UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE

SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of Report (Date earliest event reported): ~~April~~July 15, 2013

SLM Student Loan Trust 2004-8

(Exact name of issuer as specified in its charter)

DELAWARE		333-104887/ 333-104887-15	04-3480392
DELAWARE ______________________	333-104887/ 333-104887-15 _______________________	04-3480392 _______________
(State or other jurisdiction of formation)	(Commission File Numbers)	(~~Commission~~I.R.S. ~~File~~employer ~~Numbers~~Identification No.)	~~(I.R.S. employer Identification No.)~~

c/o Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas ~~60 Wall Street, 60th Floor Mail Stop NYC60-2606 New York, New York 10005 (Address of registrant’s principal executive offices) Registrant’s telephone number including area code: (703) 984-5858~~

60 Wall Street, 60th Floor

Mail Stop NYC60-2606

New York, New York 10005

_________________________________________

(Address of registrant’s principal executive offices)

Registrant’s telephone number including area code: (703) 984-5858

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below);

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Exhibit Index appears on page 3

ITEM 8.01 Other Events

On ~~April~~July 15, 2013, Sallie Mae, Inc., in its capacity as administrator, furnished to the applicable remarketing ~~agent~~agents a preliminary remarketing memorandum (the “Remarketing Memorandum”) for distribution to certain qualified institutional buyers for purposes of remarketing the SLM Student Loan Trust 2004-8 Class A-6 Reset Rate Notes. The Remarketing Memorandum included tables which provide a description of the SLM Student Loan Trust 2004-8 student loan pool as of ~~March~~June 3130, 2013. These tables are attached as an exhibit to this current report.

ITEM 9.01 Financial Statements, Pro Forma Financial Statements and Exhibits

(a)

Not applicable

(b)

Not applicable

(c)

Not applicable

(d)

Exhibits

99.1 Tables showing SLM Student Loan Trust 2004-8 Pool Information as of ~~March~~June 3130, 2013.

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Trust has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

			SLM STUDENT LOAN TRUST 2004-8
			By: SALLIE MAE, INC., in its capacity as administrator of the Trust
Dated: April 15, 2013			By: /s/ Mark d. Rein
Dated: July 15, 2013			By: /s/ Mark d. Rein
			Name: Mark D. Rein
			Title: Vice President

SLM STUDENT LOAN TRUST 2004-8

Form 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

INDEX TO EXHIBITS

Exhibit Number		Description
99.1		Tables Showing SLM Student Loan Trust 2004-8 Pool Information as of ~~March~~June 3130, 2013.

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