FAP916: Student loan payment changes, online degrees

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Online degree effectiveness.

Decline in scholarship funding.

Student credit cards take another hit.

Scholarship Update

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Operation Homefront.

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Income Based Repayment kicks off.

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Cloud Star foldable water bowl.

10 free patriotic songs from Amazon.

Forbes magazine.

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FAP915: FAFSA, GI Bill, Scholarship Points, Mail Bag, Free Stuff

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Changes to the FAFSA.

Changes to Veterans benefits.

Scholarship Points Update

We’re getting ready to start revamping Scholarship Points. Add your thoughts about what’s working and what’s not. We’re going Seth Godin Tribes style here.

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Scholarship Update

Scholarship seekers and Internet enthusiasts alike are going to love Microsoft’s newest campaign, Create Your own Internet PSA. Can you think of an affliction or problem that Internet Explorer 8 can solve? Can you create a really fun acronym for said affliction? Then you’re halfway there. Now you just need to film your own Public Service Announcement (PSA) and you’ll be entered for a chance to win a $2,500 scholarship!

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Mail Bag

In the mail bag this week: Carol asks about scholarships. Marilyn asks about grad school. Jason asks about post-bac.

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Yoplait Whips.

Tasters Choice Coffee Stick.

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Digital Photo Pro Magazine and HD VIdeo Pro Magazine.

Kiplingers Personal Finance Magazine.

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$10,000 from the Student Loan Network.

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With no show last Friday due to travel, I wanted to take some time to answer the mailbag rather than make people wait.

Carol writes:

I just read your e-book on finding scholarships. My son is finishing his sophomore year in HS. Is it really appropriate to be applying for scholarships now, when he hasn’t even applied yet to college and doesn’t know where he is going? I didn’t realize they awarded scholarships to younger students. Carol in NH

Even if the scholarships aren’t necessarily open, it’s a great idea to identify ones he is or will be eligible for. That said, there are plenty of scholarships for as early as 4th grade. Try the procedures in the book and see how they work for him!

Marilyn writes:

I am a parent who listens alot since I have 2 gilrs in school. I really appreciate your sight. First off, my girls have Stafford Loans since 2005.and they are going to grad school Should they be contacting the dept of ed for lower rates? Secondly for this past year, 2008-2009, I have a plus loan at 8.5% and I have just started paying.on it. Is it possible to get that reduced?My dauhter is starting vet school and I cat find many scholarships……any ideas..in state 35000$ a year….help.. Marilyn in St. Louis

The girls going to grad school will automatically get the lower Stafford loan rates as the loans are certified - no need to worry about the grad school ones. The existing loans are either variable for the 2005 ones (and first half of 2006) which auto-adjust, and ones after that are fixed rate based on rates at the time of disbursement.

For PLUS loan rates, you can knock off 0.25% if you consolidate the PLUS loan, as student loan consolidation has a maximum statutory rate of 8.25%. Beyond that, unfortunately, there are no rate reductions available, at least for now. If the government succeeds in eliminating the federal student loan companies as the President has declared, there probably won’t ever be rate reductions available again.

For vet school - plenty of scholarships. Have you tried our free Scholarship Search Secrets eBook?

Jason writes:

Hi, I am taking some CS courses at Georgia State University post-baccalaureate to increase my chances of admission to a CS graduate program and also to ease the transition back to school (since I didn’t go straight to graduate school).

My question for you is: what are the best, if any, scholarship opportunities for post-bac students such as myself.

Jason in Georgia

Good question - have you checked out GSU’s site for post-bac awards?

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FAP914: Student credit cards, interest rates, Over Again

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Student loan consolidation and Treasury Bills

Scholarship Update

AORN Foundation Scholarship Program. To provide scholarships to students who are pursuing a career in perioperative nursing and to registered nurses who are interested in and committed to perioperative nursing to continue their education by pursuing a bachelor’s, master’s or doctoral degree in nursing or a
complementary field. The number of awards and amount of the awards will be determined annually. Awards are not renewable. The scholarships will be applied to educational expenses including tuition, fees and books. Winners will be required to submit grades and invoices for these allowable expenses corresponding to each semester no later than August 1, 2010.

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Eye on the Economy

Jobs and college degrees

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More details on student credit cards.

Free Stuff Friday

22 free songs from Nylon Magazine in iTunes

Quortek keychain flashlight

100 recycled business cards

Redbox and Picture Me 8×10 portrait

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FAP913: Income based repayment, Canada, and free stuff

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529 plans getting hammered.

Scholarship Update

Scholarships begging for applicants on MySpace.

In the interest of providing additional opportunities to potential students, the Florida Association of Postsecondary Schools and Colleges has once again moved the deadline for submission for a $1,000 or $5,000 Dade Medical College scholarship to June 30th, 2009. There is still more than $130K available for various programs of study at the Miami and Hialeah campuses of the college, including Diagnostic Cardiac Sonography, Diagnostic Medical Ultrasound, General Radiologic Technologist and more.

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Free Stuff Friday

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All National Parks. Visit such parks as the Grand Canyon, Yosemite and Rocky Mountain National Park for absolutely free from June 20-21 (Father’s Day weekend), July 18-19, and August 15-16.

Ending today: underwear from Victoria’s Secret.

Green Hill CD of easy listening.

Report cards for baseball cards.

A small can of smell from Glade.

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FAP912: National sales tax, student loan consequences, Rich Palmer

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Last Friday, the credit card bill was signed into law by President Obama. Farewell, student credit cards as we know them.

California’s kind of imploding, budgetarily-speaking.

Consequences of CCRAA and anti-FFEL legislation surfacing now.

Figuring out that you can’t spend what you don’t have, Congress looks at a national sales tax to make every part of your life 10% more expensive.

