FAP252: Stuck in an elevator, college admissions, jobs, firefighter scholarship, interview with Joe from the Sales Roundup Podcast, Navi Redd

So, I got stuck in the elevator today for an hour. Enjoy the soundseeing tour. The cover art for today is a picture of said elevator.

Student Financial Aid News
+ Leading off with podsafe music today because of an obsession from college
+ This show is being recorded in an elevator…
+ Continuing a recent trend, applications to colleges were up again in 2005, following a slight dip the previous year. More than 70 percent of colleges reported increases in applications, according to the 2006 “State of College Admission� report, by the National Association for College Admission Counseling.
+ The Department of Education on Friday ordered every state to explain how it will have 100 percent of its core teachers qualified — belatedly — in the 2006-07 school year.
+ In the meantime, some states face the loss of federal aid because they didn’t make enough effort to comply on time, officials said.
+ They are Alaska, Delaware, Idaho, Iowa, Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska, North Carolina and Washington, plus the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico.
+ Nearly 80 percent of undergraduates work while attending college, according to a brief report released today by the American Council on Education.
+ Using federal data, researchers found that, on average, students spend 30 hours per week at their jobs, and 23 percent of full-time students work 35 or more hours per week while in college.
+ Paying college expenses and earning spending money are the main reasons students say they work, mostly in off-campus jobs.
+ They also cite parental expectations: 63 percent of working dependent students say their parents expect them to work while in college.
+ One surprise noted in the study was that many affluent students also work long hours while in college.

Scholarship Update
+ Since they were nice enough to get me out of the elevator, a directory of scholarships for firefighters and families
+ Over $10,000,000 in assistance
+ Not just scholarships
+ State by state guide
+ Detailed information at our web site, StudentScholarshipSearch.com

Focus on Financial Aid
+ Audio from Joe from the Sales Roundup Podcast
+ FAFSA online applications at FAFSAonline.com
+ Stafford federal student loans at StaffordLoan.com
+ Parent loans at ParentPLUSLoan.com
+ Private student loans at AlternativeStudentLoan.com
+ Thanks to Joe from the Sales Roundup Podcast
+ And also to John Wall from The M Show

Podsafe Music
+ Navi Redd, Two beds and a coffee machine
+ Navi Redd, The Chant
+ Music via the Podsafe Music Network
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Reminders
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+ Private student loans available at any time - visit AlternativeStudentLoan.com
+ Stafford federal student loans at StaffordLoan.com
+ Student loan consolidation at StudentLoanConsolidator.com
+ FAFSA form tutorials and free help at FAFSAonline.com
+ Financial Aid Podcast Show Notes at FinancialAidPodcast.com.
+ The Financial Aid Podcast is a publication of the Student Loan Network.

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