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How POM Helped the Clark Family Navigate the College Process & Get Into ...

Financial Aid 101: What Students & Families Need To Know

Financial aid is available for students who are planning to enter college or who are currently in college (it’s not just available once for college students, it’s available every year for those in college). Financial aid is awarded to students to help cover the cost of college. But if this is your first time (or even second or third time) app [...]

Why You Should Apply for Financial Aid, Even if You Can Afford College

As you already know, college is expensive! Many families across the country are kept awake at night struggling to figure out how they will afford to put their kids through college. If you are one of the lucky few that are financially secure for such an expenditure, you may be certain that you will not qualify for financial aid. You may ask yo [...]

Private Loan Options

Whenever the news examines college funding in America, you can bet the topic of student loan debt will be front and center. While it is impossible to trivialize a 1 TRILLION dollar problem, issues with parents going into debt seems to garner far less attention. In reality, many students can only borrow a limited amount for college [...]

We have put together three quick tips to help you understand financial aid award negotiations. Tip #1: Understand the Principle Terms for Negotiation Before a negotiation can take place, it is first necessary to review the SAR or Student Aid Report which indicates the EFC or Expected Family Contribution. This number when coupled with the scho [...]

The CSS Profile

Step into any lecture on financial aid for college or even college financial aid offices themselves and the following will likely occur: The acronym FAFSA will be pronounced in ten different ways. The FAFSA, which stands for the Free Application for Federal Student Aid, is the federal formula designed to determine the Expected Famil [...]

The 568 Presidents’ Group

Colleges come in all shapes and sizes with populations that mirror all facets of our great country. Each university brings something unique to the table but some universities view themselves differently than all the rest. In the college world, the exclusive 568 Presidents Group are a group of school’s that march to a beat of a diffe [...]

Posts in category Financing

How POM Helped the Clark Family Navigate the College Process & Get Into ...

Financial Aid 101: What Students & Families Need To Know

Why You Should Apply for Financial Aid, Even if You Can Afford College

Private Loan Options

Financial Aid Award Negotiations Tips

The CSS Profile

The 568 Presidents’ Group

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