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How to Pay "Wholesale" for College [Smithtown Public Library]

FREE College Planning Workshop:  Insider tips, strategies for "Forgotten Middle class" families with college bound teens, stressed about how they'll possibly afford to pay for college.

Topics include:

  • Which savings accounts penalize you more than others in the financial aid formulas...and which do not count against you at all

  • How six-figure-earning families - even millionaires - can get tuition discounts of 45% or more

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  • 11th hour "fixes" if you've saved in the wrong places

  • How to choose schools STRATEGICALLY - not based only on the rear window stickers of cars in your neighborhood

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  • How to negotiate with a college

  • The strange truth about who REALLY gets merit scholarships

  • How to avoid the biggest mistake parents make  in the financial aid process

  • More!

  • Space is limited, these workshops frequently are "standing room only."

    For more information (including previous workshop attendees’ reviews) and to pre-register, go to:  CollegeFinanceWorkshop.com

    Andrew Lockwood specializes in helping “Forgotten Middle Class” families pay for college without going bankrupt of having to eat mac ‘n cheese every night.  He publishes The Pay ‘Wholesale for College Success Bulletin newsletter, wrote How to Pay “Wholesale” for College and hosted the radio show The College Planning Power Hour on ESPN Radio in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida.  He is a “late stage” college finance consultant in Planview, New York.  For more information, visit AndyLockwood.com.



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