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College Funding
10 Deadly
Mistakes Families Make When Preparing For
College,
Four Fatal Errors To
Avoid,
Finding Scholarship Opportunities
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Four Fatal Errors To Avoid
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Here are the four mistakes we see far too
many families making. Failing to understand
each error and its implications will have a
significant impact on your final results.
Error #1. Parents often think:
"What's all the fuss about? Choosing my own
college wasn't hard when I had to do this."
Unfortunately, parents entering this process
with the idea that "things are like they
used to be" is asking for a shock. "The
game" is entirely different from what it was
20 years ago, due both to demographics and
to skyrocketing costs. Opportunities for
good results do exist, but there is a
learning curve.
Error #2. Parents and students are told:
"Choose your college first, then figure
out how to pay for it later."
The myth of 'choose first, pay later' is
just that - a myth. College costs are so
high today that both students and parents
must learn what their financial options are
before even beginning to search. We've seen
so many disappointments in this area, we
cannot stress this Fatal Error strongly
enough!
Error #3. Students hear their friends
saying: "You've got to get into a top
prestige college or you won't get the
quality education you really want."
Focusing one's search on just one or two
colleges, particularly if they're "Name
Brand" colleges, can easily forfeit the best
opportunities available today for a very
high quality education at a cost the family
can manage.
Error #4. Many parents and students
think: "This just can't be as much work
as our friends tell us, can it?"
Every parent and every student we talk with
ends up calling this process "overwhelming."
Yet at the outset, no one seems to believe
the friends who try to warn them.
Why? For parents, it may be part of
expecting "things are like they used to be."
For students, this is the biggest task
they've ever faced. So it's no wonder they
can't grasp it all ahead of time.
Parents! - Remember, if you don't do
all you can to ensure that your child is
well-educated, he or she may come back home
and live with you!
Positioning your assets and income
properly came make a huge difference in the
financial you qualify for. I can help you maximize your eligibility to qualify for college financial aid...
Call or email me today for more
information..
Yours in Success,
Nathalie Vaiser, FMM |
