Once you have completed the FAFSA (Free Application for Federal Student Aid), the next step is receiving a Student Aid Report (SAR) from the Department of Education that summarizes the information you provided and lists your Expected Family Contribution (EFC). The EFC is compared against...
It’s time to talk to your teenager about the realities of paying for a college education. Yes, it’s hard enough talking to them about curfews, let alone discussing something which could have an impact on their education and their whole adult financial life. But that...
Do millennials, generally considered to be those born between 1980 and 1999, have different factors which affect how they make decisions about student loans? The ever-increasing amount of student loans, estimated at over $30,000 per 2013 graduate in some states, seems to indicate that this...
The holidays are over, winter is settling in, and college students are getting set to return to campus. Parents of high school seniors are anxiously beginning the process of completing the FAFSA for the very first time. You may not have noticed that the President...
Another year is about to begin, so it is time to think about making some resolutions. For high school and college students, and their parents, resolutions often revolve around issues of money. Since there are many participants in the college financial aid process, here are...
Perhaps you have been quite efficient and managed to get all of your college applications submitted on time. You have also met with your parents and started to collect the information needed to complete the FAFSA in January. Is there anything else you can do...
The New Year will soon be upon us, and with that is the start of another FAFSA season. FAFSA - the Free Application for Federal Student Aid - is the key to receiving access to federal, state and institutional college financial aid. It is important...
When some parents talk to their college-aged children about money, it can feel like they come from two different planets, not just two different generations. The “Baby Boomers” and “Gen Xers” of yesterday are trying to help their millennial children learn to deal with the...
Most of us think that students can graduate from a community college in two years, other colleges in four years, and then take additional courses for a specific profession in post-graduate classes. But a recent study by Complete College America sheds a new light on...
The College Board is a non-profit organization that plays an important role in the college process. Founded in 1900, its membership has grown to over 6000 educational institutions worldwide. The Board’s mission is to help high school students prepare for a successful transition to college,...
