Sep 11, 2008 | Uncategorized
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...
Sep 5, 2008 | College Tips
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...
Sep 2, 2008 | Uncategorized
“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...
Sep 1, 2008 | College Tips
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,...