Divorced/separated parents of 

college-bound students-

If you don’t know the system,

get ready to pay more!

Your student will lose college financial aid if you don’t take the time to learn the rules and know what is rrquired of you.  Without proper awareness, you will make mistakes.  Every Divorced/Separated eligible parent I have seen in my twenty years of college financial aid consulting would have missed out on grants and scholarships if they hadn’t come to see me.

“…We had no idea that things were different  for students with divorced parents. It was certainly eye opening to find out that filing your tax return and filing your financial aid forms are quite different in regards to who claims the children as dependants.  We would have missed out on money that was surely needed…  Your guide saved us many times over.” 

Joan Branson

Here’s just a few questions that need answers if you are divorced or separated:

1. Whose information is required to file the FAFSA from?
2. Is the same information required for the CSS Profile? 
3. Do different colleges look at marital status differently?
4. How do I know that my child is getting all that he/she is entitled to receive?
5. My husband claims our children on his taxes. Whose income do we use?
6. We have a divorce decree concerning college. How does that effect my son’s aid package?
7. My husband won’t disclose or give his financial information. How does this hurt us?
8. And the list continues depending on your personal situation…

The difficulty that you face as a divorced/separated parent is in itself stressful enough.  Now you need to address the troubles that come with college admittance.  Most divorced parents tell me that having their child(ren) live through the anxieties of their divorce strikes deep into their heart and that the last thing they need to do is misguide them on what is usually the most important phase of their young lives.

Don’t approach the financial aid process without the knowledge and information that you need to be certain that you are doing everything possible to lower the cost of college and limit the amount of loans that come due upon graduation.  This is important for your comfort as well as your child’s security.   Not knowing the financial aid development process will most certainly cost you in more ways than one. 

Get the Ultimate Guide to College Financial Aid and get the answers you need to steer you down the path to maximizing the grants and scholarships your student is entitled to receive.  You’ll know where you stand and you’ll be able to tackle the financial aid obsticles that are caused by divorce.  This is peace of mind that every parent should have.  Don’t you be the one without it. Download it today.