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College Admissions Help Blog
| 05/09/2012 09:26 AM |
| Stafford interest rates still in limbo |
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On Tuesday, the Senate voted on the future of Stafford Loan interest rates. The rates for subsidized loans are currently at 3.4%, but without action from the government, will jump to 6.8% come July 1, 2012. A majority of 60 votes were needed to pass th... |
| 05/09/2012 09:24 AM |
| Skipping class costs how much!? |
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It's 7:30 on a monday morning and your alarm clock goes off. You turn it off and roll over for 5 more minutes of sleep. When you finally roll out of bed and look at the clock, it's 11:30 and you've missed your class. Not a big deal, right? As it turns ... |
| 05/03/2012 12:28 PM |
| Should you borrow from your 401k to pay tuition? |
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This week, many student nationwide are rejoicing in their college decisions, having just sent their deposits to their chosen colleges. Simultaneously, parents everywhere are worrying about how to pay the upcoming tuition bill. If you're one of these pa... |
| 04/27/2012 01:05 PM |
| Financial Literacy Series: Give me some credit! |
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Welcome to the last post in this month's financial literacy blog series! We've previously looked at student loans basics and interest rates, and covered budgeting in college. Today, I want to tell you a little bit about credit and break down student cr... |
| 04/26/2012 09:19 AM |
| President Obama slow jams the student loan news |
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I'm pretty sure the title of this post just about says everything I need to say about the following video. Obama + Student loans + music + Jimmy Fallon = Magic. |
| 04/12/2012 11:04 AM |
| Financial Literacy Series: What's behind your student loan interest rate? |
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This week I want to break down interest rates even further to help you understand why banks charge what they do and how this is determined. |
| 04/04/2012 01:47 PM |
| Financial Literacy Series: Know your student loans |
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April is financial literacy month and this blog kicks off our financial literacy blog series! In keeping with this spirit, I wanted to break down some common student loan terms so that students and parents can be better informed about the student loan ... |
| 03/28/2012 11:47 AM |
| It's almost graduation – Do you know where your student loans are? |
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With graduation right around the corner for many-a-senior, the thoughts that occupy the minds of future grads probably revolve more around finals and parties than around repaying their loans. While graduation is absolutely a time for celebrating accomp... |
| 03/15/2012 11:44 AM |
| CFPB now taking your student loan complaints |
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If you have had any issues with your federal student loans, you may be familiar with the Federal Student Aid Ombudsman office. This office is responsible for mediating issues with your federal student loans or financial aid office. Students weren't luc... |
| 12/12/2011 10:26 AM |
| It's almost time to file your FAFSA! |
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Filling out the FAFSA will mean you will have to coordinate with parents and guardians to get together tax information. A recent post by the StudentLoanNetwork highlights an IRS retrieval tool that can be helpful to students when filling out the FAFSA. If you will be filling out this form come January 2012, you'll want to check out this post, and visit FAFSAonline.com to get tips and help with your financial aid applications. |
The College Solution Blog by Lynn O'Shaughnessy
| 05/18/2012 10:15 AM |
| 15 Ways to Cut the Cost of Borrowing |
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How can reduce your dependence on college loans? About this time last year, Mark Kantrowitz, the publisher of FinAid and FastWeb, sent me some suggestions on how families can reduce their dependence on college loans. I am running the suggestions again along with links to some of my college blog posts that I’ve written on [...]
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| 05/17/2012 09:57 AM |
| Financial Aid Practices in the 50 States |
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When you take into account all the sources of college aid that are available to students in this country, roughly nine percent comes from state governments. Recently that amounted to $9.2 billion. How states dispense this aid varies significantly. While nearly all states are strapped for cash, some are far more generous than others to [...]
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| 05/15/2012 10:18 AM |
| The Last Colleges Left Standing |
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Today I am reprinting an article written by Lee Bierer, a friend of mine, who is a nationally syndicated columnist and independent college counselor in North Carolina. Lee writes the Charlotte Observer’s weekly Countdown to College column, which is syndicated nationally to McClatchy Newspapers. I asked Lee if I could reprint her column because it [...]
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| 05/14/2012 11:51 AM |
| Stunning: How Many Are Borrowing for College |
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One aspect of the top story that appeared in yesterday’s New York Times shocked me. The number of students who borrow for college is much higher than I thought. I’ve routinely seen estimates that two-thirds of students take out loans for college. The New York Times, however, conducted an analysis that concluded that 94% of [...]
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| 05/11/2012 10:53 AM |
| The Odds of Getting a Sports Scholarship: Part II |
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Since there is so much interest in sports scholarships, I decided to devote another college blog post to the subject. If you missed yesterday’s post, here it is: The Odds of Getting an Athletic Scholarship I’ve met many parents who ask about particular sports and the odds of winning an athletic scholarship. I’m afraid a [...]
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| 05/10/2012 01:14 AM |
| The Odds of Getting an Athletic Scholarship |
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Do you hope that your child is going to win an athletic scholarship? I run into a lot of people lately who hope/expect their children to pay for college with their athletic prowess. Some of these jocks, by the way, are in grade school! I’m not kidding. Even my own sister, whose daughter is 10, [...]
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