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Up just after 5 a.m., Alyssa Black is singing in concert choir by the time most people are waking up. The Santa Rosa High School senior then puts in a full day of class before heading out to -- depending on the day of the week -- take a college English course in Petaluma, teach violin to low-income elementary school students, instruct middle schoolers in ballroom dance or study for a load of Advanced Placement classes. Carrying a 3.96 GPA and dreaming of attending UC Berkeley, Black barely has time to fill out the paperwork for her dream school by the Nov. 30 deadline. Enter Karen White. White is one of a growing number of independent college counselors parents pay to help their students navigate the college admissions process. At $100 an hour, Alyssa's mom, Kay, said she expects to pay White between $500 and $1,000. ``It's all-consuming. ... It's pretty serious stuff and it really needs to have the kind of attention that it should have,'' Kay Black said. ``I think we started late. I think we should have been to Karen White two years ago.'' White has been working with Alyssa since June, helping her track deadlines, mine for scholarship options and craft answers to application questions. ``It's one of the best decisions I have made because the process is so overwhelming,'' Alyssa Black said. ``She has helped me broaden my outlook.'' Independent college counseling is a burgeoning -- and largely unregulated -- business. Search online under independent college counselors and scores of sites pop up: www.getintocollege.com; www.college-connection.com and www.collegeconfidence.com. Ten years ago, independent advisers numbered about 30 in the National Association for College Admission Counseling. There are now more than 250. Higher Education Consultants Association has approximately 500 registered members -- more than 160 in California. ``There is a market for this,'' said David Hawkins, NACAC's director of public policy. ``Really, students do not get a lot of quality time with their school counselor.'' There are no qualifications or testing required, but many of the professional organizations encourage or require a background in high school or college counseling. ``It's largely an unregulated industry,'' said Joan Rynearson, HECA's membership chairwoman and a 12-year independent counselor based in Washington. ``It can be bad, clearly it can be bad. There are lots of stories about people who are taking advantage of families' anxiety.'' Industry experts say prospective clients should make sure a counselor has a background in high school or college advising, spends time at professional conferences with admissions officials and regularly travels to campuses across the country. Counselors say their focus is not necessarily getting a client into a prestigious school, but rather finding a campus that will be a good match for the student. White, who spent 15 years as a counselor at Healdsburg High -- a decade as department chairwoman -- said the need for independent counselors became clear as she struggled to serve as many as 525 students per year. ``It was very difficult for me to spend as much time with my seniors as I would have liked,'' she said. Two years ago, she left Healdsburg and became a full-time independent counselor based in Santa Rosa. Her client profiles vary. Last year, she did pro bono work for a student who was emancipated from his parents. Some clients are top-notch students trying to find the right campus. Still others don't want to overlook financial aid options. ``I have quite a few families that come to me in the ninth grade and I meet with them once a year, just to check on the student's curriculum and encourage them to get out there and try new things,'' she said. ``Things begin in earnest in the junior year. That is when I can get a feel from the transcript ... where they are going to be looking.'' Counselors can do as much -- or as little -- as a client asks, said Lorraine Collins, an independent counselor who for years ran Maria Carrillo High School's career center in Santa Rosa. More and more students are looking beyond the campus closest to home and many counselors make time each year to travel across the country, visiting campuses that local students might not even know exist. Both Collins and White typically charge $100 an hour, so families vary their assignments. Some ask for one visit simply to go over a completed application to make sure they haven't missed anything. Other relationships are years in the making during which the adviser tries to nail down the college campus where the student will be happiest and then help them get there. Does a student want a large student population or small? Close to home or far away? What about the climate? Majors? Sports? Diversity? Cost? ``I'm not there to fill out the application for them,'' Collins said. ``I want them to take ownership of the process.'' Some families use counselors to keep abreast of changes in the application and financial aid process. ``There are test dates, there is test prep, financial aid, all sorts of stuff that can get out of hand for a not terribly well-organized family,'' Hawkins said. Applying to college can be stressful not only for the student, but for parents who dream of Junior heading off to the Ivy League or attending their alma mater. That stress can cause friction in families, according to Laurie Nimmo, career center and scholarship coordinator at Healdsburg High School. It can be helpful to bring in ``another person who can be objective, who is not as personally attached to the student,'' said Nimmo, who also does independent counseling for non-Healdsburg High students. ``I think independent counselors have their place,'' she said. ``To help eliminate the frenzy that is going on.''