Scholarship Update

We’re nearing the end of the month. Make sure you’re a participating member of Scholarship Points, as we draw our $1,000 and $2,500 scholarships on or about May 31, 2009.

Also, I’m giving out to podcast listeners and followers a sneak preview of the 6th edition of Scholarship Search Secrets, our free eBook. This version has two new secrets that are relatively advanced, plus some edits and updates.

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Mail Bag

Mary on Twitter asked about the pros and cons of student loans

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Small coffee at Borders 5/28-5/31

Yogi tea sample

Sopapillas or a bowl of queso at On The Border

Lego Club Jr 2 year membership

Bottle opener from Blue Moon Brewing

From July 13th – July 17th, Baskin-Robbins is giving all Do Something members free Soft Serve.

MCA screwdriver set

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FAP911: Student credit cards, Congressional hearings, Jonathan Coulton

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Goodbye, student credit cards.

A perspective on student loan programs.

Impending bank failures.

Scholarship Update

Google has a photo contest running. $7,500. Details at our free college scholarship search site.

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Special Report: The Student Loan Reform Congressional Hearing

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Notes and comments from the hearing.

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You know how special you guys are, listeners of the Financial Aid Podcast? The House Committee on Education and Labor knows you by name. I got an email from the Committee last night.

From George Miller and the House Committee on Education and Labor:

On Thursday, May 21, the House Education and Labor Committee will hold a hearing to examine proposals that will make historic increases in college aid by enacting reforms that will make the nation’s federal student loan programs more reliable, effective and efficient for students, families and taxpayers.

One of the proposals the committee will examine is President Obama’s FY 2010 budget proposal, which would increase the Pell Grant scholarship and other forms of student aid by almost $100 billion over ten years – and at no cost to taxpayers. The President’s plan would be paid for by ending the subsidies the federal government currently pays to lenders in the federally-guaranteed student loan programs and re-directing those savings back into additional aid for low- and middle-income students.

Congressman Miller and his staff have invited you, Financial Aid Podcast listeners, to tune in for a live video Webcast of the event on Thursday morning at 10 AM Eastern.

Click here on Thursday morning to tune in. If your computer has trouble playing the broadcast, install the free VLC software.

Regardless of your politics, it’s so very cool that a Congressional committee is reaching out to you, the listeners of the Financial Aid Podcast. I say it often, but not often enough - thank you for listening and tuning into the show. Without you, none of this - including an acknowledgement of our digital community by COngress - would ever have happened. Thanks for sharing the Financial Aid Podcast with your friends and family.

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FAP910: Making money, free tuition colleges, student lending

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8 colleges with no tuition

Focus on Financial Aid

A compendium of our library.

Before College

Scholarship Search Secrets - eBook and video detailing how to use Google and other free tools to find scholarships

Finding Financial Aid - a short eBook outlining the overall financial aid process

Applying To College

FAFSA Guide eBook - a guide to the Free Application for Federal Student Aid, or FAFSA, with line-by-line help

How To Read Financial Aid Award Letters - a guide to decoding the award letter and determining what aid you’ll receive

In College

How To Find Cheap Textbooks - a guide to saving as much money as possible on expensive college textbooks

Personal Finance First Aid Kit - a guide to helping you manage your budget quickly and easily

After College

How to Write a Killer Cover Letter - a guide to an essential part of the job hunting process

Credit Card Debt Reduction Plan - a guide to reducing your credit card bills

All of our eBooks are free and free to distribute. If you know of any groups, organizations, clubs, or offices on campus that would especially benefit from these guides, please give them away.

Beer Money

Go make some money with other people’s free stuff.

Rant

Is college a lemon?

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Scholarship Update

The mission of the Ohio Travel Association Scholarship Grant is to foster the travel and tourism/hospitality related education of an Ohio student and thereby promote professionalism within the industry. A $1,000 scholarship will be granted to a qualified, full-time (12 or more credit hours) student after the completion of their freshman year (36 hours completed (quarter system)/30 hours completed (semester system) with a minimum 2.5 GPA) and may be renewed for the following two years. As part of the scholarship program, the recipient will be invited to various OTA events throughout the year. Deadline is June 15, 2009.

Details at our free college scholarship search site.

Plus our next $10,000 scholarship.

Free Stuff Friday

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Bag of popcorn from Yahoo

Mobile phone case from Celltonica

Free album from Coldplay

Saturday, May 30 is free ice cream day at Walmart

Light smoothie at Orange Julius

CD from River Lee Jazz Band

DiGiorno Pizza Flatbread Melts

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It’s that time of year again - the end of the semester, graduation, and free stuff.

Lots of free stuff.

Take a look at your local Craigslist, especially if you live anywhere near a college or university. If you’re in the City of Boston, for example, you can’t sneeze without hitting a college.

Start looking through all the free listings in the area for items that might be of value to someone - furniture, electronics, etc. You’ll find, especially in larger cities, that there are plenty of students who are moving back home for the summer or after graduation that have large items they just don’t want to ship.

Here’s two ways to earn some money with other people’s stuff.

1. The obvious: find free stuff in good condition - especially smaller stuff - and resell it. You can use eBay, Craigslist, or whatever avenue you want. If you have the ability to store and save stuff, all the better. Take the same goods you’re getting from college students in the spring, hold them over the summer, and resell them to students (you know students need them, obviously) in the fall.

2. If you itemize your tax deductions each year, this is an ongoing opportunity to save yourself a ton of money. With a car or truck and a few gallons of gas, find and collect free stuff like clothes, furniture, and other goods needed by local homeless and transitional shelters in your area. Scoop up the goods, then bring them to your local community centers that accept donations, collect your tax receipts, and save huge on your 2010 taxes. Your community will benefit, the people most in need will benefit, and you’ll benefit.

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