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Student & Parent LoansParent PLUS Loan Limits: What Every Family Needs to Know
Parent PLUS loans now have annual and lifetime borrowing caps for new borrowers. If your family has relied on Parent PLUS to fill the gap between financial aid and college […]
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FinanceHow to Clean Up Bad Credit if Your Student Needs Student Loans
Are you a parent concerned you won’t be able to help your student with private student loans or a parent plus loan because of your own poor credit? Are you […]
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College Financial Planning10 Tips to Get the Most Financial Aid From Colleges
If you’re a parent of a high school student, make a resolution to gain a better understanding of how colleges determine their financial aid packages. Unlike what a typical financial aid […]
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College List Building10 Important Tips to Get the Most Out of Your College Visit
For high school juniors and their families, if it’s spring break, or the period leading up to it, it’s most likely college tour planning or attendance time. Visiting schools online […]
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Finance5 Myths About How to Pay for College
When our children were born, way back when, we thought we were diligent by opening a 529 plan before they turned one and contributing to it on a regular basis. […]
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College LifeMoney-Saving Tips After You’ve Dealt With Tuition
Getting merit aid and appropriate financial assistance can help with tuition and even room and board. But there are more ways you can save during the college process. From getting […]
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Financial Aid AppealsMaking Sense of Your Financial Aid Award Letters
The spring months can be considered “crunch time” for families in the college selection process. By then, most of the admission decisions are in and, and students will now be […]
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College SavingsOne Mom Shares 5 Ways to Save for College
We’re always looking for ways to save for college. After all, the cost of college keeps going up. Over in our Paying For College 101 Facebook group, you can find […]
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Community CollegeThree Advantages to Attending Community College Before a Four-Year School
For some, the idea of community college feels like a letdown or disappointment. However, it is nothing to scoff at, and it certainly shouldn’t be removed from consideration for any […]
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College Financial PlanningParents: Do You Feel Obligated to Pay for College?
Angela Hunter’s nine-year-old twin girls are several years away from attending college, but that doesn’t mean Hunter doesn’t think about it. She definitely does. Hunter, who is an English professor, […]
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FinanceBest Resources for Getting Help With FAFSA
If you’re like many parents, the thought of completing the FAFSA fills you with dread. You may wonder if you have everything you need, or if you’re going to make […]
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Standardized testsHow to Plan Your Studying: SAT and ACT Test Prep Calendar
A good study plan is crucial for passing the SAT or ACT. To plan well, it’s good to know the SAT and ACT test dates. And of course, several other […]
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Apply5 Things to Compare When Choosing a College (Besides Price)
As your student thinks about choosing a college, there are a lot of factors to consider. Of course, price is one of the biggest, and we work hard to provide […]
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ApplicationsEarly Decision College Results From the Class of 2022
Once students learn the differences between early action vs. early decision and make their final choice, all there is left to do is wait. Below is a list of early […]
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FinanceTalking to Your Kids About an Affordable College
The sky’s the limit; you can go anywhere and do anything! Well, at least that’s what most parents would love to be able to say to their student. The truth […]
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ApplyThe College Search Process: Make a Checklist!
You’ve been discussing college for a few years with your child, but now it’s their junior or senior year of high school, and a final decision is looming. The questions […]
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CostsCollege’s Unexpected Fees
Like many parents across the country, Mike Mueller spent the summer helping his son, Jakob, prepare for his freshman year at Washington University in St. Louis. Of course, that also […]
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ApplyCreating 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 […]
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FinanceWhat’s the Point of Knowing Your EFC?
Editor’s Note: This article applies to the 2023-24 FAFSA and earlier. The 2024-25 FAFSA has been revamped and uses a metric called Student Aid Index (SAI) instead of EFC. Jenni, a member of […]
