AZCollegePlanning

By J.D. Wyczalek (why-zall-ick) Arizona’s premier college planner
Phoenix — Did you read the article in the StarTribune today?
The last paragraph of the article in the StarTribune states “Nothing is too shocking in terms of student loans,” said Paul Raymond, a Lutheran Social Service of Minnesota financial counselor who advises students at the U. “It’s not [...]

Do you have an exceptionally bright child? Is your kid advanced for his/her age? Then consider the brainpower scholarship of the Mensa Organization.
Mensa is the largest, oldest and best-known high-IQ society in the world. (Heck, my father-in-law is a member!) It is a non-profit organization open to people who score at the 98th percentile or [...]

The Free Application for Federal Student Aid students file annually to determine financial aid received is composed of six pages and 120 questions, which is longer than many tax returns. At this length, students said the form can be burdensome.
Sophomore interior design major Clancy Pannell said the form took him over two days to fill [...]

You don’t have to be an economics major to see lots of appeal in President Obama’s plan to radically change the nation’s college financial aid programs.
   
The President wants to replace loans made by banks, on a for-profit basis and subsidized by the government, with loans made directly by the government — on a non-profit basis. [...]

Did you see the news last night? Had to pass this article on to all of you to show you another example of Colleges & their staff being on OVERLOAD.
They make mistakes, sometimes huge colossal mistakes.
Last year a college in New York made an enormous blunder. They handed out thousands of dollars of financial aid [...]