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Urgent Information for Early Action/Early Decision College Students

By: Brian Safdari Keywords: Financial Aid Deadline, Financial Aid, College Admission, College Planning, Planning for College, Free Money, College Application, Early Action, CSS Profile, FAFSA This week we kick off our new, online blog with exciting information from College Planning Experts. Before we dive into our important info on CSS Profiles, we want to take time out for all the families that were affected in the Philippines by Typhoon Haiyan. If you would like to make a donation to the American Red Cross please Click Here. They have raised over $6 million in response to this typhoon. College Planning Magazine Here at College Planning Experts, we plan to start this college season the right way, by providing families with exclusive content that is…

West Ranch High School

Title: West Ranch High SchoolLocation: 26255 Valencia Blvd. Link out: Click hereStart Time: 19:00Date: 2013-12-05End Time: 20:30

West Ranch High School

Title: West Ranch High SchoolLocation: 26255 Valencia Blvd. Link out: Click hereStart Time: 18:30Date: 2013-12-03End Time: 20:00

Crescenta Valley HS PTSA

Title: Crescenta Valley HS PTSALocation: 2900 Community Avenue La Crescenta-Montrose, CA 91214Link out: Click hereStart Time: 19:00Date: 2013-11-14End Time: 20:00

Avery Library @ Cal-Tech

Title: Avery Library @ Cal-TechLocation: Cal-Tech CampusLink out: Click hereStart Time: 12:00Date: 2013-11-21End Time: 13:00

Rio Mesa High School

Title: Rio Mesa High SchoolLocation: Oxnard, CALink out: Click hereStart Time: 18:00Date: 2013-11-20End Time: 19:30

Edified Christian Church

Title: Edified Christian ChurchLocation: Los AngelesLink out: Click hereStart Time: 10:30Date: 2013-11-16End Time: 12:00

Valencia H.S. Choir

Title: Valencia H.S. ChoirLocation: Valencia HSLink out: Click hereStart Time: 19:00Date: 2013-11-12End Time: 20:30

VHS Choir

Title: VHS ChoirLocation: Valencia High School TheatreLink out: Click hereStart Time: 19:00Date: 2013-11-12End Time: 20:30

SCVi

Title: SCViLocation: Castaic, CALink out: Click hereStart Time: 18:00Date: 2013-11-14End Time: 19:30

Stuart Siegal, Financial Aid Director

The financial aid system is complicated. Depending on circumstances it could be less or more so. Can it be aggravating? Yes. Is it sometimes frustrating? Absolutely. What can anyone expect from a 40-year-old federal bureaucracy? Be that as it may, if you don’t have at least a working knowledge of how aid is awarded and to whom, I can practically guarantee you will pay more than you might otherwise.

I’ve been in your shoes before. 25 years ago when I was getting ready to send my oldest child to college, I didn’t know how to navigate the financial aid process any more than you do now. After spending 30+ hours trying to figure it out on my own, I sent in the forms, only to be let down by the amount my daughter received. And back then the cost of a college like Wellesley in Massachusetts was about $33,000 all in. That was a lot of money! Twenty-four years later it’s now $81,000. All of the colleges are almost three times what they used to be in 1997.

Fortunately, I was a licensed financial planner and buried myself in books and thousands of pages of financial aid rules and regulations. And I have to admit learning over ten thousand pages of congressional language (Higher Education Reauthorization Act of 1965 and subsequent updates) was painful. But I learned more than enough to win more money for my other two and that made up for what I lost on Child #1.

Over a few years of study, I learned from financial aid professionals, admissions counselors, and others to earn a reputation as THE Financial Aid Negotiator. From then on, I started doing for others exactly what I did for myself. I learned how to unlock tens of thousands of dollars–dollars that I thought were out of reach for families like mine. After a quarter of a century, my peers and clients have come to see me as ‘the’ financial aid experts expert.

During those years 25 years, I’ve helped tens of thousands of families navigate the financial aid process and access millions of dollars in free aid.

Just as I’ve done for more than 104,000 families, I can help you get more free money for your child and even show you how to pay next to nothing for college if you want to go that route. I can’t guarantee you the same kind of success most of our clients have enjoyed. Some of it is up to you. To get what you want have to participate. We provide you with the information, advice, and tools to get through this thing relatively unscathed.