Q&A: Where to Start With College Planning, FAFSA & Understanding Your SAI
Feeling overwhelmed by college planning and have no idea where to start? You're definitely not the only parent asking that question.
In this month's Old College Try Q&A, Matt Carpenter and Peg Keough tackle three questions that get to the heart of paying for college: where families should start when everything feels overwhelming, whether you should still file the FAFSA when tuition is already covered by a scholarship, and what your Student Aid Index (SAI) actually means.
The biggest theme? Start with the money before you fall in love with the college. Building a realistic four-year budget…
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