FAP627: Planning for the 2008 FAFSA, Fraternities, Becca Loebe Live

Student Financial Aid News
+ Chronicle: To cut costs, the Department of Education will stop shipping the FAFSA in bulk paper orders.
+ MacWorld reports that college students now have greater interest in buying an iPhone after the $200 price drop
+ IHE: an unusual decision from a federal appeals court on Thursday is challenging conventional wisdom. The decision upheld the right of a public college — the College of Staten Island, of the City University of New York — to deny recognition to a fraternity because it doesn’t let women become members. In ruling as it did, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit found that the college’s anti-bias rules served an important state function — and a function that was more important than the limits faced by a fraternity not being recognized.

Scholarship Update
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+ The contest is open to all registered under-graduate college and university students in the United States. First prize is $5,000, second is $2,500, third is $1,500, foruth is $1,000 and two awards of $500 each.
+ Deadline April 2
+ Details at our free college scholarship search site

Focus on Financial Aid
+ With today’s FAFSA news, now is the time to start thinking about your January 2008 FAFSA form.
+ Consult a professional financial planner to structure your 2007 taxes
+ Adjusted gross income counts most of all, so apply focus to that
+ Grab a copy of last year’s forms from FAFSAonline.com to review what will be asked of you
+ Ask questions now – figure out what’s most confusing
+ If you or someone you know is from a low-income family without good broadband internet access, contact us prior to January 1 about booking an appointment @ SLN
+ We’ll see about putting up a video on FAFSAonline.com of the entire process
+ Sign up for College Goal Sunday in your area

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+ Live at the Lizard Lounge

Reminders

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+ Student loan consolidation at StudentLoanConsolidator.com
+ FAFSA tutorials and free help
+ Financial Aid Podcast Show Notes at FinancialAidNews.com.
+ The Financial Aid Podcast is a publication of the Student Loan Network.

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