Question: We’re looking to help finance our son’s last two years of college at a University here in WA state. On the one hand, we’ve considered a parent plus loan but want him to have some ownership for his loans and have other kids we need to help too. That leaves a student loan and [...]

Question: What is wrong with this “picture”? We have politicians fighting for the rights of the poor people and then ones who fight for the rights of the “well-to-do” people…however there are those who SPEAK of fighting for the working, middle class people, however where are the results? I am a 20 year old american [...]

Question: We all know it’s that time of year again. Unfortunately, my letters sent to colleges that I will not attend aren’t because I’ve found the college of my choice. Quite the opposite actually. I’m having to explain to colleges that while they are my top choices I will not be attending because of financial [...]

Question: The bill is a deficit-reduction bill that will cut $11.9 billion from the federal student loan program over the next five years. With college tuitions rising, students are being forced to take on more student loans as the cost of a college education and college loans will become more expensive. more: httw://www.financial-options.net Answer: I [...]

Question: Due to personal problems, I haven’t performed up to my abilities academically and find myself soon about to graduate with a 2.5 GPA. The graduate schools I want to attend require, at a bare minimum, a 2.5 GPA and the better schools require at least a 3.0 GPA. This is the minimum just to [...]

Question: I’m a little confused on this whole FAFSA thing. The max the gov could give you (in grants) is 3000 a year, so what’s the big deal? The Perkins Loan is about 2000 and so is the Stafford loan. What else do you get? So far….all I got was the Pell Grant and the [...]

Question: The notion that one will actually make use of one’s major without > : > graduate study is a very second-tier thing. > : > > : > Josh > : BTW what does exactly a “second- tier: thing” mean? > : Are you saying that expecting to be educated enough to enter the [...]

Question: I’ve been wondering about college for awhile, and I’ve got a problem. I go to a charter school, In case no one knows what that is, it’s an alternative school. I’m not a stupid or “at risk” teen….. I just like the way that it is structured. The only problem is that when I [...]

Question: I am curious–when parents applying for financial aid, fill out the application, one of the questions is, would you take a student loan that has to be paid back? Does the answer to this question determine in any way whether your child can recieve a grant or not? This is first time doing this. [...]

Question: I’m tring to figuire out if I have any shot what so ever to put my self though school, and if it will be worth it in the end. My past educational back ground is very poor, though I am very far from being stupid. I never graduated form highschool but I took my [...]