El Molino High School senior Ken Matich took the first step Saturday toward his dream of traveling around the world as a marine biologist, attending a Santa Rosa Junior College workshop on how to apply for financial aid. ``I'm thinking of moving out and getting an apartment with my friends, and that's when the cost of school starts racking up,'' said Matich, 18. ``So aid seems like a pretty good idea, as well as working.'' Matich plans to attend SRJC for two years and then transfer to UC Santa Barbara or the state university nearby. Although the enrollment fee for SRJC is only $20 per academic unit, the school estimates a nine-month budget for attending the school is about $14,984 for students living away from their parents and $9,008 for those living with their parents. And for students -- and their parents -- considering a state university, a University of California campus, a public university out of state or a private college, the costs just escalate. That's where local, state and federal grants and loans come in. The first starting point is filling out the Free Application for Federal Student Assistance, or FAFSA, a financial form used to determine a student's financial aid need. For those planning to attend college next fall, the priority deadline for filing the FAFSA is March 2. ``There really is a good amount of money available for students, you just have to be persistent and ask,'' said Candice Langoria, an SRJC financial aid technician who helped parents and students fill out their FAFSA forms at online terminals inside the Doyle Library's tutorial center. Financial aid experts say there are enough pots of money available in the form of local, state and federal grants and loans that no student should rule out higher education because of cost alone. ``There are lots of resources out there,'' said Susan Gutierrez, Sonoma State University's director of financial aid. ``The students who are concerned about the cost, it is the right mind-set to be in, but it is motivation for them to look to see what is available.'' Half of SSU's 8,000 students this year have received scholarships or some other sort of state or federal financial aid, Gutierrez said. The key is to start early, while the student is still a junior in high school, and to pay attention to all the deadlines. The FAFSA form requires an estimate of an independent student's or a family's income and assets, and takes into consideration how many other students are also in college. ``It takes the income information and puts it under the microscope,'' said Kristin Shear, SRJC's director of financial services. ``When the student fills out the FAFSA, it is sent to a central processing system, and the student enters the school they want the information sent to. Then we begin working with it and communicating with the students.'' Shear also said that the federal government randomly selects 30 percent of those filling out FAFSA forms to provide verification. Santa Rosa Junior College is also in a unique position among community colleges in having its merit-based Doyle Scholarships available up to $1,000. It also distributed $650,000 in SRJC Foundation scholarships. There also is a Community College Board of Governors fee waiver for California resident students, which waives the $20 per unit fee and parking costs. Last year, SRJC did 8,200 waivers and had 470 CalGrants, 2,000 Pell Grants and 4,800 Doyle Scholarships. ``Because of fee waiver and because of Doyle, if people have a place to live and it is free for them, they can pretty well be covered to go to school,'' Shear said. ``The Doyle will cover books, and the fees are waived.'' William Myers, an industrial mechanic from Petaluma, attended the SRJC workshop Saturday with his daughter Crystal, a senior at Petaluma High School. Myers said he was looking for a way to help support his daughter while she explores a possible career in health sciences. ``We're middle class, so we're always on the edge and there's never enough to pay for everything,'' Myers said.
