I Just Filed My Taxes But I’m Already Thinking About Next Year
Somehow my husband and I can never quite get on the same page when it comes to keeping documents for tax time. He does the bills and I do...
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8 Reasons You Should Plan Out How To Pay For All Four Years Of College NOW
My son chose a school weeks ago. We haven’t gotten a bill yet, so that means I have time to plan. I’ll not only be planning for how we’ll...
Say Yes To Scholarships Before You Say Yes To Student Loans
Why do so many people look at me like I have 2 heads when I start talking about private scholarships? I recently saw a FaceBook post from...
What You Need To Do Before Taking Student Loans
URGENT! - If you have a college bound high school senior considering taking out student loans to help pay for college - PLEASE READ! Here...
How My Son and I Successfully Appealed For More Financial Aid
My son had been chasing an invitation to play NCAA Water Polo for a while from two schools. He had visited neither school since they are...
The "We'll Figure It Out" Strategy
3/7/22 At the beginning of the school year, when my son and I started the admissions process, I kind of felt like a schoolgirl thinking -...
Even The Kids Are Worried About Paying For College
Read the latest stats about parents and teens' feelings about college.
5 Ways The CCPS Will Unload Most Of The College Planning Work From Your Shoulders
We'll get you and your student on the same page to make sure everyone understands the importance, the timing and the process for getting...
How My Son And I Created A School List
Ever noticed that a lot of advisors, planners, and coaches answer questions with the phrase "Well, everyone is different...?" I'll bet...
When It Comes To Student Aid, CCPS Leaves No Stone Unturned
At CCPS, I define student aid as anything that helps your student get through college without loans. Ironically, a lot of students view...
5 Ways To Get Un-Stuck When Planning For College
Look - I know you're going to feel paralyzed at some point along your college journey. Nothing is going to seem apparent or easily...
A Peek Inside the College Cost and Planning Solution Experience
When I set out to design a college planning solution, I knew it had make life easier for you and your teen, otherwise - what's the point?...
Unsure Of How Financial Aid Works? You're Not Alone
Financial aid is a blanket term meaning different things for different people. Unfortunately, it is often used a little too broadly for...
How I Realized That Student Loans Don't Have To Be Inevitable
There have been two important moments for me that really opened my eyes to the possibility of helping kids get through school without...
How To Improve Your Relationship With Your College Bound Teenager
It is a universal truth that teens would rather listen to anybody, I mean ANYBODY except their parents. This includes some random,...
15 Concepts You Should Understand When Applying For College
FAFSA - It stands for Free Application For Student Aid. You'll have to fill it out if you want to take federal student loans. Schools...
What Parents Tell Me About Their Deadline Fears
Read any Facebook Group page on college planning and you'll see an amazing array of fears that parents are describing. Not least among...
How To Get Your Teen To Plan For College
If you know more than one teenager, then I don't have to tell you that all teens are different when it comes to college planning. Equally...
My Strategy For Building A College List
Ah, the school list. If you’ve started thinking about college planning, you know it well. You’ve heard about the safety school and the...
How do you find the right school for your kid?
This is a question I’ve heard repeated hundreds of times by parents planning for college. Most are looking for THE right school and plan...
College Planning With My Son #6 - And...They're In!
We did it!!! I'd like to say HE did it - but that wouldn't be entirely accurate. He did take initiative to get the process completed...
College Planning With My Son #5 - 1 Down, 4 To Go
Parker has until November 1st (11 days from now) to submit four applications and he's almost finished one of them. I guess that doesn't...
College Planning With My Son #4 - College Visit
This college visit was a little scary to me. I had heard both good and bad things about the school and had no idea how Parker would feel....
College Planning With My Son #3 - Which App To Choose?
9/15/21 We’re finally making traction here. I couldn’t be more relieved. The amount of work that goes into a college application is...
College Planning With My Son #2 - Taking The SAT (Or Not)
9/7/21 Two weeks ago, I finally got my son to sit down and solidify a plan with me to apply to 4 schools - MIT, UF, Bucknell and Penn...
Student Loans and How Much Is Too Much
9/3/21 Click HERE for the video. Sites referenced: 21Finance https://www.21finance.xyz/post/student-loan-basics Federal v Private Loans...
College Planning With My Son #1
8-25-21 Aside from being a financial planner and coach, I’m a mom, among other things (wife, housekeeper, cook, chauffeur, etc). In fact...
How To Pay For College Without Loans - 10 Ideas
One of the best financial habits you can learn is to control the amount of money you borrow in life. This is especially true when you’re...
Why You Need To Talk To Your Kid About Paying For College
It’s understandable that a lot of parents are concerned about their ability to send their kids to college. It’s not easy to find good...
How to pay for college - 6 Strategies
If you’re a parent with a teenager in high school and you’re not sure how you’re going to pay for college, this blog is for you. The...
Student Loan Basics
July 2021 As much as we’d like to avoid them, student loans often open up numerous possibilities to students shopping for college....