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Can This Family Ask for More Merit Aid?

on January 18, 2013 in Admission practices, Admissions, Applying, Financial aid, Money, Scholarships

I’m answering a quick financial aid question that I received on my Facebook page. Plenty of parents are asking the same question. Lynn O’Shaughnessy Mom’s Question: My son applied Early Action to a number of colleges and has gotten into a variety of them with varying amounts of merit aid. Even with this aid, the [...]

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Answering Your Financial Aid Questions

on January 11, 2013 in Admissions, Applying, College Costs, Financial aid, Money

I’ve been asking visitors to my college blog and Facebook page this week to send me questions regarding the Free Application for Federal Student Aid and the CSS/Financial Aid PROFILE. I am sharing some of their questions and my answers today because I know other people are just as puzzled about aspects of these two [...]

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It’s Time for FAFSA Questions

on January 9, 2013 in Admission practices, Applying, Financial aid, Money

Now that we’re officially into the 2013-2014 FAFSA season, I wanted to answer some questions on my college blog that I’ve gotten about financial aid forms. If you have your own questions, please leave them in the comment box below. Lynn O’Shaughnessy Mom’s question: Try as I might I still can’t get my hands around [...]

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Is Your College Account a Ticking Money Bomb?

on November 2, 2012 in Financial aid, Money

Many parents worry that their college savings accounts will kill their chances for financial aid. If that’s what you’re stressing about, here’s my advice: take a deep breath! Most families who save for college are not hurt in student financial aid considerations. Why Your Savings Won’t Hurt Financial Aid Chances Here are the two biggest [...]

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4 Stubborn Financial Aid Myths

on September 28, 2012 in College Costs, Financial aid, Money, Scholarships

Many of the misconceptions that people possess about the college process revolve around financial aid. So with the college admission season heading into high gear, I am sharing the four financial aid myths that are probably the most common. Myth No. 1:  I make too much money to qualify for aid. You shouldn’t automatically assume [...]

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What You Need to Know About Borrowing for College

on April 23, 2012 in Money, Student Loans

As recently as the early 1990s, most students did not take out college loans. Today about two out of every three students borrow to pay for college. One reason for the dramatic change is this fact: during the last-quarter century, tuition has risen four times faster than the consumer price index. The typical student borrower [...]

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