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Deferred?

Uncategorized Feb 03, 2023
 
Deferred?
 
What your kiddo should do if he was deferred by his top choice college
 

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College Financial Federal Student Aid FAQ Live Session (2022)

Uncategorized Dec 26, 2022
 

In this Episode:

College Financial Federal Student Aid. The day before the FAFSA's release, college advisors Pearl and Andy Lockwood field an hour's worth of questions about the FAFSA, CSS Profile, financial aid, merit aid, and more in this live, unscripted video.

 

  ABOUT LOCKWOOD COLLEGE PLANNING

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Award-winning college consultants Andy and Pearl Lockwood are leading experts at getting students into their dream school, college or university, at discount tuition prices. That includes financial aid, college applications & admissions, scholarships, merit scholarships, merit aid, FAFSA, Ivy League, the business of college, and well, you get the idea. Andy coaches college-bound teens in choosing majors & careers, planning into a college list, then strategizing how to maximize chances of admission. He also helps families eligible for financial aid or scholarships, and negotiates with colleges for more money. He's the author of "How to Negotiate Your C...

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Child Savings Account Penalized on FAFSA?

Uncategorized Dec 19, 2022
 

In this episode:

How our child savings accounts penalized on the FAFSA for Covid Widows and Survivors? College advisor Andy Lockwood recently gave a seminar for widows and survivors of spouses who passed away from Covid. This video summarizes some of the questions he received on how to treat life insurance proceeds sent to the child, how FAFSA treats them and strategies to legally "shelter" those proceeds from the FAFSA and CSS Profile

 ABOUT LOCKWOOD COLLEGE PLANNING

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Award-winning college consultants Andy and Pearl Lockwood are leading experts at getting students into their dream school, college or university, at discount tuition prices. That includes financial aid, college applications & admissions, scholarships, merit scholarships, merit aid, FAFSA, Ivy League, the business of college, and well, you get the idea. Andy coaches college-bound teens in choosing majors & careers, planning into a college list, then strategizing how to maximize chance...

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The Inconvenient, Surprising Truth About the 529

Uncategorized Nov 28, 2022
 

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đź•’ In This Video:

College advisor Andy Lockwood answers the question, "Is the 529 college savings account good or bad for financial aid?"


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ABOUT LOCKWOOD COLLEGE PLANNING
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Award-winning college consultants Andy and Pearl Lockwood are leading experts at getting students into their dream school, college or university, at discount tuition prices. That includes financial aid, college applications & admissions, scholarships, merit scholarships, merit aid, FAFSA, Ivy League, the business of college, and well, you get the idea.

Andy coaches coll...

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What to Do When The Financial Aid Office Gets it WRONG!

Uncategorized Nov 21, 2022
 

Originally an episode of College Coffee Talk (Mondays 9am EST, facebook.com/lockwoodcollegeprep), college consultants Pearl and Andy Lockwood discuss:

-What's happening with financial aid for Class of 2022 seniors

-When a financial aid office gets things wrong

-How to appeal/negotiate a financial aid and merit award

-Horrible screw up by a guidance counselor

-Strong advice for rising seniors (Class of 2023)

đź’» USEFUL RESOURCES:

â–¸ https://www.LockwoodCollegePrep.com/
â–¸ https://www.LockwoodCollegePrep.com/blog
â–¸ https://www.youtube.com/c/AndyLockwood/

📌 Want even more college admission tips? Subscribe to This Channel:
https://www.youtube.com/c/AndyLockwoo...

đź“– Get the best-selling book on financial aid for college planning:
https://amzn.to/3xSGc7V

ABOUT LOCKWOOD COLLEGE PLANNING
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Award-winning college consultants Andy and Pearl Lockwood are leading experts at getting students into their dream school, college or university, at discount tuition prices....

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How to Pay For College: FAFSA, CSS Profile

Uncategorized Nov 16, 2022
 

Good eeeeeeve-a-ning......

Are you starring in your own horror movie?

If the thought of paying for college makes you feel like you're "starring in your own horror movie"..

...You know, where everyone in the theater knows what's going to happen - the actor is about to "get it"when she finds herself in a basement, attic or other abandoned site...

....and hesitantly, stupidly, walks toward some creepy noise (instead of getting the heck outta there!)....

...then pauses, deciding what to do, only to inexplicably open the dark, creaky door, then...

Aaaaaaaaarrrrrrrgggggggggghhhhhhh!!!!!!!

She comes face to face with the monster!

Are YOU that actor?

Financial aid "season" is here, and the monster is the criminally insane price of college!

But you have one, last chance...we can rescue you from certain doom!

This episode of the College Planning Edge was originally aired as a live (yet undead) webinar on October 13, 2021, titled, How to Avoid Getting Spooked by the High Cost of Colleg...

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Don’t Let Colleges Rob You Blind! Financial Aid Tips

Uncategorized Nov 07, 2022
Lockwood College Prep
Don’t Let Colleges Rob You Blind! Financial Aid Tips
31:50
 

FREE Guide at 👉https://www.LockwoodCollegePrep.com/h... - How financial aid works and how to get enough so that you can pay for college comfortably without cutting back on your lifestyle or casting a college debt anchor around your kid's - or your - neck for decades

đź’» USEFUL RESOURCES:

▸ https://www.LockwoodCollegePrep.com/ 

▸ https://www.LockwoodCollegePrep.com/blog 

▸ https://www.youtube.com/c/AndyLockwood/ 

📌 Want even more college admission tips?

Subscribe to This Channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/AndyLockwoo...

đź“– Get the best-selling book on financial aid for college planning: https://amzn.to/3xSGc7V

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College Admissions Results

Uncategorized Oct 31, 2022
Lockwood College Prep
College Admissions Results
20:05
 

In this post:

College advisor Andy Lockwood shares his thoughts on admissions results for the class of 2022 and what they mean for the class of 2023 and beyond!

 

More info at LockwoodCollegePrep.com

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Here’s What You Should Be Doing In October

Uncategorized Oct 24, 2022
 
Eavesdrop on college advisor Andy Lockwood advise his private clients in a monthly, private webinar about what class of 2023, 2024 and younger kids need to know about:
 
*Looming Early Decision and Early Action deadlines
 
*The status of loan forgiveness applications
 
*"Good" extracurricular activities vs "bad" ones
 
SAT and ACT prep
 
More!

 

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10 College Admissions and Financial Aid Results Mistakes to Avoid (2022)

Uncategorized Oct 17, 2022
Lockwood College Prep
10 College Admissions and Financial Aid Results Mistakes to Avoid (2022)
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In Today's Post:

College advisor summarizes 10 self-imposed obstacles that causes families with college-bound teens to fail to get in where they want, and to fail at financial aid and scholarships.

USEFUL RESOURCES: ▸ https://www.LockwoodCollegePrep.com/ ▸ https://www.LockwoodCollegePrep.com/blog ▸ https://www.youtube.com/c/AndyLockwood/

📖 Get the best-selling book on financial aid for college planning: https://amzn.to/3xSGc7V

ABOUT LOCKWOOD COLLEGE PLANNING ==================================

Award-winning college consultants Andy and Pearl Lockwood are leading experts at getting students into their dream school, college or university, at discount tuition prices. That includes financial aid, college applications & admissions, scholarships, merit scholarships, merit aid, FAFSA, Ivy League, the business of college, and well, you get the idea. Andy coaches college-bound teens in choosing majors & careers, planning into a college list, then strategizing how to maximize chances of admi...

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