Realizing that you need to submit the CSS Profile along with the FAFSA for your student’s financial aid application can be a bit intimidating. Fortunately, although the CSS is long and detailed, it’s ...
8 Huge Mistakes I Made with My Student Loans
If someone offered me a time machine to go back and fix my student loan mistakes I would. I now have six figures of debt because of those mistakes. I took out $57,000 for my undergraduate degree and $...
Resume Writing Guide and Sample For High School Students
Put one more item on your to-do list, high school seniors! It’s time to prepare a resume. Looking to apply for a student loan? Check your credit score first.Learn more Credit Sesame giv...
Don’t Second Guess Your Student’s College Essay Ideas
This is a sincere message to parents (and other adults who help students apply to college), from a writing professional who deals with high school students and college essays all the time… Looki...
FAFSA FAQs: Answers To Your FAFSA Questions
It’s fall, so it must be financial aid form season, and if you’re like many of the parents in our Facebook Group Paying for College 101, the thought of diving into the FAFSA is giving your heart pal...
Tips for Your College Admission Common App Essay
Does the prospect of writing your Common App essay fill you with fear? You are not alone. Looking to apply for a student loan? Check your credit score first.L...
Key Strategies To Reduce Your EFC
I have two teen boys, ages 12 and 14 (yes, your prayers are appreciated). Like most teens, they don’t always listen. Since they were very young, though, I’ve explained to them that almost every...
How FAFSA Calculates Your EFC
This October, anxious parents of High School seniors will sit in front of their computer with sweaty palms and elevated pulse and blood pressure. On their desk will be many financial documents,...
Creating a Realistic List of Colleges We Could Afford
The college process started for us the beginning of junior year. My son had taken the PSAT and a practice ACT and did pretty well. He had always been an A student, with AP and honor classes, so...
Avoid These Common FAFSA Mistakes
Filling out the FAFSA is one of the most important things you do as you pursue funding for your child’s college education. The FAFSA helps the government and the schools your student considers determi...