Mentioning the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) to parents of high school seniors often triggers a reaction as unpleasant as scheduling a root canal. While the simplified FAFSA had a notoriously bumpy rollout a few years ago, the process has improved...
Will I be able to afford the colleges that my student is interested in? College is an unusual investment, to say the least, due to a multitude of factors: The large size of it The need to select target colleges without knowing the final price, The lack of...
Two years ago this month, College Affordable proudly received its official 501(c)(3) designation as a public charity. Born out of a pilot project by Campus Bound, College Affordable’s mission is to help families reduce the cost of college, minimize debt, and expand...
Need-based and merit aid can be an effective way to make college costs more manageable. Another way is by creating a plan designed to maximize what you can do to effectively finance the college education. Nicholas Ferbert, a wealth advisor from Baystate Financial,...
Several years ago, the government required colleges to include a Net Price Calculator (NPC) on their sites to allow prospective students to estimate how much they could receive in grants and scholarships based on the packaging policies at each school. It was an...
You may have heard that the Supreme Court recently found affirmative action in college admissions to be unconstitutional. They declared that admissions systems that use race as a factor illegally violate the Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment. But what does...