| | Hearts and Dollars
Things we owe to ourselves to discuss with our teens… The Importance of Safe Sex
Why Stevie Nicks is So Much Cooler Than Nikki Minaj
Student Loan Debt
We think you can handle the first two, but making sure a 17 year-old understands the ramifications of taking on a huge amount of student loan debt just so they can attend their “dream school,” is not that simple, so we’ll help with that one.
Kids don’t often look into the future with a realistic view and it’s up to parents to burst their bubble, so to speak. Explaining the loan process and encouraging them to look for other options so they avoid major student loan mistakes is a smart place to begin.
Reading this article will help you the rest of the way. And considering today is Valentine’s Day, we’d say that saving your kid from a potential $80K student loan bill is a pretty good gift. |
| | Baby, You Can Ride My Helicopter
Many parents are of the belief that you cannot do too much for your kids. And this impulse to take the controls and fly the helicopter becomes even stronger during the college admissions process.
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| | | Speaking of Helicoptering, you won’t want to miss this very special webinar with Julie Lythcott-Haims that we have scheduled for Tuesday, February 19 at 8:30pm EST.
Julie is the author of How to Raise an Adult, which could be deemed as the antidote to helicoptering. According to the former Stanford dean and mom of two teens), “We have to get out of our kid’s way so they can develop the skills and smarts they’ll need in order to thrive as adults.”
This promises to be a very enlightening discussion; one that every parent of a child heading off to college, now or in the future, will want to attend.
Julie offered to do the webinar at a reduced fee from her normal speaking engagement rates. We're charging a fee solely to cover her reduced rate.
The first 20 people to purchase and use the code First 20, will receive $5 off the normal ticket price of $15.
Please support us by purchasing a ticket and participating in the webinar. You won't regret it. |
| | | If you're a family with a high school junior and you're searching for colleges with merit scholarships, you NEED to use one of these two tools.
COLLEGE DATA SPREADSHEET: This spreadsheet has a combination of data from IPEDS (the government source) and publicly available Common Data Sets. What makes this spreadsheet so great is you can sort, filter, and compare on ANY of the variables in the spreadsheet. Below is a sample of the data that is provided. |
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COLLEGE FREE MONEY FINDER: This tool gives you access to the LARGEST MERIT SCHOLARSHIP DIRECTORY available with over 15,000 merit scholarships offered by colleges around the U.S.
What makes the The College Free Money Finder so simple to use is the ability to enter your student's academic stats (GPA and test scores), along with preferences for location, size, sport, talent, etc. and the tool automatically generates a list of colleges that can offer your student merit scholarships.
In addition, the tool lets you sort the results to see which schools have honors programs, early admissions deadlines, require separate applications, the CSS Profile, and are test optional.
The College Free Money Finder eliminates hundreds of hours of research.
So, if you're a family that knows you need merit scholarships to make college more affordable, The College Free Money Finder gives you access to all the information you need to craft a list of colleges with the most generous scholarships your student qualifies for.
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| | | | | Debbie Schwartz Founder, Road2College I'm a parent, like many of you, navigating college admissions and paying for college. With an expertise in personal finance, analysis, and marketing, I'm working to give families the information and tools to make smarter financial college decisions. |
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