TGIF! It’s Friday and the weekend is right around the corner, but it’s not time to party yet. I want to encourage you to first spend an hour or two researching college scholarships and filling out some applications. Especially if you know you are going to be a bit short for next year’s tuition (did [...]
Financial aid award letters have been sent out, and now it’s time to figure out where you will be going to college next year. If you need some help decoding financial aid award letters, check out my post from Monday. Now, once you figure out exactly how much financial aid each school is offering you, [...]
If you applied for financial aid for the 2009-2010 school year, you should have your financial aid award letters in hand by now. Most schools send them out the 1st of April, although the letters may trickle in throughout April and into early May. Unfortunately, there is not a uniform format that all schools follow, [...]
Happy Friday, dear Financial Aid Finder readers! As you probably know by now, each Friday I post about college scholarship opportunities with upcoming deadlines. With financial aid letters coming out last month, you probably know now how much assistance you will have for next year — and how much more you will need. If there’s [...]
Remember back in February, when the Finder reported on President Obama’s student loan plan – a complete revamp proposal? He plans to save billions a year by making the federal government the student lender, rather than the current system in which the fed subsidizes private lenders like Sallie Mae. He would then use some of [...]
Consumer Reports recently published its May edition of Consumer Reports Money in which it ranked the 88 different 529 College Savings Plans. If you aren’t familiar with College Savings Plans, I recently reviewed them in our “Best Ways to Save for College” series — check it out here. Or you can read a more in-depth [...]
TGIF! Before you shut down your computer and set off for a weekend of fun, why not take a little time to apply for some scholarships? Each Friday I post about three college scholarship opportunities with upcoming deadlines. You can learn more about winning college scholarships from the Financial Aid Finder. We have articles about [...]
Last week, we launched a four-part series about the best tax-preferred college savings vehicles. So far we have covered three out of the four: 529 College Savings Plans, 529 Prepaid Tuition Plans, and the Coverdell Educational Savings Account. Be sure to review those posts, if you didn’t get a chance to read them yet. Today [...]
