Wishing You Could Get Up Close and Personal with the Colleges? At College Planning Source we connect with universities of all types and sizes to help your student find their perfect match! We have invited universities from across the nation to send a representative or alumni to share a 20 minute presentation and answer your […]
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Financial planners are an excellent resource for retirement planning, investment advice, and portfolio management. But because college planning is such a multifaceted process with many non-financial aspects, it can have a real impact on your finances that you financial planner might be blind to. The following are three things your financial planner won’t tell you
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Advanced Placement (AP) classes are classes students can take while in high school that can earn them college credit before they even step foot on a college campus. AP courses are a phenomenal way for high school students (and their parents) to get a jump on college and save an enormous amount of money in
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When planning for your child’s college education, financing is often the first concern on your list. Many parents and students turn to student loans to pay for college or at least offset some of the expenses. While borrowing money for school is a common and well-established practice, there are some pros and cons you should
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Part 2 With each college application your high school senior fills out, you are filled with simultaneous joy and anxiety. Your child is ready to spread her wings and fly. But the question that’s weighing you down is how you’ll pay for it.
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Part 2 With each college application your high school senior fills out, you are filled with simultaneous joy and anxiety. Your child is ready to spread her wings and fly. But the question that’s weighing you down is how you’ll pay for it. In our last post, we talked about determining your expected family contribution—EFC.
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How do you plan to pay for your child’s college? If your answer includes anything about dipping into your life savings or retirement, then taking out some loans to fill in the gaps, stop right there. There is a better way to do it.
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Senior year is well underway and many students and parents have turned their attention to the world beyond high school. Perhaps you’ve always had college in your sites for your child. Maybe you have been encouraging extra-curricular activities since middle school. It’s finally time to start compiling all that work and play into a brag
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Part 2: Federal Financial Aid Award Acceptance Last time we talked about how to determine how much money your child needed for college. Now it’s time to find out where that money will come from. Financial aid comes from four sources and federal aid is the most popular of these. Federal Government Financial Aid The
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Part 1: The Formula More than half the parents who just sent their kids off for their freshmen year of college needed to supplement their contribution with financial aid. Rapidly rising tuition costs were just one factor that rendered carefully monitored savings accounts insufficient. Luckily, it’s not as difficult as you think for your kid
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