Financing college

Outside College Scholarships Seniors, once the elation of getting accepted into school wears off, the financial reality may start to set in.  If you do not qualify for need based financial aid [...]

I was helping one of my seniors understand his financial aid and make his final decision about his college choices a few years ago.  He had narrowed it down to Northeastern and University of [...]

Written by Marie Mayer from Garretson Financial Effective immediately, the Dept. of Education will no longer use PIN numbers to electronically sign the FAFSA.  There is a new FSA ID, made up of a [...]

“What are you grappling with?” I asked each of the Harvard Business School mentees as they joined my table during the speed mentoring evening. “The CEO of the my company just offered me a new job [...]

For kids lucky enough to live with both of their biological parents, filling in the Parent information on the FAFSA is straightforward.  But what if your parents are divorced, deceased, or just [...]

Net price calculators were introduced in 2011 as a way for families to determine their estimated cost of college before they applied. In today’s New York Times, there is an article about a [...]

Here is a great article that outlines the following:  Need blind admissions  When and why to apply for financial aid (even if you don’t think you’ll qualify  List of colleges who are [...]

Written by Lisa Bleich Outside College Scholarships Seniors, once the elation of getting accepted into school wears off, the financial reality may start to set in.  If you do not qualify for [...]