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5 Ways to Increase Your Financial Aid Award

5 Ways to Increase Your Financial Aid Award

on March 31, 2011 in Admission practices, Admissions, Financial aid, Money

Note: Yesterday I promised that I’d share this post that I wrote last year when my son, who is currently finishing up his freshman year in college, was awaiting his financial aid awards. It’s a timely subject since so many families are routinely disappointed at the financial aid awards they are receiving. Student aid letters [...]

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College Scholarships: Can I Ask for More?

on March 25, 2010 in Financial aid, Money, Parents, Student Loans

I heard this week from the mother of a college freshman at a private college in Texas, who posed this question: Is there any possibility of the school renegotiating my son’s scholarship if we made less money in 2009?  Do most schools give money on a year-to-year basis? Let me explain why the answer to [...]

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Student Aid: 5 Ways to Negotiate for More Financial Aid

on March 21, 2010 in Financial aid, Money, Parents, Student Loans

Student aid letters are hitting mailboxes across the country this month. My son has been getting these financial aid letters and so have millions of other families. All this mail inevitably leads to a question that’s on many parents’ minds: If you are distressed with the dollar amount in a student aid letter, is it [...]

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Why You Shouldn't Apply to a Reach School

on March 11, 2010 in Admission practices, Admissions, Financial aid, Money, Parents, Student Loans

In my last post on deciphering financial aid letters, I focused on college grants. Grants are the best kind of aid that you can snag in a financial aid letter because these awards don’t have to be repaid. College Grants: Decoding a Financial Aid Letter Part II My son has been receiving financial aid awards [...]

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College Grants: Decoding a Financial Aid Letter Part II

on March 9, 2010 in Admission practices, Admissions, Financial aid, Money, Other, Parents, Student Loans

This is my second post on deciphering college financial aid packages. Yesterday, I explained what sort of federal financial aid assistance you might find in your financial aid award. How To Decode a Financial Aid Letter Today, I’m going to cover the types of college grants that parents typically find in a financial aid letter. [...]

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