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Not all loans are good loans! Excessive student loan debt could delay or derail your future plans! We encourage all families to seek advice and exercise great caution when considering student loans. Please read this important consumer advisory on student loans from the Scholarship Foundation of St. Louis. Before you take out any loan, please read Student Loans: What you should Know!
Financial Aid Basics:
This workbook helps students and families identify human resources for navigating the college and financial aid processes; understand the financial resources (federal, state, and private) available to help pay for college; recognize the importance of affordability and reduced debt burden for the student; and determine helpful steps to take in navigating this process.
FAFSA:
This workbook provides information on the why, what, when, how of FAFSA; it seeks to demystify the process of applying for financial aid, answer Frequently Asked Questions regarding the form, prepare students and parents for completing the form, and show multiple screenshots of the online version to become familiar with the form. In addition, this workbook provides a checklist of information needed to complete the FAFSA and a dependency checklist allowing students to determine their dependency status.
Financial Aid Award Letters:
This workbook seeks to help students and families make informed and conscientious decisions regarding financial aid by providing detailed information on reading, understanding, and comparing the financial aid packages offered to students. This book and its supplements, the comparison worksheets, demonstrate for families how to compare, as well as the importance of comparing aid when making a final decision:
Completed Comparison Worksheet: Demonstrates for students and families how the worksheet is meant to be used and provides an example of the importance of comparing awards.
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