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[30 Oct 2007 | No Comment | 1 views]

The Department of Education has released screenshots for the 2008 – 2009 FAFSA on the Web application. Download the FAFSA preview as a PDF file here! (5.9 MB PDF, requires free Adobe Acrobat Reader)
This application will be available and usable on January 1, 2008.
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[24 Oct 2007 | No Comment | 2 views]

Did
you
know
that…

if you have been convicted of possession or sale of an illegal substance during a period of enrollment…you will not be eligible for Federal student aid, including Federal student loans? In some cases, even if you have been convicted in the past of sale or possession [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: “Did You Know That _______?…Vol. I: #1″, url: “http://www.fafsaonline.com/fafsa-blog/2007/10/24/did-you-know-that-_______vol-i-1/” });

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[18 Oct 2007 | No Comment | 4 views]

If you’re anything like me you’re mesmerized by shark specials. I just can’t get enough of them. I wait all year for “Shark Week” on the Discovery Channel with feverish anticipation. I grab my popcorn, pour a tall glass of pepsi-cola and settle in for some jaw crunching action. These predators [...]

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[12 Oct 2007 | No Comment | 42 views]

Here’s a quick summary of changes on the 2008 – 2009 FAFSA form to be available on January 1, 2008.  We’ll be going through the 2008 FAFSA line by line in an ongoing blog tutorial starting soon!
Summary of Changes – 2008-2009 Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA)
Colors – The 2008-2009 FAFSA colors are orange [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: “2008 – 2009 FAFSA Changes”, url: “http://www.fafsaonline.com/fafsa-blog/2007/10/12/2008-2009-fafsa-changes/” });

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[10 Oct 2007 | No Comment | 2 views]

QUINCY, MA–(Marketwire – October 10, 2007) – The Student Loan Network announces the addition of another student loan consolidation product to its portfolio of Student Loan products in time for the end of many students’ grace periods. The Student Loan Network Private Consolidation Loan is designed to help students refinance private alternative, non-federal education-related debt, and rounds out Student Loan Network’s consolidation package, which also includes Federal Student Loan Consolidation.
Private student loan consolidation comes at a time when education debt is on the rise; the average debt in the class …