Q: Our high school senior has applied to 10 colleges. We’ve submitted our FAFSA and PROFILE forms already. When do we find out how much money the schools will offer us in financial aid?
A: With few exceptions, you should hear from every college regarding your student’s admission status – acceptance or denial – by the first or second week of March. Shortly thereafter (within a week or two) you’ll receive individual letters that will contain the financial aid awards from every school that offers your student admission.
There may be some schools that send an e-mail instead, so be sure to have your student monitor that as well. This assumes that your FAFSA and/or PROFILE forms were submitted on time and approved…Read the full article
Next to buying a house, planning for college expenses can be one of the biggest financial projects that parents and their children undertake. Four years of college costs tens of thousands of dollars, and it is increasingly easy to break into the hundreds-of-thousands range, especially for advanced degrees. Parents, you’ve probably wondered just how you can manage to send your child to the college or university that he or she has dreamed about and earned the right to attend…More
by Jason Luke
There is a lot of money available to prospective college students. There aren’t really any tricks or shortcuts to getting it, all it takes is a little motivation and perseverance.
The following five guidelines will help you know exactly what you need to do in order to get into the dough and help you pay for all those expensive college years…Read The Full Article
