Educating Yourself When It Comes to Paying for College

By Erik Fischer / November 26, 2019

Saving for retirement is a challenge. Figuring out how to pay for your kids’ college while trying to save for retirement is a much more difficult challenge.  College is a…

How to Check Your Admissions Probability for College

By Erik Fischer / November 13, 2019

Traditional Strategies for Determining Admission Probability The college search process can be grueling and chaotic; there are just so many possibilities and unknown factors involved. And of course, underscoring this…

Researching Student Loans

By Erik Fischer / November 5, 2019

The Current Student Loan Situation It’s fair to say the student loan environment has…and I believe this is the technical term…gotten completely out of control. As of 2023, total student…

College Planning Alphabet Soup – FAFSA, CSS, EFC, COA

By Erik Fischer / October 30, 2019

Have you ever had a job or been in a business where acronyms seemed to exist in every email subject line, every report, and every team meeting?  Of course, we…

Utilizing the College Board Website for Research

By Erik Fischer / October 22, 2019

Finding Answers to Your College Questions When it comes to preparing for college, there are many important questions that a family has to ask. Here are some of the big…

How to Research Scholarships

By Erik Fischer / October 17, 2019

Figure Out How NOT to Pay for College Funding college is one of the most difficult financial hurdles for any American family.  A college degree, despite changing narratives, is still…

5/29 only comes once a year but there are two types of 529 Plans!

By Erik Fischer / May 31, 2018

Question:  We are starting an account to eventually fund our child’s education, and we have heard that the 529 Savings Plan and the Prepaid College Tuition Plan are the two…