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A college education… Getting a degree is one of the most important investments you will make in your life. However, with the increasing costs of tuition, figuring out how to finance your education can be discouraging and even a little scary.
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The start of fall semester is right around the corner, which means it’s time to start getting yourself organized to head back to school. Are you worried about how you are going to stretch your college funds to cover all your expenses? Over the next three weeks, I am going to give you some tips for saving money on school costs. Tip #1 is to buy used text books. Did you know that the cost of books has gone up over 200% in the last decade and that students spend an average of $1,000 per year on textbooks alone? There is no reason to pay full-price for your books, especially when there are dozens of places that will ship you excellent used condition textbooks for free. Not sure where to look for used textbooks online? Here are five places you might want to consider ordering your books fr...
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Scholarships are an ideal way to pay for college. It’s free money and you never have to pay it back. But there’s a catch: Winning scholarships is a highly competitive endeavor. You didn’t think you would be the only one going for the free money, did you? If you want to stand out from the crowd of scholarship seekers, make sure you can distinguish yourself in one or more of these arenas: 1. Academics Even if it’s not a MENSA scholarship that you’re applying for, scholarship committees do like to see you having a serious commitment to your academics. After all, you are asking for a scholarship to pay for your education, right?! While a good GPA is typically 3.2 or higher, that number isn’t the only way to demonstrate that you care about your studies. Pu...
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Here’s some good news: Starting July 1st, the federal government will be increasing federal grants for college students. Some of this increase is coming from the Pell Grant, which will reach more students than ever in 2010. But there are also a new federal grant for dependent of US service men and women killed in the line of duty. Here’s a look at the changes you can expect in the fall semester. Pell Grants About 617,000 more students will receive Pell Grants in 2010-2011 than last year. That’s a total of 8.4 million students who will receive a Pell Grant. The increase is due to a change in the way the federal government calculates eligibility for the Pell Grant. If your estimated family contribution (EFC) is up to $5273 and your total cost of attendance is at least $5,...
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A college education… Getting a degree is one of the most important investments you will make in your life. However, with the increasing costs of tuition, figuring out how to finance your education can be discouraging and even a little scary. The management team of Financial Aid Finder has been producing top rated financial aid resources since 1993. A few years ago, we decided to bring these resources to the public for free. Financial Aid Finder believes that in today’s economic market students need all the help they can get in finding and evaluating college financial aid options to help them pay for their college and university education. Let’s face it financial aid is as confusing as it is necessary to a college education! That is why we have designed this website to a...
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Happy Friday, dear Scholarship Seekers! I hope you enjoyed a relaxing and productive week after that long 4th of July weekend. The weather has been hot and steamy here — and so have the scholarship opportunities! As you know, I am committed to making your search for free money for college a little easier by posting every Friday (or every other Friday in the summer) about three great scholarships with upcoming deadlines. 1. OP Loftbed Scholarship Award: $500 The manufacturer of the #1 loftbed for college students, OP is sponsoring its annual $500 scholarship for full-time or part-time students enrolled at an accredited American college or university. Applicants must creatively answer a series of brief and fun essay questions: -If you knew you couldn’t fail at any one thin...
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Hello dear scholarship seekers! Sunday was the official start of summer, but if your weather has been anything like mine, it’s been hot-hot-hot for a while. Looking to take a break from all the heat and humidity? Nothing better than an ice cold glass of… scholarship applications! That’s right, guys, school may be out, but that doesn’t mean your homework is done. If you have been slacking on your scholarship applications, you are the one who will lose out — on free money for school. If this is your first time visiting the Financial Aid Finder, welcome! Every Friday I try to make your hunt for scholarships a little bit easier by posting about great scholarship opportunities with upcoming deadlines. This week I have a $2,000 essay scholarship on free thought conce...
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Recent college grads may feel like there are no jobs out there for them, but according to a new study by Georgetown University’s Center on Education and the Workforce, there is actually a trend of far too few Americans completing college to fill the available jobs. By 2018, the report says, there will be jobs for 22 million new workers with college degrees, but American will be short some 3 million workers with an associates degree or higher and another 4.7 million workers with a certificate. Also by 2018, 63% of U.S. jobs will require some type of post-secondary education. In 1973, that number was just 28%. The industries with the most project growth are: Health care Government Education Financial Services So, if you are debating what to study, you might want to pick one of thes...
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Well another week of summer vacation has come and gone, dear scholarship seekers. How many scholarship applications did you complete this week? Why not set a goal to apply for at least three scholarships each week?! The more you apply for, the more you will win. Of course, you can’t apply for scholarships that you don’t meet the minimum requirements for, so you will need to do some legwork. Check out our article on free scholarship search engines for the 411 on how to find legitimate — and free — sites to help with that legwork. And of course, I’m here to help! As you know, each Friday at the Financial Aid Finder, I post about three hot scholarship opportunities with upcoming deadlines. This week, I have $3,000 for students interested in pursuing a career i...
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If you just finished your junior year of college, this is your last summer before you start heading off to college. While you may want to enjoy that time with a little (or a lot of) R&R, don’t kick back just yet. There are plenty of items for your college prep to-do list, including these five important tasks: 1. Narrow down your list Create of list of 8-12 colleges you are seriously considering applying to. While in today’s competitive college atmosphere, “safety schools” may be a thing of the past, it is important to have ‘safer’ and ‘bigger reach’ schools on your list. And while you may have your heart set on the athletics Big 10 school — or the ivy-covered buildings of small liberal arts college — don’t pigeon hole ...
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If you’ve spent any time on this blog at all, you know I’m a huge proponent of using college scholarships to pay for your higher education. I encourage you every Friday with a list of three scholarships with upcoming deadlines. But in your eagerness to find free money for college, you must be careful not to fall prey to a scholarship scan. Here are five of the biggest scans you should steer clear of: 1. The Guaranteed Match So-called scholarship matching services will offer to ‘match’ you with the perfect list of scholarships that you are guaranteed to win. And they’ll charge you a hefty $50 or more for their service. Guess what? There is no such magical list. Finding the scholarships you qualify for is all about doing the legwork with free scholarship searc...
