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Student Loans – Crippling Debt?

November 10, 2011

Tweet  A National Public Radio segment (November 4th., 2011) highlights the burgeoning increase in student debt. Student loans now exceed credit card debt here in the United States. This figure does not include debt or asset reduction on the part of parents in an effort to fund a college education without their child graduating with [...]

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There are Scholarships… and then there are “Scholarships!”

August 11, 2010

Tweet Campus Based Merit Scholarships Your family’s EFC may equal or exceed the Total Cost of Attendance at some or all colleges you are considering.  Does this mean you will be paying full cost?  Not necessarily! If your student is a top performer academically, one of the strategies to employ to combat the high EFC [...]

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FAFSA, Student Financial Aid & Parental Stress

January 20, 2010

Much of the stress relating to the FAFSA stems from the fact that most families don’t plan the financial aspects of college in a timely manner, and have little or no idea of their Expected Family Contribution (EFC) and financial aid entitlement before they actually fill out the forms.

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