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How Does Financial Aid Work When You’re Divorced?

on October 6, 2011 in Admissions, Applying, Financial aid, Money, Parents

Filing for financial aid can be more complicated when the parents are divorce. A Divorced Dad From Massachusetts I thought I’d bring this up because of an email that I received from a divorced dad from Massachusetts, who has not remarried. He makes about $100,000 a year and doesn’t own a home. His ex-wife did [...]

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Financial Aid and Divorce

on April 4, 2011 in Admission practices, Admissions, Applying, College Costs, Financial aid, Money

In the financial aid process, many schools treat students with divorced parents differently. As someone who has been married for more than 26 years, I don’t think this is always fair, but it’s the reality. Today I’m going to illustrate how schools can treat families of divorce differently by using the story of a girl, [...]

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College Choices for Teens of Divorce

on June 23, 2010 in Financial aid, Money

During my last two college blog posts, I’ve examined a couple of college case studies. In yesterday’s post, I looked at some possible colleges choices for Lucienne, a brilliant student out here on the West Coast: College Case Study: Great Colleges for a Smart Girl In the first post, I introduced John, who aced his [...]

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