In this current economic climate, families are increasingly "down-grading" their college of choice. Students who had their eye set on a private school are instead picking an in-state public school. Would-be public school students are instead starting their educational careers are the local two-year junior college. (I mentioned this in a post two weeks ago about creative … [Read more...] about The Public vs. Private School Debate
Federal Aid
Getting Financial Aid for Summer Session Classes
If you are taking summer classes at a college, check with their financial aid office and make sure you follow the process if you want to get financial aid. There are multiple ways you could get financial aid for this summer session. First, the federal government instituted a new Two Pell in a Year program in 2010-11. The program was so successful it was deemed too … [Read more...] about Getting Financial Aid for Summer Session Classes
Members of the Military & Financial Aid
In honor of Memorial Day, I'd like to take a minute to thank those of you who are serving -- or have served -- your country. We are all in your debt. We've talked here before about financial aid for members of the military and military veterans, but in case you missed it, I wanted to give a quick run-down to those of you for whom higher education is in the cards. We have an … [Read more...] about Members of the Military & Financial Aid
Decoding the Financial Aid Award Letter
As you are progressing toward your goal of starting college, there are different approaches on knowing how you are going to pay for school. You may decide on a school and then complete the financial aid documents or maybe you filled out your financial aid first and you are looking at a few different schools. Either way that you choose, one item that you will come across … [Read more...] about Decoding the Financial Aid Award Letter
FAFSA Verification Changes & Linking Your Tax Info
The 2012-2013 award year is bringing many new changes to the world of Financial Aid. One of these changes is the verification process to the FAFSA (Free Application for Federal Student Aid). If you want to avoid spending more time at your campus' Financial Aid office then you do studying for finals, you'll want to make sure and find out what changes are taking place. What is … [Read more...] about FAFSA Verification Changes & Linking Your Tax Info