 ARTICLES
COLLEGE COMMENTARY
LINKS
529 PLAN
529 PLANS by
Joe Hurley. One of the best for college savings.
APPLICATION This
site allows you to download software that requires one input of
information. Then you can pick close to 900 college nationwide and for
a small fee, they will print an application conforming to the school's
form. Looks pretty straight forward.
BOOK The
U.S. Department of Education has an online book, "Preparing Your Child
for College- A Resource Book for Parents." "A publication written for
parents that explains the benefits of a college education and how
families can put college within reach academically and financially."
Like most government sites, they are loaded with solid information.
Might be good to read this before going to a commercial site.
CALIFORNIA COLLEGE
LINK:
CAMPUSTOURS
A site that lets you go directly to hundreds of colleges nationwide and
get a "virtual tour" of the institution.
COLLEGE
LINK: College search, financial aid and a lot
more
COLLEGE BOARD
College Board, AP, SAT
calender & other helpful links on preparing for college
COLLEGE BOOKSTORE 1 A
HUGE site offering new and used books. An easy search selects your
college and all your books for a particular course are listed
COLLEGE BOOKSTORE 2
A simple and efficient way of selling used books and buying at a
discount. Over 555,000 new and used college textbooks.
COLLEGE BOOKSTORE 3
Directory to thousands of online university and college bookstores.
COLLEGE
COST CALCULATOR Sallie
Mae has several calculators that you can use to figure out what college
costs will be in the future.
COLLEGE COST
CALCULATOR LINK: Uses recent data
from the College Board. It determine costs for colleges throughout the
United States, as well as national averages for public and private
colleges.
Since they use College Board info, I
will now use this for all my estimates. It really is that good since it
has tremendous info about colleges across the U.S. As Spock would
say, Fascinating.
COLLEGE
COST CALCULATOR 3 From Manulife.
COLLEGE LOAN LINK: Good
source to review all types of loans and costs for parents and students.
COLLEGE
OPPORTUNITIES ON LINE The National Center for
Education Statistics provides the basic information on over 9,000
postsecondary institutions.
COLLEGE
PLAN LINK: Morningstar
COLLEGE
PLANNING LINK: Extensive insight by Paula Hogan and Bret Kroeger.
Professional article and well worth reading.
COLLEGE
RANKINGS Looking for how your school rates
nationally or even the college with the best marching band, or the most
famous alumni or with a 100% acceptance rate? Then this US News College
Rankings site could be very useful.
COLLEGE TEXTBOOK 1
A site that offers textbooks by University. If your college is listed,
they apparently have all the books of that institution at a discount.
COLLEGE TEXTBOOKS 2
New and used
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION Information
on grants, newsletters, list of all government programs and links to
other statistics and sites. There is even an on line application to the
Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) Link
DIGITAL TEXTBOOK The
site offers digital textbooks for downloads that may allow you to study
more, in less time, than the printed edition.
EDUCATION LINK: Education-Portal.com
is a directory of colleges, schools, and career information to help
students make informed decisions about their education.
EDUCATION GLOSSARY
Glossary of education-related terms
EDUCATION
IRA The IRS bulletin
FINANCIAL AID 1 I
used to have a lot of material on college loans, etc., but found it
very difficult to keep up on this. So here is a page that provides a
free, comprehensive, independent, and objective guide to student
financial aid.The real key is saving up enough money- just remember, a
UGMA and UTMA will probably hurt more than help. See also Nellie Mae
and Sallie Mae below.
FINANCIAL
AID 2 The Student Guide is "the most
comprehensive resource on student financial aid from the U.S.
Department of Education." About 70% of all student aid comes from the
programs discussed in the Guide.
FREE SCHOLARSHIP
INFORMATION SERVICE has a database of over
1,700 sources of scholarships, representing approximately 130,000
awards.
GEORGIA COLLEGE LINK:
GLOSSARY Can't
figure out the jargon used for college loans and repayment? Here are
the best definitions I have found to date
INDEPENDENT 529 PLAN
KAPLAN LEARNING CENTER Has
a questionnaire that allows students to hone in on the school of their
dreams plus more.
KENTUCKY
COLLEGE LINK:
LOAN
COMPARISON Use the Aid Comparison
Calculator to crunch all the numbers from loans, scholarships and
income against the cost of attending the schools that interest you.
