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Free Money Doesn’t Stick Around

Posted by administrator under (Mostly) Free Money, Long Range Planning, Paying For College

A high school senior wrote an article for the Great Falls Tribune about trying to bag some of that (mostly) free college money early. One of the biggest hints for landing some of that free college money? Getting off your butt early and trying to land some.

Among her other suggestions

Communicate with your counselors during your senior year
Once you have chosen a school, contact the financial aid department there.
Use online resources.
Fill out the FASFA. (It’s actually your parents who fill this one out)

The full article can be found here.

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The 2009 State of College Savings Report Has Depressing And Obvious Conclusions

Posted by administrator under Long Range Planning, Paying For College, Saving For College

Reuters has an article(I actually think’s a press release) about “The State Of College Savings” survey which was released a few weeks ago. The conclusions are a little depressing, but not all that surprising. But on the plus side, 529 accounts are still the best savings vehicle for college around.

FTA:

Forty-four percent of parents are “not very confident” that they will reach
their college savings goals, up from 31 percent in 2008; while the number of
parents who are “very confident” has plunged to 12 percent from 20 percent
last year.

The 2009 report doesn’t seem to be posted online yet.
But here’s the 2008 and 2007 versions.

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Student Loans At A Glance (via CollegeScholarships.org)

Posted by administrator under Long Range Planning, Paying For College

I ran across this graphic on CollegeScholarships.org this morning. Hopefully you don’t have to run some calculation to see that there’s some value in going to college, but if you do this graphic is for you.

BONUS: The Pabst Blue Ribbon reference towards the bottom.

The full sized version is too big to post here
(I tried and didn’t like how it looked).

Click the picture to go to the full version.

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Taking Advantage Of College Fairs

Posted by administrator under Long Range Planning, Picking A School

Apparently, college fairs really can be quite useful.

The Sacramento Bee published an article suggesting that high school juniors and seniors should come (prepared) and take advantage of the information offered at college fairs.

Among their other suggestions: FTA:

Be prepared
Ask questions
Know who you’re talking to

The full article can be found here.

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When Picking Schools, Technology Only Takes You So Far

Posted by administrator under College/University Admissions, Long Range Planning, Paying For College

Youthtoday.org published an article that talks about some pitfalls of relying too heavily on technology when trying to get accepted to a school, or more importantly when trying to figure out your EFC(Expected Family Contribution)

FTA:

“Having a personal connection with a student, I’m more willing to go out on a limb for them,” said Wise, who is responsible for handling applications from youths in the City of Baltimore, including those involved with the city’s CollegeBound program.

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