Work Study can be a part of a students Financial Aid package.
It is not a loan, it is not a grant… it’s Work
(finally the kid will do some real work).
It will not pay off tuition.
Some families mistakenly think…
“My child is working 20 hours a week and we’ll use
that money to pay off tuition”.
WRONG!
It doesn’t […]

Here’s a quick tip for a Free Scholarship………
EFSI is awarding $50,000 in scholarships to help students finance
their first-year of college expenses.
The sweepstakes will award two (2) $5,000 scholarships and sixteen
(16) $2,500 scholarships to first-year students who will be enrolled
in an accredited college or trade school for the fall 2007 semester.
Entries will be accepted from 12/1/06 […]

Q. My parents make over $65,000 per year.
Should I apply for Financial Aid?
A. Yes. Many students and families fail to apply for financial aid
simply because they don’t think they qualify. Many different factors
are taken into consideration when awarding financial aid packages.
The only way to be sure is to apply.
Q. How difficult is it and How […]

“The greatest gift I know you can give is the gift of learning.”
- Oprah Winfrey -
“I become so frustrated with visiting inner city schools,
that I just stopped going.
The sense that you need to learn just isn’t there.
If you ask the kids what they want or need,
they will say an IPod or some sneakers.
In South Africa, […]

Democrats, who won the House and Senate in the November elections,
say they will move quickly to slash interest rates on need-based
college loans…
They plan on cutting then In half — from 6.8 percent to 3.4 percent.
California Democratic Rep. George Miller, the incoming
Chairman of the House Education Committee, said in an interview
that it will be done almost […]

Former Vermont Sen. Robert Stafford was a champion of education.
His name is familiar to countless college students through a
loan program named for him… The Stafford Loan.
Robert Stafford died this past Saturday, Dec 30, 2006.
He was 93.
In 1988, Congress saluted his dedication to education measures,
renaming the Federal Guaranteed Student Loan program the:
Robert T. Stafford Student Loan […]

Re: Student Loan Marketing Association

Gerald R. Ford
Jan 29th, 1975
“Let me take this opportunity to thank you and all the members
of the Interim Board of Directors for your efforts in guiding the
Student Loan Marketing Association during its initial period of operation.
I look forward to the future growth of the Association as an important
source of funds […]

New Years’ Day is a time to relax and enjoy the start
of a bright and promising new year….a new beginning.
It is a time to be with family and friends.
Enjoy everything about New Year’s Day….
it only comes once a year.
To many Americans, the ball dropping at Times Square in
New York City signals the start of the […]