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Part II – Be a GREAT high school student: The best strategy for lowering higher education costs

As we previously noted in ‘Be a GREAT high school student: The best strategy for lowering higher education costs, Ivy League insitutions continue replace grant aid for loans for Low-Income Students’. The latest Ivy to do so is Columbia University.
Columbia announced today that it will replace loans with grants for undergraduates from [...] Continue reading

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529 Plans set to lift off as 2010 expiration date overhang is lifted

These are the the wise words of Jim Boyle, President of College Parents of America, that always seem to elicit a smile whenever he speaks to a group of parents of younger children. Here are some of Jim’s other comments:
“I guess the simplicity of the line, and the fact that [...] Continue reading

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Who Needs Harvard?

This is the August 21st cover story of Time Magazine. The article notes that ‘competition for the Ivies is as fierce as ever, but kids who look beyond the famous schools may be the smartest applicants of all’.
This is excellent advice. Many students will greatly benefit by flourishing at a smaller [...] Continue reading

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Now a consumer minded online broker (SogoInvest) also exists!

401kid was created with the consumer in mind. Namely, we provide education savings plans at a low cost; we do not compromise our objectivity by accepting fees from investment managers; and we offer clients access to superior techology.
SogoInvest is a like-minded, consumer-conscious company. Genesis Securities, through its new [...] Continue reading

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