Most parents are shocked when I tell them to ignore the college sticker price printed in the book, catalog, or college info site. Why do they “say” it costs X amount of dollars and not charge what the printed price states? Because while most can’t pay the price, some can. It’s the same with any [...]
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10 Good reasons to file the FAFSA
Parents of college-bound teens look forward to filing the FAFSA as much as they look forward to filing their income taxes. It’s a federal form and all federal forms aren’t exactly user friendly. Many parents are so intimidated by the form that they choose not to file, telling themselves that their student wouldn’t qualify for [...]
Drowning in Student Loan Debt
By admin on Friday, November 18th, 2011 | No Comments
Here’s an infographic outlining the Obama Plan to help student’s with their student loan debt. But is it enough? In my opinion, the only way to look toward the future is to educate our kids about debt and make wise college choices that allow them to graduate with little or no debt. It’s not a [...]
Making wise college choices based on student debt
By admin on Thursday, November 3rd, 2011 | No Comments
Two-thirds of college seniors graduated with loans in 2010, and they carried an average of $25,250 in debt. They also faced the highest unemployment rate for young college graduates in recent history at 9.1%. The new report, Student Debt and the Class of 2010, includes average debt levels for the 50 states and District of Columbia [...]
Financial Aid Myths
By admin on Friday, October 28th, 2011 | 4 Comments
Here’s a great infographic that applies to the recent student loan news. The only “myth” that I might question is #5-Student Loans aren’t worth it. While the statistics show that college graduates do earn enough more over their lifetime than high school graduates, you have to be savvy about the amount of money you borrow [...]
Obama’s solution to help student loan borrowers
By admin on Thursday, October 27th, 2011 | No Comments
I received this email from the Institute for College Access and Success. It was a press release issued on President Obama’s speech yesterday. __________________________ Yesterday the Obama Administration announced important and timely new steps to help struggling student loan borrowers. We applaud the Administration’s steps to make more federal loan borrowers aware of Income-Based Repayment [...]
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How Students Can Graduate from College Debt Free
By admin on Monday, September 12th, 2011 | 3 Comments
Here’s some advice from Ellie Kay, America’s family financial expert, geared specifically toward parents about how to help their students graduate from college debt-free. As we all know, student debt is a major problem for recent graduates across the country. Currently the total student loan debt in America exceeds 1 trillion dollars! Some of the worst [...]
Is it possible? Can it be done? Is it affordable?
By admin on Monday, July 18th, 2011 | No Comments
My good friend Jeff Sheely over at the College Money Insider created this amazing Infographic about the college admissions process and what it takes to accomplish your goal of attending college. If you’re a parent of a college-bound teen you may be asking yourself the same question, especially as it relates to paying for the [...]
A Review-How to Win College Scholarships
By admin on Wednesday, April 27th, 2011 | 4 Comments
Being a College Prep Expert at CollegeExpertPanel.com has put me in contact with some other experts in the field of college admissions. This contact has given me the opportunity to once again, give you the BEST information from the BEST sources, helping you to help your student apply to college and get accepted. When I find [...]
