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Free College Planning Workshop Thursday
Learn tips on how to afford college at Sea Cliff Library Thursday, 7 p.m.
The Sea Cliff Library will host a free College Planning Workshop Thursday at 7 p.m.
The worksop will feature insider tips and strategies for "Forgotten Middle class" families with college bound teens, stressed about how they'll possibly afford to pay for college.
Topics include:
Which savings accounts penalize you more than others in the financial aid formulas...and which do not count against you at all
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How six-figure-earning families - even millionaires - can get tuition discounts of 45% or more
11th hour "fixes" if you've saved in the wrong places
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How to choose schools STRATEGICALLY - not based only on the rear window stickers of cars in your neighborhood
How to improve a stingy award from a financial aid office, even if you don't have compromising photos of the dean
The strange truth about who REALLY gets merit scholarships
How to avoid the biggest mistake parents make in the financial aid process
More!
Space is limited, these workshops frequently are "standing room only."
For more information (including previous workshop attendees’ reviews) and to pre-register, go to: CollegeFinanceWorkshop.com.
Andrew Lockwood specializes in helping “Forgotten Middle Class” families pay for college without going bankrupt of having to eat mac ‘n cheese every night. He publishes The Pay ‘Wholesale for College Success Bulletin newsletter, wrote How to Pay “Wholesale” for College and hosted the radio show The College Planning Power Hour on ESPN Radio in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. He is a “late stage” college finance consultant in Planview, New York. For more information, visit AndyLockwood.com.
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