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Expert: Information on Financial Aid for College is Free and Available if Families Know the Process and Avoid the Scams.
AScribe Business & Economics News Service, September, 2003 by Shannon, Jim
Byline: Christian Brothers University
MEMPHIS, Tenn., Sept. 16 (AScribe Newswire) -- The following article by Jim Shannon, Director of Student Financial Assistance at Christian Brothers University, offers some advice and important information for students and parents beginning the search for financial assistance for college.
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College financial aid counselors have been hearing more and more from high school seniors and their parents about for profit organizations who are presenting seminars and offering services for a fee on how to locate funds to pay for college. Some of these businesses charge more than $1,000.00 for their services.
The sad part of this story is that sources of funds could have been secured without any cost to...
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