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When it comes to financial aid, there are two applications that most families need to submit to prospective schools, the FAFSA and the CSS Profile. Today, we’ll take a closer look at the [...]

We’ve looked at several aspects of the FAFSA, including the FAFSA ID and the IRS Data Retrieval Tool. Today, we’ll examine a very common question related to the FAFSA, when is it due? [...]

When it comes to financial aid, there are two applications that most families need to submit to prospective schools, the FAFSA and the CSS Profile. Today, we’ll take a closer look at the [...]

The U.S. Department of Education has made the FAFSA more user-friendly than ever. Sure, it can still be an overwhelming form for those attempting it for the first time. However, the FAFSA can now [...]

The financial aid process tends to be confusing enough for those completing it for the first time. That confusion can be increased exponentially for families of divorce. One of the most common [...]

Financial aid forms can be confusing. That confusing can be made exponential in the case of separation and divorce. Oftentimes, if parents are separated or divorced, schools can require [...]

Once families decide on a college, they are often left determining how to pay the remaining balance after financial aid is considered. While some families are able to rely on paying through their [...]

The mythical college scholarship. Many words have been written on the topic. I’ll provide my experience with a few action steps for incoming college students. In general, I group scholarships [...]

In the not too distant past, families of divorce or separation only had to worry about completing financial aid forms for one parent, the custodial parent. This was determined to be the parent [...]

When it comes to financial aid forms, there tends to be much more confusion surrounding the CSS Profile than the FAFSA. First of all, the CSS Profile is longer. But not only that, not all schools [...]