You may hear a lot of news about the student loan crisis. This is when those students who have graduated from college learn that they have more money going out in student loan repayments than they are able to work into their budget. This imbalance...
It can sometimes seem like applying for financial aid is one long struggle. Many families start collecting their documentation early, eagerly await the October 1 starting date to file the FAFSA, and anticipate receiving a financial aid award letter. This process can be thrown off...
Late fall can be a financially stressing time for young adults. High school seniors are racing to file the FAFSA, or waiting for financial aid decisions from their prospective colleges. This year’s college graduates, on the other hand, are nervously expecting their first payment due...
Completing the FAFSA, or Free Application for Federal Student Aid, is seen as the first big step in the college financial aid process. This is the point where students and their parents provide financial information to the Department of Education. Your information then serves as...
As a parent, you have a lot of reasons to be proud of your children - they worked hard, earned good grades and were accepted into a great college. So you might begin to relax a bit and think they are all set with self-management...
Depending on which colleges your high school senior is applying to for the 2020-21 academic year, you might be required to complete the CSS Profile to help determine your financial aid eligibility. Like the FAFSA, it will come online October 1, 2019, and should be...
You have probably heard about it for what must seem like forever by now, but the FAFSA is coming online October 1, 2019. Anyone who will be attending college in the fall of 2020 who would like to be considered for financial aid will probably...
What do families in the middle of the income road do when it comes to paying for college? It seems like wealthy families can pay out of pocket to get their children through college, while certain programs are available only for those under a specific...
Back-to-school is an interesting time of year. New high school seniors are learning about financial aid and getting ready to file the FAFSA as soon as possible after it becomes available online October 1. But, for the new college freshmen and other returning college students,...
Each year about this time we begin to hear the whispers of a “student loan crisis.” Those students who graduated in May are just now beginning to feel the impact of their borrowing decisions during their college career. Many have not really gotten set up...
