Tips, Myths, and FAQs: Let’s Talk FAFSA
By: Mike Kelsey It’s January and in Financial Aid Land that means that FAFSA season is in full swing. Whether you’re the parent of a returning student or the parent
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Financial Aid 2011-2012
If you and your student are interested in receiving financial aid for the 2011-2012 school year, the time to fill out your Free Application for Federal Student Aid is here.
“He hadn’t stopped Christmas from coming, it came. Somehow or other, it came just the same!”
By Mike Kelsey The holidays are full of emotion; however, in an effort to slice through the anxiety, some parents take advantage of having their college student on their home
“Money never sleeps, pal.” –(Gordon Gekko, Wall Street, 1987)
By: Mike Kelsey The world has changed quite a bit since 1987. Republican Ronald Reagan was the president, the median household income was $25,000, Gonzaga only had 2100 undergraduate students,
FERPA: “What we’ve got here is a failure to communicate”
FERPA: “What we’ve got here is a failure to communicate” The rules and regulations in the FERPA Act may not be as harsh as the prison guards in the movie
Financial Aid
By Emily Wirth There is no better investment than a college education. Unfortunately, covering the expenses of this investment can be difficult. We in financial aid have seen families discover
Making College Possible, One Person at a Time
Nine out of 10 Gonzaga University students receive financial assistance and Gonzaga contributes approximately 30 percent of its operating budget to that effort. Of course, not all financial aid comes from
Financial Aid Philosophies
By: Emily Wirth After filing a FAFSA and receiving your student’s financial aid award, many parents wonder how individual packages are created for our thousands of students, each representing a student
Reading Your Financial Aid Award
You know it’s a good day when: you open the mail and find a check you weren’t expecting, or you flip through the newspaper and see a coupon to your
Financing a College Education
You just completed the FAFSA, and your expected family contribution (EFC) has been calculated by the Department of Education. What next? You probably want to know what sort of financial