Category Archives: College Planning

College: Planning for college sucks

I investigate the college planning and financial aid application process over the past three weeks. I am not impressed with the complexity and olanning involved. We add two mistakes to avoid and one article we recommend you read as you start your college preparation journey.

Education: San Francisco’s college savings program for kindergartners grows up

We discuss San Francisco’s first in the nation program to automatically start a college savings account for every kindergartener, and the success of that program in encouraging high school students to attend college.

Finance: What helps you most with FAFSA?

In today’s piece, we’ll cover the combination of income and assets that best helps you with FAFSA (Free Application for Federal Student Aid). Those can include parents income, parents assets, students income, and students assets.