This tool is custom-designed for all types of undergraduate and
graduate schools
MAGAZINE A
source for finding a colleges home page and info for the scholarship
and financial aid offices of hundreds of universities.
MEDICINE STUDENT BOOKS
LINK
NELLIE MAE Along
with Sallie Mae below, they are one of the largest providers of college
loans. They also provide vast college information of all types. Check
them both out.
ONLINE COURSES
For on-campus students, find out what courses are available online. For
ongoing students find what FULL degree and certificate programs are
available online.
PRINCETON REVIEW
The site allows students to take a college entrance exam online- such
as the SAT- for free.
PRIVATE SCHOOL LINK:
PROJECT EASI
(Easy Access for Students and Institutions) is a U.S. Dept. of
Education effort to help students and their families plan for, choose
and pay for college.
RENT/BUY NEW AND USED TEXTBOOKS The
site offers college students the ability to buy textbooks at lower
prices.
SALLIE MAE You
may not be familiar with the name, but they are the largest providers
of loans for college students. This site contains innumerable
information and has a free Online Scholarship Service that gives
consumers access to a database of scholarships, fellowships and
workstudy programs from the College Aid Sources for Higher Education.
SCAM
The Federal Trade
Commission's site had info on how to avoid paying excess fees to
Fraudulent Scholarship Services who say that they can get a loan for
your child
SCHOLARSHIP One
of the largest sites for all sorts of information in getting your child
into college.
SCHOLARSHIP SEARCH
LINK: The BrokeScholar database matches
student profiles with more than 600,000 scholarships worth over $3
billion to find the most relevant and obtainable opportunities. Find
applicable scholarships, automatically create application letters, view
a personalized deadline calendar or locate scholarships
STAFFORD LOAN LINK: http://education-portal.com/articles/College_Finance%3A_All_About_Stafford_Loans.html.
(My software does not like the code)
STATE TUITION PLANS
1 Under current law, a qualified state
tuition program (QSTP) means a program established and maintained by a
state under which a person may: (1) prepay tuition benefits on behalf
of a beneficiary so that the beneficiary is entitled to a waiver or a
payment of qualified higher education expenses, or (2) contribute to an
account that is established for paying qualified higher education
expenses of the beneficiary. The tax on earnings attributable to
prepayments or contributions is deferred until the earnings are
distributed from the QSTP. The beneficiary pays tax on the earnings at
the time of distribution. If amounts saved through a QSTP are used to
pay for college, the student or the student’s parents still may
be eligible to claim either the Hope Scholarship Credit or the Lifetime
Learning Credit.
STATE TUITION PLANS 2
This independent site offers info on "Saving for College with Section
529 Plans" and provides a rating for each state. Between this and the
site above, you should get a good idea of what may work.
STUDENT LOANS
LINK: A commercial site
with good info.
STUDENT LOAN:
This free site has a "Loan Locator" which allows you to put
in your specifics and it then compares up to 12
different loans.
STUDENT LOAN INFORMATION
LINK: A commercial site but had
good info.
STUDENT
LOAN CONSOLIDATOR The US Government is
reducing the rates on your federal loans
STUDENT LOAN
LOCATOR Lost track of your loans? Find out how
much you owe and who you owe it to
STUDY ABROAD
You can find country specific details, hundreds of articles on
international education, apply online for information on a specific
course or multiple courses, and search for universities and colleges
either by your chosen country, academic level, or course of study.
STUDY GUIDE
A comprehensive resource for students from the Learning Center of
University of St. Thomas.
TAX BENEFITS
FOR EDUCATION: . Internal Revenue Service. Publication 970
TEXTBOOK LINK: Compare
prices quickly
TEXTBOOK LINK: Sell
or Trade College Books
TRADE SCHOOL LINK:
Trade-schools.net has a complete listing
of trade schools (duh) as well as colleges and universities.
UNIVERSITY
Over 6600 Links to Higher Educational Institutions in 170 Countries
US
DEPT. OF EDUCATION 2003- 2004 STUDENT GUIDE TO FINANCIAL AID This
website explains student financial aid programs the U.S. Department of
Education’s Federal Student Aid (FSA) office administers.
WEST VIRGINIA COLLEGE LINK:
WORLD
LOCATIONS : Colleges and Universities
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