loans to the depositor is characterized as a sale for non-tax purposes.
 
   
The Bankruptcy Of The Depositor Could Also Delay Or Reduce Payments On Your Securities
  Wachovia Education Loan Funding LLC, as depositor, intends that its transfer of the student loans to the trust will be a valid assignment of an ownership interest in the student loans to the trust for non-tax purposes. If the depositor were to become a debtor in a bankruptcy case and a creditor or trustee-in-bankruptcy of the depositor or the depositor itself were to take the position that the assignment of student loans by the depositor to the trust for non-tax purposes should be treated as a pledge of the student loans to secure a borrowing of the depositor, delays in payments of collections on or in respect of the student loans to the noteholders and certificateholders could occur. If a court ruled in favor of any such trustee, debtor or creditor, reductions in the amount of those payments could result. A tax or governmental lien on the property of the depositor arising before the transfer of the student loans to the trust may have priority over the trust’s interest in those student loans even if the transfer of the student loans assigns an ownership interest to the trust for non-tax purposes.
 
   
If The Trust Enters Into An Interest Rate Swap, Payments On The Securities Will Be Dependent On Payments Made Under The Swap Agreement
  If the trust enters into an interest rate swap, its ability to protect itself from shortfalls in cash flow caused by interest rate changes will depend to a large extent on the terms of the swap agreement and whether the swap counterparty performs its obligations under the swap. If the trust does not receive the payments it expects from the swap counterparty, the trust may not

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  have adequate funds to make all payments to securityholders when due, if ever.
 
   
 
  The trust may enter into an interest rate swap to reduce its exposure to changes in interest rates. An interest rate swap requires one party to make payments to the other party in an amount calculated by applying an interest rate (for example a floating rate) to a specified notional amount in exchange for the other party making a payment calculated by applying a different interest rate (for example a fixed rate) to the same notional amount. For example, if the trust issues $100 million of securities bearing interest at a floating LIBOR rate, it might enter into a swap agreement under which the trust would pay interest to the swap counterparty in an amount equal to an agreed upon fixed rate on $100 million in exchange for receiving interest on $100 million at the floating LIBOR rate. The $100 million would be the “notional” amount because it is used simply to make the calculation. In an interest rate swap, no principal payments are exchanged.
 
   
Termination Of A Swap Agreement May Result In Losses To You
  A swap agreement may be terminated if certain events occur. Most of these events are generally beyond the control of the trust or the swap counterparty. Some of the possible adverse consequences of a termination of a swap agreement are:
    The trust may not have sufficient available funds to make all amounts owed to you.
 
    Amounts available to pay you will be further reduced if the trust is required to make a termination payment to the swap counterparty.
 
    The termination of the swap agreement may expose the trust to interest rate risk, further reducing amounts available to pay you.

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The Rating Of A Swap Counterparty May Affect The Ratings Of The Securities
  If a trust enters into a swap, the rating agencies that rate the trust’s securities will consider the provisions of the swap agreement and the rating of the swap counterparty in rating the securities. If a rating agency downgrades the debt rating of the swap counterparty, it is also likely to downgrade the rating of the securities. Any downgrade in the rating of the securities could have severe adverse consequences on their liquidity or market value.
 
   
The Indenture Trustee May Have Difficulty Liquidating Student Loans After An Event Of Default
  Generally if an event of default occurs under an indenture, the indenture trustee may sell the trust student loans, without the consent of the certificateholders. However, the indenture trustee may not be able to find a purchaser for the trust student loans in a timely manner or the market value of those loans may not be high enough to make securityholders whole, especially certificateholders.
 
   
The Federal Direct Student Loan Program Could Result In Reduced Revenues For The Master Servicer, The Sub-Servicers And The Guarantors
  The federal direct student loan program, established under the Higher Education Act, may result in reductions in the volume of loans made under the Federal Family Education Loan Program. If so, the master servicer and the sub-servicers may experience increased costs due to reduced economies of scale. These cost increases could reduce the ability of each of the master servicer and the sub-servicers to satisfy its obligations to service the trust student loans. This increased competition from the federal direct student loan program could also reduce revenues of the guarantors that would otherwise be available to pay claims on defaulted student loans. The level of demand currently existing in the secondary market for loans made under the Federal Family Education Loan Program could be reduced, resulting in fewer potential buyers of the student loans and lower prices available in the secondary market for those loans. The Department of Education also has implemented a direct consolidation loan program, which may reduce

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  the volume of loans outstanding under the Federal Family Education Loan Program and result in prepayments of student loans held by the trust.
 
   
Changes In Law May Adversely Affect Student Loans, The Guarantors, The Depositor And, Accordingly, Adversely Affect Your Securities
  The Higher Education Act or other relevant federal or state laws, rules and regulations may be amended or modified in the future in a manner that could adversely affect the federal student loan programs as well as the student loans made under these programs and the financial condition of the guarantors. Among other things, the level of guarantee payments may be adjusted from time to time. Future changes could affect the ability of the originators, the depositor or the master servicer to satisfy their obligations to reacquire or purchase, as applicable, or substitute student loans. Future changes could also have a material adverse effect on the revenues received by the guarantors that are available to pay claims on defaulted student loans in a timely manner. Future changes could result in reductions in the volume of student loans made under the Federal Family Education Loan Program. If so, the master servicer and the sub-servicers may experience increased costs due to reduced economies of scale. These cost increases could reduce the ability of each of the master servicer and the sub-servicers to satisfy its obligations to service the trust student loans. We cannot predict whether any changes will be adopted or, if adopted, what impact those changes would have on any trust or the securities that it issues.

Congress is currently considering legislation reauthorizing the Higher Education Act and enactment of reauthorization bill is expected later this year or in 2006. Amendments to the Higher Education Act included in the reauthorization legislation may adversely affect student loans, the guarantors, the depositor and, accordingly, your securities.

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The Use Of Master Promissory Notes May Compromise The Indenture Trustee’s Security Interest In The Student Loans
  Substantially all of the loans will be evidenced by “master promissory notes” or consolidation loan “promissory notes” under the Federal Family Education Loan Program. Under the Higher Education Act and applicable state law, an assignment of an ownership interest in such loans become effective against subsequent purchasers when the assignment is effective between the assignor and the assignee without any requirement for giving public notice of such assignment. Therefore, if any of depositor or originator has previously assigned an ownership interest in a loan to another person, that person will have an ownership interest that will be superior to the security interest of the indenture trustee. These promissory notes do not qualify for the special protections that state law provides for negotiable instruments, and therefore possession of these promissory notes by the indenture trustee or its agent will not protect the indenture trustee from the claims of a third person with a prior ownership interest. The originators will represent that they have not assigned an ownership interest in any loans to any person other than the depositor, and the depositor will represent that it has not assigned an ownership interest in any loans to any person other than the trust.
 
   
Withdrawal Or Downgrade Of Initial Ratings May Decrease The Prices Of Your Securities
  The prospectus supplement for your securities will specify the required ratings for the securities. A security rating is not a recommendation to buy, sell or hold securities. Similar ratings on different types of securities do not necessarily mean the same thing. You should analyze the significance of each rating independently from any other rating. A rating agency may revise or withdraw its rating at any time if it believes circumstances have changed. A subsequent downward change in rating is likely to decrease the price a subsequent purchaser will be willing to pay for your securities.

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Congressional Actions May Affect A Trust’s Student Loan Portfolio
  The Department of Education’s authority to provide interest subsidies, special allowance payments and federal insurance for student loans originated under the Higher Education Act terminates on a date specified in the Higher Education Act. The provisions of the Higher Education Act governing the Federal