Students and parents, already borrowing billions more than ever to pay for college education, have just 36 hours to dodge an expensive bullet. After midnight Friday, the interest rate on the two most popular federal loan programs goes up nearly 2 percentage points -- an increase of nearly 40 percent in some cases. The change could add thousands of dollars over the life of a 10-year loan. But there is a way -- through loan consolidation -- to avoid the increase and lock in current loans at a fixed interest rate, with the option of a longer repayment period. ``There are not many cases where you'll be worse off'' by consolidating loans, said Susan Gutierrez, financial aid director at Sonoma State University. Gutierrez stopped short of a blanket recommendation to consolidate loans, noting some student and parent financial arrangements may be complicated. ``Everybody needs to decide for themselves,'' she said. ``Consolidation will make sense for the vast majority of borrowers,'' said Erin Korsvall, spokeswoman for Sallie Mae, the nation's largest student loan holder. ``It's a no-brainer.'' But borrowers must act quickly, and snail mail won't cut it, she said. Consolidated loan applications may be filed online with hundreds of lenders, beating the July 1 interest rate increase by hours or minutes. ``Hit the send button (by midnight Friday) and you should be good,'' Korsvall said. Here's the deal: * On July 1, interest on Stafford loans to students and PLUS loans to parents goes up 1.84 percentage points. The new interest rates will be 6.54 percent for students in school and 7.14 percent for graduates, while parent loans will rise to 7.94 percent. * With consolidation, students and parents can lump their existing variable-rate federal loans into one package at a fixed interest rate that is more convenient and most likely cheaper to repay. Borrowers who do not consolidate will be subject to future rate changes for Stafford and PLUS loans, which are tied by law to the 91-day Treasury bill and adjusted each July. Before July 2005, college loan rates were at all-time lows in the 40-year history of the government's student loan program, with rates at less than 3 percent for borrowers in school, Korsvall said. Last July, the rates went up 1.93 percent. In the previous four years, the rates had dropped each July, Gutierrez said. The rate increases come as families are borrowing more than ever to pay for college. Federal loans totaled $63 billion in the 2004-05 academic year, a 141 percent increase over the past decade, according to the College Board's latest report on trends in student aid. Stafford loans amounted to $53 billion last year; PLUS loans exceeded $8 billion. For those who engage in 11th-hour shopping for a consolidated loan, the interest rates and terms are fixed by federal law and do not vary from lender to lender, Korsvall said. But many lenders offer ``borrower benefits'' that can cut the interest rate, such as making payments by direct deposit. The benefits ``can be very valuable,'' Korsvall said, ``but you need to make sure you qualify for them.''
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by Student Loan Guru
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by Student Loan Guru
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by financialaidpodcast@gmail.com (Christopher S. Penn
25 Jan 2008 at 6:00am
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by financialaidpodcast@gmail.com (Christopher S. Penn
24 Jan 2008 at 6:09am
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FAP721: Expert interview with tax author Barbara Weltman
by financialaidpodcast@gmail.com (Christopher S. Penn
23 Jan 2008 at 6:05am
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by financialaidpodcast@gmail.com (Christopher S. Penn
22 Jan 2008 at 5:51am
FAP720: How to prosper in an economic downturn Listen now: Student Financial Aid News + Quiet newsday today because of the holiday yesterday + Chronicle: Two books published in France last week have focused attention on the phenomenon of young women moonlighting as sex workers to finance their university education, The Guardian, a British newspaper, reported today. + One [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "FAP720: How to prosper in an economic downturn", url: "http://www.financialaidpodcast.com/2008/01/22/fap720-how-to-prosper-in-an-economic-downturn/" });
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by financialaidpodcast@gmail.com (Christopher S. Penn
21 Jan 2008 at 6:15am
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by financialaidpodcast@gmail.com (Christopher S. Penn
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by financialaidpodcast@gmail.com (Christopher S. Penn
18 Jan 2008 at 6:07am
FAP718: Save hundreds of dollars in Free Stuff Friday Listen now: Student Financial Aid News + Happy 39th anniversary to my parents + The Financial Aid Podcast January Newsletter shipped yesterday - if you’d like a copy and didn’t receive one, please email me! In this issue are three free eBooks, our $10,000 scholarship, and more. + Chronicle: Educational [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "FAP718: Save hundreds of dollars in Free Stuff Friday", url: "http://www.financialaidpodcast.com/2008/01/18/fap718-save-hundreds-of-dollars-in-free-stuff-friday/" });
