Deceptive student loan practice, caught in the act

USA Today ran a brief paragraph on an upsetting story.  Eight student lenders, including some of the biggest (Nelnet, GMAC bank, among others), coughed up $1,400,000.00 dollars to settle NY Attorney General Cuomo’s probe in their alleged unfair and deceptive...

10 things college financial aid offices won’t tell you

 1. “You waited until April? Sorry, we gave your money away.” At first glance, the amount of financial aid available to students seems like a gold mine. According to education testing and information organization The College Board, students received more...

Private student loans tougher to find

“PRIVATE STUDENT LOANS TOUGHER TO FIND” by Sandra Block, USA Today Your child will be a college freshman this year, and you’re a little apprehensive. Will she pass Econ 101?  Eat her vegetables?  Come home for Thanksgiving with an anarchist boyfriend...

Tips to spot scholarship scams

If you’re a student, or the parent of a student, that is about to head off to college, you’ve got to be very careful, because you are on a lot of shady people’s list. You are going to get a lot of offers by phone and by mail for scholarship searches,...