My Comment: Here is award letter #9. I know you have heard of Seton Hall. This is for someone who enrolled as a freshman in 2011. $100,000 is a lot of money that doesn’t have to be paid back. Click on the image to the right to access the overview I created for CollegeMoneyNow.
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A Strategy for Affording College
Educational costs are mounting. Here’s an action agenda that can help clients cope. My Comments: Increasingly, the journals and magazines addressed to financial planners like myself include articles about paying for college. This one has a great title, and a quick read gives me these action items: Get and early start Set up a 529 …
CollegeMoneyNow Award Letter of the Week – April 24, 2012
My Comment: Here is award letter #7. The University of Alabama is well known to all of us. This is for someone enrolling as a freshman in 2010. That’s a lot of money that doesn’t have to be paid back. Click on the image to the right to access the overview I created for CollegeMoneyNow.
CollegeMoneyNow Award Letter of the Week – April 10, 2012
My Comment: Here is award letter #6. Hofstra University is well known to most of you. Not a name that comes up very often here in the south but one with an impeccable reputation. This is for someone enrolling as a freshman this fall. That's a lot of money that doesn't have to be paid …
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CollegeMoneyNow Award Letter of the Week – April 3, 2012
My Comment: Here is award letter #5. I'm planning to show one of these a week for several more weeks. My idea is to build a library of examples of the kind of money there is out there for high school students and even college students who want to go to graduate school. The process …
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CollegeMoneyNow Award Letter of the Week – March 27, 2012
My Comment: This is post #4 where I show examples of award letters from colleges. These are typical of the award letters sent to students who are members of the Neighbors Foundation. We argue that it makes more sense to use their money before you spend yours. If you know anyone in high school, or …
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CollegeMoneyNow Award Letter of the Week – March 20, 2012
My Comment: This is post #3 where I show you examples of award letters from various colleges that are representative of the award letters to students who have engaged in the process of finding extra money to help their parents pay for their college education. I encourage you to read para #3 below. Jon, to …
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Retirement Shortfall Risk Making College Saving Tougher, Even For Affluent
My Comment: Every where I turn these days there is more bad new about the cost of a college education. This article is no exception. To counter it and do my part, I've partnered with a foundation in Tucson that for the past 27 years has been solving a large part of this puzzle for …
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CollegeMoneyNow Award Letter of the Week – March 13, 2012
My Comment: Here is the second of what I plan to show you once every week. Examples of award letters from colleges and universities across the nation. Again, this is money the colleges and universities are willing to spend when they realize they are competing with other colleges and universities for any specific student to …
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CollegeMoneyNow Award Letter of the Week
My Comment: From time to time you've seen my posts that talk about college money. Helping high school kids and their parents find extra money to pay for a college education has become a passion of mine. I've created a Facebook page, a section here on the blog, and a short internet presentation using a …
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