What if you could lock in today’s tuition for a child who won’t actually go away to college for many years? What if you could save money to pay for one of 300 private colleges and universities? If sending your child to a private college and paying a lower price... read more →
Jun
01
Apr
27
Going to college is an investment. If you are going to spend upwards of $100,000 on something, it better be worth the money, and just like any other investment you must make the most of it. Unfortunately, a new study showed that millennials are graduating with more advanced degrees than... read more →
Apr
19
Have you seen the headlines? The government was making it harder for students to file their federal financial aid applications. In March without warning, the IRS shut down the Data Retrieval Tool with the statement that it was not secure and could be a security risk to personal information on... read more →
Apr
14
So, do you wish you lived in New York? If you aren’t a resident of NY, you might consider it now that the state of New York has become the first to offer free tuition to in-state students attending public college in their home state with their free tuition college... read more →
Mar
03
We're honored this week to be presenting this guest blog from our friend Jordan Schanda, co-founder of ScholarPrep. Together with her mother, Christina, they developed ScholarPrep out of Jordan's personal experience with the application process and Christina's experience serving on scholarship boards where she noticed what students were doing wrong... read more →
Feb
24
Trying to figure out how much a college will cost a family is based on many factors including a family’s need and a student’s academic merit or other talent. Determining a family’s need when looking at college costs, can be a tricky task because different colleges come at the problem... read more →
Feb
18
So much has been written about the nomination and confirmation of Betsy DeVos as the new Secretary of Education. Both sides of the argument have been vehement in their opinions of what is best for our country. We don’t want to rehash any of that. However, we do want to... read more →
Nov
18
In Part 1, we looked at college planning with tax strategies higher income families can use including gifting appreciated assets to your child and personal tax filings. Today, we’re going to take a closer look at the special opportunities available to business owners. The key to knowing how to cut the cost... read more →
Oct
01
Our Tips for Minimizing the Cost of College The reality today is not all marriages last forever. When a marriage results in children and those children grow up to be college-bound students, you need to know how your divorce impacts your college cost bottom line. Add to that remarriage and... read more →