Eliminating a college based solely on the sticker price is just bad advice. The proper thing to do is position the parent’s assets and position the student so that they receive the most amount of aid. As an example, this last year one of my students who took my advice did extremely well. She applied [...]
Fear crept over the class room like an icy hand. The teacher’s lips moved but no sound could be heard as she wrote the assignment on the board. ‘Write an 800 word essay’. The groans of dissatisfaction were evident on every student in the class, save one. You. The kid with the ripped Misfits t-shirt [...]
With the new SAT and ACT test season quickly coming upon us, I found this information. A recent study showed 61% of students suffer from test anxiety. The SAT and ACT are *implied to carry so much weight that this unseen stress can jump on anyone’s back. To crack the SAT/ACT, become familiar with the [...]
Financial Aid: Help Is on the Way Changes to big financial aid programs, including federal student loans and Pell grants, will make more students eligible and terms more attractive By Alison Damast Students taking out federal student loans will be confronted with a bevy of changes when they visit their school’s financial aid office this [...]
I write this with sadness because the fat cats at some universities are doing a disservice to its students. “You should have know, you should have read the fine print” these words are uttered in back rooms when they should be out in the open. Recently reported on CNN, a young man who did not [...]
As the cost of college continues to skyrocket, you should take heart – if you plan properly, you won’t have to pay “sticker price” for your son or daughter’s college of choice. Here are some facts about college financial aid that could help you slash college costs: • Some Colleges Have More Money to Give [...]
The aftershocks from the previous economic tremor are still reverberating. Students and families that were banking on Arizona state grants are frantically searching for replacements. Students who are attending private colleges in Arizona seem to have been sheltered. The key is both positioning the student (to be a great college candidate using the AZCollegePlanning.com’s proprietary [...]
If your student has not made their mind up about choosing a college, there are still 276+ colleges and universities that still have space available for qualified freshman and/or transfer students and nearly all have financial aid to offer, according to the results of the National Association for College Admission Counseling’s annual Space Availability Survey: [...]
By J.D. Wyczalek (why-zall-ick) Founder of AZCollegePlanning.com College is serious big business and when a student gets caught putting his hand in a cookie jar that he shouldn’t, serious ramifications will result. The names of the guilty have not been changed, although the accused claims “not guilty”. The crime getting into Harvard with falsified records, [...]
Down to the wire with choosing your options. Do I choose a subsidized student loan or an unsubsidized loan, or both? The difference between Subsidized and Unsubsidized is that the interest accrued on borrowed money must be paid back by someone, either the borrower or the federal government. • A bank, lending institution or credit [...]
