- Two-Year or Four-Year School?
- If Funds Are Low... Start at a Two-Year School, Then Transfer to a Four-Year School
- College Planning Services
- Cost and Inflation
- The Federal Student Aid Web site, http://studentaid.ed.gov, has free college planning resources including information on federal student financial aid, a Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) forecaster form, a college matching tool, and a college savings calculator.
- The College Board has a student search service that helps match your child to colleges. The Web site also contains a scholarship search that enables students to search for private and public scholarships, get a detailed cost of different colleges and universities and scholarship information, and calculate their family's Expected Family Contribution. The Scholarship Search feature is available at www.collegeboard.org.
- Petersons has a service to match a college to your child's goals and aspirations, as well as a scholarship search feature. These services can be found at www.petersons.com.
- The Princeton Review is a resource that can help your child search for the right college or graduate school, as well as assist him or her in planning a career. Your child should check out the Web site at www.princetonreview.com.
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