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Deadbeat Parents Who Won’t Help Pay for College

on February 27, 2012 in College Life, Financial aid, Money, Parents, Student Loans

I got an email over the weekend from a dad named Dan, who is darn proud of himself for making his children pay for their own college education. I don’t think he should be congratulating himself. In fact, he should be worried that the federal government will discover what his family is doing to get [...]

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Cash and the FAFSA

on February 23, 2012 in College Savings, Financial aid, Money

Today I’m sharing a guest post from Kenneth O’Connor, director of student advocacy at cuStudentLoans.org, which is a source for private student loans. If you end up shopping for a private student loan, the best place will almost always be at a credit union, but that’s a topic for another day. O’Connor  has written a [...]

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Will Your Savings Hurt Your Financial Aid Chances?

on February 1, 2012 in Financial aid, Money

Many families worry that their college savings accounts will kill their chances for financial aid. It’s been my experience that it’s usually dads who get stressed out about how colleges will treat their college accounts for financial aid purposes. Some fathers whom I’ve talked are down right bitter. They are especially incensed at the possibility [...]

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Don’t Fall for These 4 Financial Aid Myths

on January 31, 2012 in College Costs, Financial aid, Money

Many of the biggest misconceptions that people have about the college process revolve around financial aid. Now that we’re in the midst of financial aid season, I wanted to share  four  financial aid myths that are probably the most common. 1. I make too much money to qualify for financial aid. You shouldn’t automatically assume [...]

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Click of a Button: Making the FAFSA Almost Painless

on January 25, 2012 in Admissions, Applying, Financial aid, Money

The federal government has been trying for years to make the Free Application for Federal Student Aid less complicated. It should get kudos for the effort, but millions of parents still mess up when tackling this financial aid form. But bless its heart, the federal government is trying, in what might be it’s biggest push [...]

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Answerings Readers’ Questions About the FAFSA

on January 24, 2012 in Financial aid, Money

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

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