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5 financial aid keys to improve award packages

The easiest thing students can do to earn free money for college is get good grades and test well on the standardized tests (SAT/ACT). Now this doesn’t start when your student is in the middle of their senior year of high school. Start good grades when you are a...

Financial Aid Scammers pop their foul heads up again

Financial Aid Scammers pop their foul heads up again   It is bad enough that students and parents are bombarded every which way with college admissions, essays, and financial aid. Now parents and students need to keep their antennas up for shady criminals.  ...

Thieves, IRS & College bucket of gold at rainbows end

By J.D. Wyczalek Remember the line in the hit movie Jerry Maguire “Show me the money!” There is also an old adage why do thieves rob banks, because that is where the money is. In the whole college financial aid game (and yes it is a game with players, winners and...

CollegeBoard caught with hand in cookie jar

I bet you’ll be surprised about how student loans REALLY work.  Here’s what I mean. On Monday, NY Attorney General Andrew Cuomo announced a settlement with the College Board over its former loan practices. That’s right, that’s the same College...

State offers $1 million in aid to low-income students

State offers $1 million in aid to low-income students By:Philip Haldiman, Dec 3, 2008 (see J.D.’s comments at the end of this article.) Low-income college and university students just received another financial-aid opportunity from the state. Gov. Janet...

The “MAN” is keeping our students down

The foul hands that caused the economic meltdown are far reaching. Now reaching into our children’s future. It was once thought a privilege to attend college. Only the elite and wealthy were well educated. No longer is this the fact. College is attainable by any who...