Financial Aid Services

Short of buying a home, the investment many parents make towards their children’s college educations will be the largest they make in their lives. As long as you have a strategy to pay for college and control what you can control, you have a high probability of success. Financial AID Now™ can be instrumental in helping you in your effort to send your child to a college that is a great fit for the child and the family’s finances!

While in some instances parents may be able to obtain raw data for free, Financial AID Now™ gathers and presents information that can be more helpful and individualized for high school students than can be obtained from a library or raw statistical data without contexts. And there isn’t any free source to manage the entire financial aid process.

Many people are expecting the guidance office to do all of the things that Financial AID Now™ will do. However, before assuming they will ask your child’s guidance counselor if:

• - They are going to find the best academic, social and financial fit
• - They are going to advise you on how to present your financial information so you don’t lose out on possible financial aid
• - They are going to help you gather, organize and complete the financial aid applications
• - They are going to follow up on the FAFSA and make corrections and updates for you
• - They are going to make sure your tax returns are submitted to the college (if required)
• - They are going to evaluate each offer of admission’s merit and need-based financial aid awards for fairness
• - They are going to be your advocate when something goes wrong (and often things go wrong)
• - They are going to tell you whether or not your student received a fair financial award
• - They are going to help you appeal a bad financial aid decision
• - They are going to help negotiate to get a better aid package at the college your child really wants to attend
• - They are going to explain to you how to use student and parent loans (if you need to take them)

Even though Financial AID Now™ has worked for many parents, it only worked for them because they actually used the program. Throwing money away on a program you won’t use is pointless.

No. We believe we have found the perfect balance between finding colleges that will award your child the most money which can be used to leverage better award packages, managing the financial aid process, affordability, and managing a frustrating and complex system. It all works together.

There are steps when taken in the proper order and at the right time, managing financial aid is actually quite easy. And don’t forget, we are sitting right alongside you as your Virtual Financial Aid Guru. Financial AID Now™ supports each family through the financial aid process through texts, emails, videos, and webinars throughout the year.

Parents who learn of us after their first child has gone to college usually say, “Where were you a year ago?” The knowledge, technology, and best practices that have gone into Financial AID Now™ have been developed, reimagined, and recreated many times since 2003. It’s had to.

College professionals, some with as many as 900 freshman students each year license and use our professional system, FAFSAsoft™ EZ File for their clients.