A Guide to the CSS Profile

By James L. Hicks, CFP / October 9, 2024

Another Financial Aid Form?! Everyone has heard of the FAFSA, and it’s a requirement we all do begrudgingly (like taking out the trash!). But what on earth is the CSS…

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TuitionCents 2024: Decoding the CSS Profile

By James L. Hicks, CFP / October 2, 2024
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TuitionCents 2023: Decoding the CSS Profile

By James L. Hicks, CFP / October 20, 2023
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College Planning and Alternative Paths for Children with Special Needs & Learning Disabilities

By James L. Hicks, CFP / June 15, 2023
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Don’t Be Fooled by Your Financial Award Letters

By James L. Hicks, CFP / March 9, 2023

This post was updated on March 9, 2023. It was originally published on March 23, 2021. — Colleges are mailing financial aid award letters to millions of college-bound students, and…

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Strategies for Sending Your Children to Private Colleges Despite the Higher Costs

By James L. Hicks, CFP / March 13, 2022

Go to College In-State, They Said As one of three children growing up in suburban Northern Virginia in the 1990s, my mother and father strongly urged us—well, commanded is more…

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