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The updated FAFSA form for students attending college in Fall 2024 is now live, although this is during a “soft launch” period where the...

The Department of Education has provided some important updates regarding completing the FAFSA for the 2024-2025 school year. Students...

Eventually, parents with a 529 plan will want to take a distribution to pay for college.  When they do, they need to know they must take...

The new, redesigned FAFSA that will launch by the end of 2023 has a calculation error that will result in most families qualifying for...

Read this great article from The Washington Post! "The Education Department has failed to update guidelines used to calculate eligibility...

The Different College Price Tags Are you a parent of a high schooler getting ready to embark on the exciting college search journey?...

The truth is that most college-bound students and their families will face a funding gap between what they can afford to pay out of...

This December, the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) will be opening for all students who will be attending college in the...

When you are ready to start looking at colleges, it’s crucial to know what questions to ask. Unfortunately, too many parents and...

Students and parents spend hours researching colleges, looking for scholarships, and trying to find the silver bullets to lower what they...

Applying for financial aid can be daunting, especially when filling out the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA).  But this...

Don’t want to talk to your kids about money? Do you think you need to shield them from overwhelming financial decisions? You might be...

You can withdraw 529 plan savings tax-free to pay for qualified education expenses, which include costs required for enrollment and...

Many grandparents want to leave an educational legacy by helping fund a grandchild’s college education. Grandparents recognize the value...

Senior year...the pinnacle of the high school journey. This year will fly by quicker than the ones leading up to it if you can believe...

Junior year...students can start to see the finish line of high school. They are actively thinking about their next steps--college,...

Sophomore year is a time when high school students have settled in. They know the drill and how high school works. At this point, they...

In freshman year, everything is new (and sometimes kind of scary). New school, new classes, new classmates, new teachers...they are...

By Lynn O’Shaughnessy Parents may assume they earn too much to qualify for financial aid. However, there are a number of strategies that...