FAP915: FAFSA, GI Bill, Scholarship Points, Mail Bag, Free Stuff
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Weekly Financial Aid Roundup
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.
Also, Scholarship Points referral points awards will be going from 20 points per referral to 30 points.
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FAP913: Income based repayment, Canada, and free stuff
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Weekly Financial Aid Roundup
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 …

FAP911: Student credit cards, Congressional hearings, Jonathan Coulton
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Weekly Financial Aid Roundup
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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FAP910: Making money, free tuition colleges, student lending
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Weekly Financial Aid Roundup
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 …

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 …

FAP908: Comparing student loans, Selective Service, Free stuff, Bob Gentry
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Weekly Financial Aid Roundup
A new article looking at the differences in interest rates for various graduate student loans over at GradLoans.com.
Scholarship Update
National Geographic’s Galapagos Exploration award, plus ScholarshipPoints.com drawings in just 6 days.
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FAP907: Free scholarships book giveaway, Earth day free stuff
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Weekly Financial Aid Roundup

The show turned 4 years old this week!
Sallie Mae’s student loan proposal – a review.

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FAP905: Free healthcare, appealing for even more financial aid
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Weekly Financial Aid Roundup
Breaking: updated rules for appealing for financial aid.
Scholarship Update
We gave away $10,000 this week. Jonathan J. Olson – University of Iowa was drawn. Here’s the catch: Members of Scholarship Points have to confirm that they’ve won. If you don’t respond in 3 days, we move to the next runner up.
Also this week, a Hispanic MBA scholarship.
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Daily Aid 106: Pell Grants For Year Round Students
Student Financial Aid News
Nothing clever here for April Fool’s Day. However, if you don’t already have free antivirus software for Windows, you may want to check out AVG Free Antivirus.
Oddly, not a lot of real news either! Perhaps everyone’s taking the day off from news reporting and the serious stories are being held until tomorrow. Well, there’s always Google’s April Fool’s joke.
Scholarship Update
ThinkIntern scholarship: How will you and your generation become the leaders of tomorrow? In 140 characters or less, tell us …

FAP903: How to ask for more money from your financial aid office
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Weekly Financial Aid Roundup
Online degrees and community college costs.
How much should you borrow in student loans?
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