1. Name and Address of Reporting Person
   Keler, Marianne M.
   11600 Sallie Mae Drive
   Reston, VA 20193
2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
   SLM Corporation (SLM)
3. IRS or Social Security Number of Reporting Person (Voluntary)
4. Statement for Month/Day/Year
   12/13/2002
5. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Day/Year)
6. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable)
   ( ) Director                   ( ) 10% Owner
   (X) Officer (give title below) ( ) Other (specify below)
   Executive Vice President
7. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)
   (X) Form filed by One Reporting Person
   ( ) Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

TABLE I -- Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
+------------------------------+----------+----------+---------+--------------------------+--------------+-----------+------------+ |1. Title of Security |2. Trans- |2A.Execu- |3. Trans-|4. Securities Acquired (A)|5. Amount of |6. Owner- |7. Nature | | | action | action | action| or Disposed of (D) |Securities | ship | of In- | | | Date | Date | Code | |Beneficially | Form: | direct | | | | | | |Owned | Direct | Bene- | | | (Month/ | (Month/ | | |Following | (D) or | ficial | | | Day/ | Day/ +-----+---+-----------+---+----------+Reported | Indirect| Owner- | | | Year) | Year) |Code |V |Amount |A/D|Price |Transaction(s)| (I) | ship | +------------------------------+----------+----------+-----+---+-----------+---+----------+--------------+-----------+------------+ Common Stock 11/25/2002 11/25/2002 G V -109 D $0.0000 82484 D Common Stock 6929.48 I By 401k Plan Common Stock 11/25/2002 11/25/2002 A V 109 A $0.0000 209 I By Son Phantom Stock Units 16896.25 D
TABLE II -- Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
+----------+--------+-------+-------+---------+-----------+---------------------+----------------+----------+-------+-------+------+ |1. |2. |3. |3A. |4. |5. |6. |7. |8. |9. |10. |11. | | | | | | | | | | |Number |Owner- | | | | | | | | | | | |of |ship | | | | | | | | | | | |Deriv- |Form of| | | | | | | | | |Title and Amount| |ative |Deriv- | | | | | | | | | |of Underlying | |Secur- |ative |Nature| | |Conver- |Trans- |Execu- | |Number of | |Securities | |ities |Secur- |of | | |sion or |action |tion | |Derivative |Date Exercisable +-------+--------+ |Benefi-|ity: |In- | | |Exercise|Date |Date | |Securities |and Expiration Date | |Amount | |cially |Direct |direct| | |Price of| | |Transac- |Acquired(A)|(Month/Day/Year) | |or | |Owned |(D) or |Bene- | |Title of |Deriv- |(Month/|(Month/|tion Code|Disposed(D)+----------+----------+ |Number |Price of | |In- |ficial| |Derivative|ative | Day/ | Day/ +------+--+-----+-----+Date Exer-|Expira- | |of |Derivative| |direct |Owner-| |Security |Security|Year) |Year) |Code |V |(A) |(D) |cisable |tion Date |Title |Shares |Security | |(I) |ship | +----------+--------+-------+-------+------+--+-----+-----+----------+----------+-------+--------+----------+-------+-------+------+ Explanation of Responses: Total shares owned includes a market adjustment to the reporting persons account of 152.60 shares to reconcile ending balance under the unitized stock fund. Includes shares acquired under the Officer Deferred Compensation Plan. Units are settled in the Company's common stock.
SIGNATURE OF REPORTING PERSON /s/ Mary F. Eure (POA) DATE 12/18/2002