Saving for College
April 2017 Newsletter: Effective Financial Appeals, Weighing Costs & College Choice
April 2017 Newsletter Should You Appeal Your Aid Offer? It’s April! Congratulations to all our seniors! College acceptances and financial aid offers have finally arrived. YOU get to choose your best academic, social, and financial fit college. Parents and students sometimes ask: Can I appeal my financial award? Yes, this option exists, there is a process in…
5 Tips for an Effective Financial Aid Appeal
Is the award letter from your favorite college not what you’d hoped? Enough to wonder if it’s even possible without taking on an enormous loan? Don’t panic! You DO have the power to up the amount by thousands by opting for a financial aid appeal. At this point, you’ve tallied the net amounts for your top…
March 2017 Newsletter: Award Letter Tips, Big Scholarships & More!
March 2017 Newsletter It’s College Acceptance Season! It’s March! I love this time of year. Every day I have the privilege to receive an email or phone call from my many excited clients as their sons and daughters receive college offers. The excitement also comes with trepidation of the impending expense for college. Colleges give you until…
7 Tips to Unraveling Financial Award Letters
Award letters are notoriously complex. They’re riddled with finance terms and non-standard abbreviations. You’re left thinking, “So what do I REALLY owe?” It’s with good reason, but the process becomes far less convoluted when you break down the individual pieces. Master the formula. As you sift through these award letters, it’s important to figure out what financial…