🗣 Let’s talk financial aid: Need vs merit
Many of the Ivy league schools simply don’t award merit-based awards. To put this in perspective, even if your child has a 4.0 GPA and 1600 SAT score, they won’t receive merit-based award money from Yale.
🕛 Early Decision vs Early Action – What are the implications?
When does it make sense to apply early decision instead of early action?
Your 3-minute guide to the FAFSA
October 1st should be a date marked on the calendar of all parents with children heading to college next fall.
Need to knows when your child turns 18
Without these forms completed, you could be left in the dark or without the ability to make medical decisions for your child.
FAFSA changes for families with multiple children in college
The EFC is being effectively replaced with the new Student Aid Index, and a long-standing discount to families with two children in college at the same time is being eliminated with this revision.
Is paying off student loans early a good idea?
If your child recently graduated college, they're likely hearing from everyone to sock away all that they can at paying down student loans after graduation. But, is that always the best strategy?