Paying for College Without Going Broke

Speaker: Paula Bishop, Financial Aid for College Advisor
Tuesday, April 25, 2023 at 6:00pm via Zoom: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85773062539?pwd=dE5KaWU2aCs3Y3FENHBCalpUb01Ndz09

This session will provide a good understanding of how the financial aid system works and how to determine how much aid you qualify for.  For students (and parents) in 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th grades.  It will also provide answers to common questions such as:

•    How does the financial aid system work? 
•    Do we qualify for financial aid?
•    How do colleges determine aid?
•    How to complete the FAFSA and CSS Profile financial aid forms?
•    How can we estimate financial aid we might receive?
•    How can we find colleges that give the most aid?  
•    Is there anything we can do to enhance our chances for financial aid? 
•    How can we get scholarships?
•    How do 529 plans and the GET program work?
•    We haven’t saved enough, what do we do?

This session will provide a good understanding of how the financial aid system works and how to determine how much aid you qualify for.  For students (and parents) in 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th grades.  

Paula is a CPA who specializes in helping families develop strategies to pay for their children’s college education.  She holds a finance degree from the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania and an MBA from the University of California, Berkeley. She is a member of the Washington Society of CPAs and the National College Advocacy Group (NCAG) whose mission is to provide education and resources for college planning professionals, students and families.

Additional information can be found at: www.paulabishop.com