UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

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FORM 8-K

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CURRENT REPORT

PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE

SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of Report (Date earliest event reported): October 1525, 2013

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SLM Student Loan Trust 2004-8

(Exact name of issuer as specified in its charter)

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DELAWARE	333-104887/ 333-104887-15	04-3480392
(State or other jurisdiction of formation)	(Commission File Numbers)	(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

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Exhibit Index appears on page 3

~~ITEM~~Item 8.01 Other Events

On October 1525, 2013, ~~Sallie Mae, Inc., in its capacity as administrator, furnished to~~ the ~~applicable remarketing 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~~Notes ~~Rate~~were ~~Notes~~successfully remarketed. The ~~Remarketing~~terms ~~Memorandum~~of ~~included~~the ~~tables~~remarketing ~~which provide a description~~ of the ~~SLM~~Class ~~Student Loan Trust 2004~~A-86 ~~student~~Notes ~~loan pool as of September 30, 2013. These tables~~ are attached as an exhibit to this current report.

~~ITEM~~Item 9.01 Financial Statements, Pro Forma Financial Statements and Exhibits

(a) Financial Statements of Businesses Acquired: Not ~~applicable~~Applicable.

(b) Pro Forma Financial Information: Not ~~applicable~~Applicable.

(d) Exhibits: 99.1 Table showing SLM Student Loan Trust 2004-8 Remarketing Terms Summary.

99.1 Tables showing SLM Student Loan Trust 2004-8 Pool Information as of September 30, 2013.

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the ~~Trust~~issuing entity 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
	By: SALLIE MAE, INC., in its capacity as Administrator of the Trust
Dated: October 15, 2013	By:	/s/ Mark D. Rein
Dated: October 25, 2013	By: /s/ Mark .D. Rein
	Name:	Mark D. Rein
	Name: Mark D. Rein
	Title:	Vice President
	Title: Vice President

SLM STUDENT LOAN TRUST 2004-8

Form 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

~~INDEX~~EXHIBIT ~~TO EXHIBITS~~INDEX

Exhibit Number		Description
99.1		~~Tables~~Table ~~Showing~~showing SLM Student Loan Trust 2004-8 ~~Pool~~Remarketing ~~Information~~Terms ~~as of September 30, 2013.~~Summary

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