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TOO RICH FOR FINANCIAL AID, TOO POOR TO PAY FOR COLLEGE |
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Clowns to the left of me, jokers to the right…here I am, stuck in the middle with you… It seems like being “middle” anything is never looked upon as a good thing: having middle seat on a plane, being the middle child, having a mid-life crisis, and on and on. Unfortunately, being part of the “middle class” is not so great either, especially when it comes to paying for college these days. In general, these families often find themselves facing gaps between what they can afford and the cost of college. If you’re in this constant state of limbo you need a solid strategy. Stuck in the Middle: How to Manage College’s “No Man’s Land” outlines some tips and solutions.
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Need Help Finding Merit Scholarships?
"I am hoping I have missed some obvious place where I can do this....I am currently helping my DS make a spreadsheet that lets us compare schools on these basic variables--avg gpa, avg ACT, admissions rate, net price. I cannot do this on naviance, college navigator, niche, collegehunch or big future. Help! We have spent so much time manually entering information and are barely half way done. Is there some service that will let me do this painlessly? TIA"
If you're looking for a solution to help you organize all the data you need to do a thorough college search, then consider our College Data Spreadsheet(click to see a sample). It combines data from IPEDS (government data) and Common Data Set information in ONE place to sort, filter, and compare colleges the way you should to find affordable colleges and those that are generous with merit or need based aid.
Here's what one member said about the spreasheet...
"This is really worth it. The amount of time saved makes it so worth the money. I can't even tell you how many times I've gone back to the master spreadsheet and now I've made scaled-down ones with just the colleges that are still in the running with just the data we find most important for both my daughters."
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ONE FAMILY'S JOURNEY TO A DEBT-FREE COLLEGE |
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Do the math: 1 teacher + 1 police officer + 3 kids = hardly any funds for college.
While that’s not exactly an equation you’ll see on an SAT, it’s definitely one (or a similar one) that families all over the country see when it comes to college admissions time. So, how did one family tackle this math problem and find arithmetical success? In One Family’s Lessons For Graduating College Debt Free, they share their secret formula with you.
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