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Follow 6 Steps to Increase Your Financial Aid
Tweet Share on Facebook April 19, 2011 Comment (9)What happens when the financial aid package that a student receives from a school is laughably inadequate? Is it possible to extract more money from the university?
That is what a dad, who contacted me this week, was wondering. His son, who hopes to major in engineering, got into a private university but the financial aid award was shockingly low.
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10 Ways to Save the Pell Grant
Tweet Share on Facebook April 5, 2011 Comment (15)The Pell Grant, which is considered a financial aid lifesaver for the nation's neediest college students, is in danger of getting a buzz cut.
The House of Representatives has passed legislation that would roll back Pell Grant funding to 2008 levels and trim the maximum grant of $5,550 by $845. Meanwhile, the Obama administration has proposed eliminating the Pell Grant for summer school.
