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By: Dr. Debi Yohn, healthywealthynwise.com

Mobile phone, instant messaging, email, FedEx...with all the technology that is available today, it's so easy for parents to stay in touch with their new college student children. But, when is it too much?

Parents are talkin… Continue

As bills come due, schools counsel calm; Funds still available - at higher rates

Walt Minnick, a financial aid counselor at Salem State College, was swamped with calls yesterday after one major lending authority announced it would make no student loans this year. Walt Minnick, a financial aid counselor at Salem State College, was swamped with calls yesterday after one major lend… Continue

Spending aid money on a car and working too many hours can jeopardize academic success
By Kim Clark, US News & World Report

One woman used her student loan to make a down payment on a car. Another student charged her entire family's new cellphones to her new credit card, at the request of her father. Other students overspent their aid at the beginning of the semester and h… Continue

Risa Nye, San Francisco Chronicle
Friday, August 1, 2008

I am a short-term crisis counselor. For more than 15 years, I've guided high school seniors through applications, personal statements, deadlines and all the pressure that goes along with the process. As a college counselor in both public and private schools, I have worked with many kids, held a lot of hands and pulled out the tissue box on several occ… Continue

If there is one thing, and one thing only, that I think everyone should know it is…

Know two ways out, no matter where you are.

A few sources of information that might be helpful:

Questions to Ask

The best resource that has just been released is www.iGot2Kno.org. This is a website with a wealth of information and two riveting videos on it.

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