For many parents of college-bound juniors and seniors as well as graduate school candidates, it will soon be time to file financial aid forms. You can begin submitting the FAFSA, the Free Application for Federal Student Aid, as early as January
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8 Tips to Pay for College Without Student Loans
Posted on 12.23.13
With the average college student graduating with at least $28,000 in debt - and in many cases much more - you've got to wonder if there are other ways to pay for college without student loans. Yes, Virginia, you can get a college degree without
College Planning Tips from Car Buyers
Posted on 10.25.13
College is expensive and getting more expensive every year. It's almost like buying a new car. You wouldn't simply show up at a car dealer's lot and drive off with the first car you saw, would you? I didn't think so. Well, here you can use these
Life Insurance for College Savings – Proceed with Caution
Posted on 10.23.13
As the foliage starts to turn and campus tours bring a new crop of potential applicants to colleges everywhere, anxious parents worry about how to pay for that college degree. Parents may be pitched the benefits of cash value life insurance as a
The College Funding Dilemma
Posted on 10.14.13
With the cost of a college degree exceeding $60,000 and in many cases approaching $100,000 or more for a bachelor's degree at an in-state public university, how will you pay for it? You can beg, borrow and probably steal (though not recommended) but
Your Student Loans and the Government Shutdown
Posted on 10.8.13
This whole government shutdown mess is one of those on-going teachable moments my wife and I are so familiar with when dealing with two occasionally crying toddler boys. As I like to say to my four- and two-year old toddlers when they do something
The Myth of the Gerber College Plan
Posted on 09.30.13
The pitch is appealing as several young families sit around and wonder how they will pay for college for that remarkably quiet bundle of joy in the middle of their little coffee klatch. Solution? Gerber College Plan! Worth your time and money? Nope.
Taxes on Social Security Benefits for Dependent Students
Posted on 09.26.13
Do you have a dependent child attending college who also receives Social Security Benefits? How does this affect financial aid and income taxes? These types of questions come up from time to time. I have several college planning clients whose
Ask the College Cash Pro: 529 Plan Distributions
Posted on 09.20.13
Do the distributions from a 529 plan need to be taken the same year as expenses? Q.) Tanner from Temecula, California asks: My daughter is starting her 2nd year of college and I'm wondering if distributions need to be taken each
Paying for College – A Retirement Funding Problem for Parents
Posted on 09.13.13
Next to buying a home, a child’s college tuition is probably the largest single expense a family will ever incur. Today's college education costs range from $11,000 to $23,000 per year at a state college and $26,000 to $52,000 or more at a private
