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How to secure College loans to pay for your college education

Published on Monday, May 9th, 2011 Arnab.Anuavab
Tags: college loans, college scholarships, fafsa, private loans, student loans

Today, expensive college education is almost every student’s nightmare. Rising costs of college education have made them to think about funding alternatives to pay for their college education. As a college admission aspirant, you need to make some planning to manage funds to meet your college expenses. One of the important sources of fund for [...]

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To Succeed in College Use These Planning Tips

Published on Monday, April 25th, 2011 Matt Vint
Tags: college grants, college scholarships, fafsa, federal work study, Financial Aid, PLUS loans, student loans

For a lot of college students (or potential college students) it is actually the ‘getting into’ college part that is the hardest. College can cost a lot of money, of course, and chances are you aren’t from a highly rich family with thousands of dollars to spare – the majority of people aren’t this lucky, [...]

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24 Year-Old Wins Prize for Facebook Scholarship App

Published on Tuesday, April 12th, 2011 Ryan Collins
Tags: facebook, fafsa, fellowships, Financial Aid, grants

Las Vegas, NV (CollegetoCareers.com) – Now Facebook can help you get a college scholarship, too. Devin Valencia, a first-generation college student, recently secured a prestigious prize with her submission of an innovative Facebook “app,” or application, which allows students to search for scholarships more easily. The San Diego-based College Affordability Challenge hosted the annual competition, [...]

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Complete Financial Aid Application Early For More Money

Published on Tuesday, March 29th, 2011 Ryan Collins
Tags: budget cuts, fafsa, Financial Aid, student debt, tuition increases

San Francisco, CA (CollegetoCareers.com) – Education continues to suffer setbacks nationwide as budget cuts force public universities and colleges to drastically increase their tuition rates. This yields a greater effect, in turn, on student debt, which continues to skyrocket. The latest figure on student debt is somewhere around $896 billion, reports the Project on Student [...]

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Budget Battles Slash Financial Aid

Published on Saturday, March 12th, 2011 Ryan Collins
Tags: college budget cuts, college grants and scholarships, college scholarships, fafsa, Financial Aid, grants, pell grants, student aid

TULSA, OK. (CollegetoCareers.com) – Looming budget battles continue to target state-funded college financial aid packages, including loans, grants and scholarships. Oklahoma’s students could be the next to suffer from dicey decisions by lawmakers to reverse huge budget shortfalls. The latest college poised to suffer the effects of recent cutbacks in student financial aid: Tulsa Community [...]

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Ways to Save Money in College

Published on Monday, March 7th, 2011 Ken
Tags: college, college dorm, college textbooks, fafsa, Financial Aid, free application for federal student aid, gas money, new textbooks, saving money, university, used textbooks

In college, there are a multitude of expenses a student must cover. Sometimes students are so lucky as to have parents to support them and pay for all or part of these expenses. In other cases however, students rely on no one other than themselves to pay for costs of a college education. There are [...]

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FAFSA Deadline Nears, March 2 For Priority

Published on Tuesday, March 1st, 2011 Ryan Collins
Tags: college grants, College Scholarships And Grants, fafsa, federal financial aid, federal pell grants, student aid

SAN FRANCISCO, CA  (CollegetoCareers.com) – The start of tax season means something else for a number of students yearning to attend college and begin their careers: early FAFSA deadlines. In order to receive consideration as high-priority candidates for federal loans and grants with the lowest interest rates, students need to submit their Free Application for [...]

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Importance of Completing FAFSA Before March 2nd

Published on Friday, February 18th, 2011 Caroline
Tags: 2011-2012 School Year, cal grants, fafsa, Financial Aid, Income Tax Forms, March 2nd Priority Deadline, Money, Social Security Number

Why Do I Have to Complete it By March 2? It is importance to submit your FAFSA by March 2nd  for two reasons: to qualify for a Cal Grant and to get first dibs on financial aid, grants, and work study opportunities. Just think of it this way–the earlier to turn in your FAFSA, the [...]

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Update to UC’s Blue + Gold Opportunity Plan for 2011-2012

Published on Thursday, February 17th, 2011 Edwina
Tags: blue and gold opportunity plan, CAL GRANT, coverage, fafsa, fees, Financial Aid, grants, uc, university of california

UC’s Blue + Gold Opportunity Plan has been updated to cover student and educational fees for California residents whose family earns less than $80,000 a year, up from $70,000 in 2010-2011.

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Montgomery County Community College Hosts Free Financial Aid Workshop

Published on Thursday, February 3rd, 2011 Sebastian Grant
Tags: 529 savings program, college scholarships, fafsa, Financial Aid, financial counseling

Pottstown, PA (CollegeToCareers.com) – Planning your child’s future should be on top of each parent’s priorities, and Montgomery County Community College is reaching out to assist families with financial planning for college with their free “Making College Affordable” seminar. On Thursday, January 27, MCCC hosted the financial aid and college scholarships workshop in the Community [...]

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