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Hey, guys!  We’ve discussed it before, and if you take a spin around Google, you will see that the talk around the internet focuses on the best ways to obtain college money.  There’s good reason for this, you know.  For one, we are smack in the middle of financial aid season, which means that money [...]

Happy new year to you all!  Now that 2012 is upon us, it means something else major is too: financial aid season.  Given all of this, now is definitely the time to increase your awareness of the financial aid process.  As a starter, let’s kick things off with a few important reminders. 1).  File your [...]

View of UC Berkeley In a time when pennies are still being pinched and education costs are high, many wonder how they are going to afford college.  The good news is, several schools recognize this great concern, and they are responding with plans to help you.  New college financial aid programs are being developed to [...]

Ho-ho-hope Santa was good to all of you a few days ago!  With the holidays coming to a close and all of the generosity winding down, some of you are probably thinking about money and finances more.  Perhaps unfortunately, you are now concerned about school finances as well–FAFSA time is just around the corner after [...]

No one ever aid college was easy. For the next four years, you should be working hard. Just because you may spend a lot of time studying, that doesn’t mean you aren’t going to have the need for living expenses. There are options to finance your living expenses. – Check bulletin boards for part time [...]

THE CSS PROFILE DEADLINE IS APPROACHING!  Well, at least for those of you who opted to pursue Early Decision/Early Action for you college applications.  We recently talked about Early Decision/Action applications coming due, and now that November 1st has passed, students who chose that path have other documents to put on their to-do lists.  Next [...]

We’re reaching the middle of the school year, and for students, that means a few things: midterms, finals, winter break…and some important dates!  We’ve covered early decision, and now it’s time for FAFSA.  For those new to the financial aid game (and for those who need a refresher!), financial aid season starts at the beginning [...]

Deadlines, deadlines!  The college application and financial aid process are chock-full of them—FAFSA, CSS Profile, etc—and one is fast approaching.  The most immediate deadline concerns your choice of college—Early Decision/Early Action.  This comes in right around the corner on November 1st. So far all you know if that this has to do with colleges applications.  [...]

Here at Go Financial Aid, we usually talk about how to receive help in affording college.  Well, let’s switch gears a bit and just talk about paying for it, period.  Financial aid is a necessity for most of us in our college years, but it’s important to make sense of education costs in a general [...]

Hey!  Tonight let’s continue our financial aid discussion with a talk about scholarships and grants.   These are absolutely awesome aid types because you don’t owe anything later.  We in the financial aid biz call this gift aid. All-aboard the free money train. Some scholarships… Scholarship money is provided by schools (ask your financial aid office) and [...]

Hey guys!  Usually there would be an earlier post to read that starts by wishing everyone a happy weekend.  But there was a very important wedding on Saturday!  So, happy end-of-weekend; try to avoid a bad case of “The Mondays.”  Any who, tonight we’re going to talk a bit more about scholarships, honing in on [...]

You’ve done it.  You finished high school and decided to pursue higher education (a wise move, given stringent requirements for good jobs and the sore lack of them these days).  But there’s still a monkey on your back, and you wonder how to pay for college.  True, education is a HUGE investment, but there are [...]

And so it begins: college life.  Hopefully you took as much from your years in high school as you could—learning as much as possible, asking questions and taking the time to realize that high school prepares you for a more demanding academic load.  That next step, a college education, as one school puts it, “prepares [...]

You’ve finished your undergraduate studies (or are about to) and are toying with the idea of attending graduate school.  The thing is, graduate school financial aid, especially scholarships, is a bit harder to come by.  At the graduate level, there are scholarships to be won, but you’ll have to do some digging.  A quick Google [...]

Scholarships can be won for many different reasons: academic excellence, athletic skills and even for taking a survey.  That’s just the tip of the iceberg, however.  For your amusement, and hopefully your benefit, here are 5 truly weird scholarships.  Hey, there’s something for everyone. Tall Clubs International Scholarship.  Being tall means more than reaching high [...]

Each year, thousands of students flock towards the countless scholarship opportunities made available to them.  These scholarships more often than not require certain things from applicants—an outstanding GPA, lengthy and absolutely grueling essays or enrollment in a specific academic program/major.  You can skip right over these limiting requirements with a select few easy scholarships that [...]

Let’s face it, we could all use some help getting everything in order for college.  Well, some schools have college financial advisors. Advisors can help students and families through the financial aid process and in finding college funds. Seeking help for application filing or to better understand the aid process ensures greater accuracy on your [...]

There are scholarships for just about everything under the sun…academic achievement, athletic prowess, membership to certain groups, etc.  Financial aid is such a complex animal, however, and it has even been set up along ethnic lines.  You may find, in your financial aid search, scholarships that require applicants to be of a specific ethnic origin.  [...]

You may have recently read about college grants, and therefore got an overview of education grant options for college.  The Pell Grant is one of those options, and falls under federal financial aid.  Let’s have a more in-depth talk about this grant, and what the Pell Grant Eligibility requirements are. The Pell Grant is the [...]

Grant for grants! Ahh…the sweet smell of free money.  We are, of course, talking about college grants.  It doesn’t get much better when you’re facing the responsibility of paying for school.  Grants are an awesome financial resource for college students looking at their financial aid options. Wait, you didn’t know that grants were free?  Are [...]