Juan Alba, Director of College Board Membership Mobilization and Engagement moderates the 2015-2016 Counselor Webinar Series: College Financial Planning . The seminars provide college counselors encouragement and recommendations on ways to assist families with strategies to develop long term financial plans to ensure college completion. A summary of valuable information obtained from two titles, How to Help Low-Income Students Manage College Costs and Financial Aid For Middle Income Family follows.
Mary Nucciarone, Direction of Financial Aid, University of Notre Dame, begins the webinar, How to Help Low-Income Students Manage College Costs with FAFSA tips. Nucciarone says that first generation families need to understand that some fields …show more content…
2) Are there any requirements to maintain the aid – GPA , participation in activities?
3) What is not covered, for example, Junior Year Abroad program?
4) How will increases in tuition and fees affect the financial aid?
To create a trusted and mutual relationship with the financial aid office of the college, Bernier says families must communicate changes in parental contribution capabilities when any the following occurs:
• Increases or decreases in income in excess of $3K
• Changes in employment
• Addition or loss of a dependent child in the household
• Another child entering or graduation from college
• Changes in aid award such as outside scholarships
Matthew DeCreeff, Director of College Counseling, Middlesex school (former Assistant Director of Financial Aid and Senior Admission Office, Harvard ), recommends that parents have honest conversations with the students as early as middle school on how much they can assist with the cost of college. The proposal that the most effective means to receive a great financial aid package is for students to achieve and obtain credentials in the top 75% for the colleges they aspire to attend and apply early is the cornerstone of this part of the …show more content…
Supposedly, the majority of colleges and universities become need-aware and need-sensitive during the Regular Decision time because the funding resources may become constrained. A student who may have received admittance in EA or ED could get denied during RD because the college can not meet their financial aid
Mary Nucciarone, Direction of Financial Aid, University of Notre Dame, begins the webinar, How to Help Low-Income Students Manage College Costs with FAFSA tips. Nucciarone says that first generation families need to understand that some fields …show more content…
2) Are there any requirements to maintain the aid – GPA , participation in activities?
3) What is not covered, for example, Junior Year Abroad program?
4) How will increases in tuition and fees affect the financial aid?
To create a trusted and mutual relationship with the financial aid office of the college, Bernier says families must communicate changes in parental contribution capabilities when any the following occurs:
• Increases or decreases in income in excess of $3K
• Changes in employment
• Addition or loss of a dependent child in the household
• Another child entering or graduation from college
• Changes in aid award such as outside scholarships
Matthew DeCreeff, Director of College Counseling, Middlesex school (former Assistant Director of Financial Aid and Senior Admission Office, Harvard ), recommends that parents have honest conversations with the students as early as middle school on how much they can assist with the cost of college. The proposal that the most effective means to receive a great financial aid package is for students to achieve and obtain credentials in the top 75% for the colleges they aspire to attend and apply early is the cornerstone of this part of the …show more content…
Supposedly, the majority of colleges and universities become need-aware and need-sensitive during the Regular Decision time because the funding resources may become constrained. A student who may have received admittance in EA or ED could get denied during RD because the college can not meet their financial aid