Tag: student loans with a cosigner
How to Successfully Talk to a Potential Cosigner About Finances
Talking about how you’ll pay for school can be daunting. Talking about how your family or potential cosigner will contribute, and what expectations need to be set for repayment can… Read more >
529 Plans: How to Save for Your Student’s College Fund
It’s no secret that college is expensive. With rising college prices and the amount of student loans borrowed over $1.5 trillion, it is surprising that the average parent has only… Read more >
What to Do if You Are Struggling to Find a Loan Without a Cosigner 🎓
You may have heard that having a cosigner is necessary to get a student loan. However, not everyone has access to a cosigner to help with their student loan funding.… Read more >
Notice a Funding Gap in Your Student Loans? Here’s What NOT to Do When Trying to Close It 💸
You’ve followed the tenets of financial literacy, applied for financial aid and saved up all you can for tuition costs. You may have taken on some subsidized federal student loans.… Read more >
Supporting Your Student Through the Stress of Finals Week
Whether you’ve experienced it or not, you likely realize that finals week is a stressful time for your college student. As a parent, you probably want to help and support… Read more >
National Decision Day: How to Pick the Right College🎓
Are you and your family struggling to pick a college? Having options is great but making a final choice is difficult. With National Decision Day right around the corner, we’re… Read more >
💰6 Ways You Can Put Your Tax Refund to Good Use 💰
When you put your tax refund to work for your future, you can reap the benefits for years to come. With that in mind, let’s look at some tax refund… Read more >
💗Tough Love: How to Prepare Your College Grad to Take on Financial Responsibility for Their Loans🎓
Nearly 40% of student borrowers are expected to default on their student loans by 2023 and more than one million people default on their student loans annually. This is a… Read more >
Ascent Non-Cosigned Student Loans are Changing the Way Students Pay for College – On Their Own!🎓💰
Does the ever-increasing cost of college have you stressing about cosigning for your college student’s loans? If that’s the case, it may be time to reassess how the cost of… Read more >
🌞Surviving Spring Break: A Parent’s Guide🌞
A good piece of advice would be to advise your student to set a budget before leaving for the trip and to stick to it. Impulse purchases with extras or… Read more >