The Financial Aid Appeals Process: A Guide to Everything You Need to Know

By The College Funding Coach / September 3, 2020

It’s rare that we meet parents who know this important fact: the first offer a financial aid department makes your student isn’t necessarily their final offer; you can appeal for…

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Step By Step Guide To Getting Cheap Textbooks For College

By Brock Jolly / August 11, 2020

This post was originally published on August 3, 2015. It was updated on August 11, 2020. You may have spent years focusing on GPA and extracurriculars; you may have spent…

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25 Investigates: Student-athletes could miss out on recruitment and scholarships if sports are canceled due to COVID-19

By Online Media Source / August 4, 2020

By: Ted Daniel, Boston 25 News Updated: August 3, 2020 – 9:57 PM BOSTON — The pandemic has already disrupted high school and college sports. Now it threatens to disrupt…

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The Secret of CLEP Tests: Save Time and Money in College

By Freddie Rappina / July 29, 2020

Let’s face it. College is expensive, and prices seem to endlessly go up. Proactive parents and students who come up with a good college funding strategy tend to do better…

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Using the Equity in Your Home to Pay for College – Good or Bad Idea?

By Demetrius Doss / July 16, 2020

View the more recent webinar we did on this topic in June of 2021. With the cost of college continuing to skyrocket, parents are now looking under every rock and…

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Control What You Can in Times of Uncertainty: Important Documents for Parents of College Students

By Online Media Source / July 14, 2020

Published on July 13, 2020 Source Linkedin Patricia Roberts Chief Operating Officer / Higher Education Savings Advocate While many parents and students are still awaiting final word on whether and…

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How to Get Noticed and Increase Your Athletic Scholarship Potential

By Cooper Hanning / July 1, 2020

This post was originally published on June 19, 2020. It was updated on July 1, 2020. This is part two of a three-part mini-series called “Scholarships and College Funding for…

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Save for Retirement or Pay for Your Kids’ College?

By Hugo Carvajal / June 23, 2020

Many parents already have enough on their plate as they try to secure their retirement. Throw college into the mix and things get much more complicated. Nevertheless, the majority of…

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Top 5 ways to evaluate a college in the COVID-19 world

By Online Media Source / June 5, 2020

This a guest post from Chris Willis, President of  College Inside Track. For more information on this topic, The College Funding Coach and College Inside Track will be having a…

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Simplifying the Student Loan Process

By Online Media Source / May 27, 2020

This post is brought to you by our partner, LeverEdge. Their organization works with families to get the best loans through collective bargaining. To join their initiative for free, follow…

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