What a College Grant is

Wednesday, July 15th, 2009

What is a Grant?

A giving of funds for a specific purpose: federal grants for medical research
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

…requires no repayment as long as it is used to fund the project for which it was allocated. Grants can be given to individuals, non-profit or not-for-profit companies, charitable organizations, or [...]

Scholarships unclaimed or unavailable

Monday, July 13th, 2009

Unclaimed Scholarships not available
Before it was ample amounts of unclaimed scholarships. But if you have been reading my post and paying attention to consumer and financial news you have heard about increases in college tuition. Increases in tuition causes increases in so many other areas:
financial stress
student loans
Pell Grants*
Tuition Stress
First and foremost in an increase in [...]

Scholarships and ways to pay for college

Tuesday, July 7th, 2009

New Scholarships, college money and funding
Since we are rapidly approaching a new school year or academic calender, new scholarships and college tuition funding are needed. So for the purpose of this blog I thought I would focus on the ever so popular FAFSA. Three issues that commonly occur with the FAFSA you don’t qualify for [...]