The Best Colleges » Financial Aid http://www.thebestcolleges.org Top Universities & Colleges Wed, 28 Jul 2010 15:56:22 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 How To Get The Best Financial Aid Package At College http://www.thebestcolleges.org/2009/how-to-get-the-best-financial-aid-package-at-college/ http://www.thebestcolleges.org/2009/how-to-get-the-best-financial-aid-package-at-college/#comments Wed, 18 Mar 2009 13:03:29 +0000 dkrug http://www.thebestcolleges.org/?p=153 The Seattle Times published a useful article outlining 10 steps to get the best financial aid package when going to college. The tips were both helpful and practical and we suggest that you read through the article if you are currently deciding which school to go to and trying to work out the financial aid situation:

1. Make colleges compete
2. Ask for a reassessment
3. Explain money issues
4. Ask about new scholarships, grants
5. Be polite and don’t “negotiate”
6. Keep your eye on the economic stimulus package
7. Get the best kind of aid
8. Don’t be afraid to ask
9. On-campus jobs are an option
10. Get forms in on time

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But all of this may create an unprecedented opportunity for the HBCUs that have proved they can turn disadvantaged kids into stars at a comparatively low cost. Morehouse, for example, is attracting all kinds of applicants interested in a small private college education with a sticker price about $15,000 lower than those of elite majority-white schools in the Northeast. Last year’s valedictorian was white, for example. And for his medical school classes, Paul says, “I just want the brightest people. I don’t care if they are grey, yellow …”

Read more at US News & World Report

]]> http://www.thebestcolleges.org/2009/black-colleges-the-best-bargains/feed/ 0 How To Find Financial Aid In Tough Times http://www.thebestcolleges.org/2008/how-to-find-financial-aid-in-tough-times/ http://www.thebestcolleges.org/2008/how-to-find-financial-aid-in-tough-times/#comments Thu, 16 Oct 2008 19:57:20 +0000 dkrug http://www.thebestcolleges.org/?p=123 Have you heard of Sallie Mae? Sallie Mae was started in 1972 as a Government Sponsored Entity however by 2004 it has been privatized and is now a totally independent entity and its on the stock market but appears to be doing just fine even surrounded by all the chaos that has struck the rest of the economy.

Sallie Mae®, the nation’s leading provider of student loans and administrator of college savings plans, has helped millions of Americans achieve their dream of a higher education. The company primarily provides federal and private student loans for undergraduate and graduate students and their parents.

Sallie Mae is going strong and should be the first place you turn when looking to build your finacial aid packages for college or graduate school. Sallie Mae is also the parent company of Upromise a college savings program you probably have seen all around the internet and in financial aid informational packages.

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