College Admissions and Financial Aid Class

Each of these questions will be answered...

• My tax advisor tells us to transfer some assets into our child’s name.  How will this affect his/her aid package?
• Is there more than one “good-match” school for my child?
• How important is sticker price of a college?
• What if we’re not eligible for need-based financial aid?
• Is an “A” always better than a “B”?
• How much effort should I put into locating scholarships?
• Can my student’s paycheck make him/her LOSE out on financial aid?
• How much money can I contribute to my 401(k) so that I don’t affect the college bill?
• Only students with high GPAs can earn scholarship money…right?
• How should parent and student assets be positioned to maximize financial aid?
• How can I identify schools that will offer the best financial aid packages to those in our situation?
• There’s so much information out there…how do I know what is true and what applies to us?
• SAT/ACT scores – do they really matter?
• Will we have to use our retirement to pay for college?
• Of course it’s more expensive to send my child to a prestigious private college – right?
• My accountant/neighbor/attorney/financial planner told us that we make too much money to bother applying for financial aid – is he/she right?
• We own our own home – does that disqualify us for financial aid?