I uploaded last week's webinar on the New Rules of Financial Aid  to our podcast,  The College Planning Edge. 

(Yes, I too have a podcast.)

The changes affect families applying for aid next year, who have more than child in college at the same time, as well as divorced families and small business owners.  

I'll be blunt:  most of the new rules are pretty sucky.  But some of the other ones ain't all bad, like the ones covering grandparents who help pay for college, and parents who contribute to their retirement accounts.

I also predicted delays and confusion surrounding the entire process.  That will be fun.  Not.

Here's where you can listen to this episode, and the tips and strategies I offered to cope...

...and get your hands on the financial aid and scholarships you deserve to take a bite out of the insane cost of college!

POCAST EPISODE

- Andy "Long Time Listener, First Time Caller" Lockwood

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There's a not-so-silent financial aid killer, lurking in the shadows, awaiting hapless families looking to apply for college financial aid this year.

This assassin appears to have targeted middle class and upper middle class families with college-bound kids.

Who-slash-what is this criminal?

The federal Department of Education.  The Department has revamped its financial aid eligibility rules for the first time in 40 years.  The press has called these changes "tectonic."

I call them, "sh-tty."

Parden my francais, but I calls 'em like I sees 'em.  And in a few minutes, I'll be doing just that when we go live:

I'm doing a last-minute, quickie webinar on the changes -- and my thoughts and strategies on how to cope -- if you're applying for financial aid this year and beyond.

Here's some of what's on tap tonight:

*Rules changes for families with more than one child in college

*Rules changes for business owners

*Rules changes for divorced families

*Rules changes for how...