Secrets of a financial aid pro : master the college funding process and give your child lifelong financial skills without losing your cool / Jodi Okun.
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TextPublisher: Seal Beach, California : 15th Street Press, [2016]Copyright date: ©2016Edition: First editionDescription: xi, 200 pages ; 22 cmContent type: - text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9780997352702 (hardback)
- 0997352701 (hardback)
- 9780997352726 (paperback)
- 0997352728 (paperback)
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
With insight and humor, Jodi Okun takes you inside the often murky world of college financing. First as a financial aid consultant at Occidental and Pitzer colleges, and then in her own successful consulting business, College Financial Aid Advisors (CFAA), Jodi learned firsthand the struggles families endure to find financing and pay for college.
In Secrets of a Financial Aid Pro, she demystifies the process and presents sensible solutions any family can use as they go through what can be a complicated and intimidating affair. No matter where you are in the financing pipeline, this book will be an invaluable resource.
Understand what you should be doing--and when you should be doing it--to set yourself up for the best possible college financing. Learn how to find and apply for every type of financial aid, including FAFSA, grants, scholarships, and loans. Find out how to give your student the financial skills they'll need for life--it all starts in college by helping them manage expenses and money.With insight and humor, Jodi Okun takes you inside the often murky world of college financing. First as a financial aid consultant at Occidental and Pitzer colleges, and then in her own successful consulting business, College Financial Aid Advisors (CFAA), Jodi learned firsthand the struggles families endure to find financing and pay for college.
In Secrets of a Financial Aid Pro, she demystifies the process and presents sensible solutions any family can use as they go through what can be a complicated and intimidating affair. No matter where you are in the financing pipeline, this book will be an invaluable resource.
Understand what you should be doing--and when you should be doing it--to set yourself up for the best possible college financing. Learn how to find and apply for every type of financial aid, including FAFSA, grants, scholarships, and loans. Find out how to give your student the financial skills they'll need for life--it all starts in college by helping them manage expenses and money.
Includes bibliographical references (page 187) and index.
Yes, it starts in middle school -- Planning through the high school years -- How can seniors get it all done? -- Get your money-challenged child ready for college -- How does all this work, anyway? -- Taking the fear out of the FAFSA -- Understanding different types of aid -- Are student loans a savior or a sinkhole? -- Why can't freshman manage their money better? -- Financial reality 101 : a primer for college seniors -- Paying back those student loans -- Congratulations, you made it!