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by financialaidpodcast@gmail.com (Christopher S. Penn
17 Jan 2008 at 5:58am
FAP717: Top 5 Financial Aid Scams Listen now: Student Financial Aid News + Chronicle: The turmoil in the student-lending industry is beginning to worry some leaders of the nation’s public colleges and universities. + The American Association of State Colleges and Universities says that the presidents of several of its member institutions have expressed concern over reports that [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "FAP717: Top 5 Financial Aid Scams", url: "http://www.financialaidpodcast.com/2008/01/17/fap717-top-5-financial-aid-scams/" });
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by financialaidpodcast@gmail.com (Christopher S. Penn
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by financialaidpodcast@gmail.com (Christopher S. Penn
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by financialaidpodcast@gmail.com (Christopher S. Penn
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by financialaidpodcast@gmail.com (Christopher S. Penn
14 Jan 2008 at 9:56am
To celebrate our 10th anniversary, the Student Loan Network is giving away a $10,000 scholarship! Enter to win our drawing at: and then start participating in Scholarship Points. Who can win? Any college student or graduate student attending school in 2008. Money will be paid directly to the financial aid office, and the contest ends on Leap Day, [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Get a $10,000 scholarship from the Student Loan Network", url: "http://www.financialaidpodcast.com/2008/01/14/get-a-10000-scholarship-from-the-student-loan-network/" });
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by financialaidpodcast@gmail.com (Christopher S. Penn
14 Jan 2008 at 6:13am
FAP714: How to save money on college textbooks, 10K scholarship Listen now: Student Financial Aid News + Inside Higher Ed: On Thursday, with a $14.5 billion deficit looming, California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger declared a fiscal emergency and proposed 10 percent cuts across the state budget. The deep cuts proposed for the state’s public education system would require [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "FAP714: How to save money on college textbooks, 10K scholarship", url: "http://www.financialaidpodcast.com/2008/01/14/fap714-how-to-save-money-on-college-textbooks-10k-scholarship/" });
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by financialaidpodcast@gmail.com (Christopher S. Penn
11 Jan 2008 at 7:37am
Today at 2 PM Eastern Time, I’m hosting a live talk radio show on Blog Talk Radio as an experiment. I invite you to call in and ask your financial aid questions! You can LISTEN to the show with the player below. Got a question for me? Call in live at 2 PM: (347) 205-9449 We’ll be on [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Financial Aid Podcast Live Talk Radio Show today at 2 PM ET", url: "http://www.financialaidpodcast.com/2008/01/11/financial-aid-podcast-live-talk-radio-show-today-at-2-pm-et/" });
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by O. Ray, CPA, PhD Whittington, Patrick R., CPA, PhD Delaney
Amazon Price: $36.85
Customer Review: The book conditions were excellent and I received it fast. I liked the service. Keep that way and you will keep your clients.
by Beverly A. Browning
Amazon Price: $14.95
Customer Review: The best book to use if you have NEVER written a grant. Takes you through step by step and does not feel like a DUMMY but a possible grant WINNER!
by Ben Kaplan
Amazon Price: $14.96
Customer Review: I thought the concepts were great, and obviously they worked for the author and his family. But seemed he was a single child, with parents that were 100% dedicated to this effort. I have more than one kid, they are all active in sports and activities, and my wife and I don't have the "time requirements" to pull this off. Plus he was apparently an exceptional kid, who engaged in entrepreneurial type activities at an early age, to include his full time scholarship hunting business. My kid does not fit that profile at all. So I was left with what seemed like commitment 7 days a week, 2-4 hours a day. I would be lucky if I could contribute 1 hour a day with my schedule. Plus, for all that effort, there HAS TO BE a point of diminishing returns ... he does not address that but assumes there is no such point. Hunt hunt hunt, research research research, write write write ... no end to the strategy. I have met some folks who simply applied to a small set of schools, filled out the financial aid forms, and got their aid, and have met many who did twice the work, and got the same amount of aid (or nothing close to the return advertised [hyped] in this book).
by David Kennedy
Amazon Price: $19.95
Customer Review: Advice or information given in this book may not work for all students?
