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Many students don’t know the difference between a To Do list and a plan, or between a plan and a strategy. In the end, neither is complete without the other, and in conjunction, they make up a strategic plan to facilitate the process of paying for college.
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Continue Readingf you start looking for it, you’ll see that there are plenty of opportunities to increase your financial aid package with merit-based scholarships. You can also receive funds based on economic necessity, which are referred to as “need-based.”
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Continue ReadingWhen you’re filling out your FAFSA, they’ll ask for information to determine whether you’re a dependent. If they end up considering you a dependent, you’ll have to also give your parents’ information, or the information of whomever you are dependent upon, even when they can’t or don’t want to help you [...]
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Continue ReadingAs you know, the current economic environment in the USA is a bit uncertain, so it’s not rare to hear about unemployment among our friends and families. Your job might have even been a casualty of the recession. There has been an increase in unemployment rates, affecting those in the industrial [...]
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Continue ReadingWhen what we’ve planned doesn’t turn out as we expected, we tend to get depressed and sometimes make quick decisions without thinking through the consequences. This can end up being incredibly damaging to your college ambitions.
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Continue ReadingEvery year you attend college, it’s important to review and double-check your cost of attendance as well as your budget. Remember that your financial aid request must be renewed every year. That’s why knowing if you should include your parents’…
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Continue ReadingIf you want to know how much money your parents should contribute to your college education, as well as how much aid you can receive from state or private institutions, you should know your EFC, or Expected Family Contribution.
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Continue ReadingYou’ll be happy to know that there are some awesome scholarships and grant programs that can increase your overall financial aid package, to the point where you might not even need additional funds. These sponsor programs are common in Europe and have caught on with great success in Latin America. The [...]
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Continue ReadingWe all recognize that there are a lot of important issues being discussed every day at the White House, one of those topics being the future for undocumented students and changes to the federal financial aid program.
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Continue ReadingNo plan is without its flaws; unexpected events always come up, and without a solid plan these events can sometimes become real problems. Nevertheless, many of these problems can be prevented, and there’s no time like the present to make sure…
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