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College Financial Aid “Secrets” Revealed 1 Credit

Mar 19, 2024, 11:30 AM ET

College Financial Aid “Secrets” Revealed 1 Credit

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Mar 19, 2024, 11:30 AM ET

Learning Objective

  • To analyze the financial aid system and learn how to maximize what your student can receive.
  • To identify the 529 basics and eligibility.
  • To determine how to find the best college matches.
  • To discuss some tips for divorced and separated families.
  • To discuss how to help families pay for higher education, and learn financial aid policies and strategies for reducing the cost of education through thoughtful planning techniques.

Course Overview

Parents of college-bound teens who are STRESSED out about paying for – and getting into – a top college owe it to themselves to attend this CPE webinar.  

This information is geared toward helping business owners, middle-class families, and others who mistakenly assume they cannot qualify for anything and lack clarity and confidence that they are looking at the right colleges for their children, whether or not they can get in, and have questions about the VALUE of today’s “hot” colleges.

Major topics covered in this webinar:

  • How to negotiate with colleges
  • Did you advise your client where to save for college
  • What to do at the 11th hour if you’ve saved in the wrong places
  • The counter-intuitive reason why an expensive private college can cost less than a so-called "cheaper" state university
  • The strange reason why high-income families have an edge when it comes to getting aid from colleges
  • Which types of savings accounts do NOT penalize you at all in the financial aid formulas
  • How an affluent family negotiated an extra $38,000 -- per year -- from the University of Pennsylvania...after Penn's so-called "final offer"
  • The 529 Savings Plan:  "friend" or "foe"
  • Legal "loopholes" business owners can use to unlock cash buried in their businesses
  • Why your high school's guidance department or "College Night" might SABOTAGE children's odds of admission or getting aid
  • Tips for divorced and separated families

In this CPE course, we will discuss how high-income families can comfortably afford college during these turbulent times without scrimping their lifestyle or raiding their retirement savings. 

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Course Level

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Instructional Method

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Group Internet Based

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About Instructor

Andrew Lockwood
Andrew Lockwood

Founder, Lockwood College Prep

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I help high income business owners, student-athlete and other families get into America's best colleges and save 52.4% or more off "sticker price" - even if they think that they can't possibly qualify for anything.

I do not offer photoshopping or bribing services.

REAL SERVICES -Our approach is different than guidance counselors and other college consultants.

I coach teens through the college selection, application and essays process - after I identify each student's "wiring" and what that can translate into re: a place in the world for them *post-college,* where they can love what they do for a living (i.e. doesn't feel like work) AND get off mom and dad's "full ride" scholarship. :)

80% of college students switch majors, 50% of college graduates are UNDERemployed -- working in jobs that do not require a college degree -- and student debt is more than 1.6 Trillion. 

Which is why "winging it" or "hoping" isn't a winning strategy!

Each year, I personally mentor a select group of motivated, coachable students, who get into schools like Harvard, Yale, Stanford, U Michigan, UVA, etc. as well as community colleges and other "regular" colleges. 

Ironically, I don't care where they attend college; I have no other agenda than helping kids become as successful as possible, no matter what college they attend.

Most kids, parents and guidance counselors focus on the FOUR years of schooling instead of the 40= years that college ostensibly prepares you for. Not to mention the school's rank (easily manipulated), whether it has the "rah-rah" factor and whether you had a good "feel" when you visited (what the hell does that mean?)

What about quality of education? Internships? On-campus recruiting? 

FINANCIAL AID AND SCHOLARSHIPS - I prepare financial aid forms, advise on how to improve eligibility for need-based aid and identify merit scholarships for "regular" and highly credentialed kids alike.

BACK STORY - I attended Wesleyan University and St John's Law School. My father was a disabled freelance photographer who was not good at paperwork. I racked up more than $100K in student debt, I could have qualified for much more assistance. That's how this profession found me.

Kids today graduate with 3x or even 5x what amassed. But this is easily avoidable if you PLAN.

NEXT STEPS: If you want to learn more about our approach, visit, www.LockwoodCollegePrep.com. There's a place on that page to book a call with me, if interested. (I don't check messages here or on any social media platforms.)

Hope to speak to you soon.

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Catherine Mccray, CPA (US)

For many Americans paying for college is a struggle. The instructor provided excellent advice/resources on how to assist our clients with pre-college financial planning and beyond.

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Rory Oconnor, CPA (US)

Never knew there were so many nuances to the financial aid process but glad I do now. The presenter was informative and engaging throughout.

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