What may work is worth knowing!
About a 3.9 Star buy!
by Kaplan
Amazon Price: $17.82
Customer Review: I belive that this book is better suited for the High school Jr. or Senior, Reason being. I've noticed that most of the scholarships given were for Jr., Sr., or graduating high school students. There were many other listings for undergaduate students and some graduate students. Unfortunatley most scholarship were to award students in a 4-yr college or University in their Jr. or final year as an undergard. I had a difficult time looking for scholarships under Business Administration. But if your looking for some where in the field of Art than this book have great listing. Also If I were a parent and have a kid still in high school who is a freshman or Shopmore I highly suggest reading this book, because while your kid might not be old enough to get a scholarship. You can prepare him or her to increase their chanses of geting one. I also advise that if you have kids who are still in preschool you might want to start thinking of how you should start preparing them for college. One book that helps with savings for school such as educations savings plan like a e-529 or 525 i think? The book Title is Money Made Simple by Stacy Johnson.
Kaplan Scholarships 2008: Billions of Dollars in Free Money for College (Kaplan Scholarships)
by The College Board
Amazon Price: $18.45
Customer Review: The average college bound person will be lucky to find five scholarships out of the many in this book. Of that five, only about three will be a possible application.
My advice would be to apply to the College/University scholarships offered at their web site or in a their catalog. Save your money.
by Princeton Review
Amazon Price: $13.60
Customer Review: Princeton Review and Random House both goofed with the 2008 edition: My copy of this book is missing pages, some are printed twice and some pages are out of sequence. The URL provided in this book for content updates and corrections by Princeton Review is bogus and returns a "page removed" error, not to mention that the overall maintenance of the Princeton Review website is very sloppy (...several dead links and much outdated content). For example, the Princeton Review bookstore website currently lists and sells only the 2004 edition of this book. With some 2008 college financial aid rules still in flux, Chany, Martz, Random House, and Princeton Review are letting buyers of the 2008 edition book down with poor quality control and by promising needed content updates online but providing a website link to nowhere instead.
by The College Board
Amazon Price: $13.57
Customer Review: This is a very nice and informative book. I got lot of information. Good to have this book to get the info. regarding the financial aid.
Amazon Price: $33.10
by Nathan M. Bisk
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Forum: Financial Aid & Scholarships Posted By: Poh125 Post Time: 01-27-2008 at 07:22 AM.
Tax returns for financial aid
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Forum: Financial Aid & Scholarships Posted By: lee121 Post Time: 01-27-2008 at 06:21 AM.
Top Tier colleges take some heat on financial aid
by Insider
Harvard may be right in thinking that they can?t win with critics who question their priorities in jacking up financial aid for family incomes approaching $200000, but those naysayers have a point. The national demi-crisis of college ...
Financial Aid Provider Helps Build Better Minds
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One group travels across the US giving advice on how everyone can pay for college studies. FOX 26 anchor Damali Keith shows how one financial aid provider is Building Better Minds. INSIDE: Financial Aid Web Sites.
I don't get scholarships. Need Desperate Help.
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Forum: Financial Aid & Scholarships Posted By: Optimization Post Time: 01-26-2008 at 09:52 PM.
Financial Aid and Tax Benefits
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Forum: Financial Aid & Scholarships Posted By: SoCal18 Post Time: 01-26-2008 at 06:56 PM.
number of schools who can recv FAFSA?
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A Question about National Merit First Choice
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Forum: Financial Aid & Scholarships Posted By: Shazz12 Post Time: 01-26-2008 at 02:09 PM.