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Financial Aid
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If you're reading this, you're probably not one of the lucky, super-organized few who started a college fund when your child was born. Even if you're only now able to start thinking about it, you've already taken the first step by learning what to do to finance a college or technical education.
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Your teen's high school counseling office is a great place to start discussing the options. Counseling departments usually have books, brochures, and binders full of information about all the different kinds of financial aid available to students and their families, and many counseling departments also hold a financial aid workshop in the...
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Also, don't be shy about asking for help from colleges' financial aid departments. Many schools -- including many top-tier schools -- offer their own financial aid such as grants and low-interest loans that state and federal agencies won't have information about. For example, at Harvard, parents who make less than $60,000 don't have to contribute anything to the cost of their kids attending.
Have credit problems trying to get a loan they can help refinance, debt consolidation, or just trying to get an 800 credit score they can do it. I had a 535 score with there help I had a 680 in one month and I got a 0% interest on a new Yukon. And my mom refinanced her home and got a 4.625 fixed 30year after being in an adjustable rate.
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