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FAP847: Payday loans, foreclosures, PLUS loans Listen now: Student Financial Aid News + Tons of foreclosure news - foreclosures up 122%, some states tripling or quadrupling + If you re a parent, the new legislation for PLUS loans is in effect - if you need to borrow to pay for education, take a look at the PLUS loan + Payday loan alert from yesterday + Stafford federal student loans + Parent PLUS loans + Private student loans Scholarship Update + Create an original Starship Troopers 3: Marauder poster or video Public Service Announcement and be eligible to win a $250 scholarship and prize pack worth $589.95. Deadline is August 27, 2008. All entries must be an original English language creation and must include the Starship Troopers 3: Marauder and Sony Pictures Home Entertainment logos as well as the August 5th release date. No purchase necessary. Open to any member of Brickfish who is a resident of the 50 United States or the District of Columbia, has access to the Internet, and is 18 or older at the time of entry. + Details at our free college scholarship search site Free Stuff Friday + Some perfume from Nina Ricci + Bunch of trash bags + Calgoo + Slydial leaves direct voicemail on mobiles + Google Maps adds walking directions + Fruit picking season if you live near a farm - and you might + More fun games - Aurora Feint, Life, Labyrinth, Exposure - all for iPod Touch and iPhone Did you enjoy today s show? If so, please consider subscribing for free to get it delivered to you. Subscribing for free means you don t have to remember to download it every day. + + + Direct MP3 file download: Click here to download the MP3 Reminders + + Financial Aid Podcast Show Notes at FinancialAidPodcast.com. + Free scholarship search secrets eBook at StudentScholarshipSearch.com/ebook + Open an FDIC-insured savings account today! + Private student loans available at any time - visit AlternativeStudentLoan.com + Student credit card information at StudentPlatinum.com + FAFSA form tutorials and free help at FAFSAonline.com + Financial Aid discussion forums + Get FAFSA news at the FAFSA blog + Stafford federal student loans at StaffordLoan.com + The Financial Aid Podcast is a publication of the Student Loan Network. I want to hear from you! Email me at financialaidpodcast gmail com, visit http://www.FinancialAidPodcast.com, or call 206-350-1208. ShareThis

FAP846: FICO scores, NASFAA survey, cover letters Listen now: Student Financial Aid News + An interesting development in private student loans and credit scores + NASFAA released a survey of financial aid officers about their concerns over the credit crunch - some highlights: + 44% of financial aid officers are very concerned, 46% somewhat + 43% think families and students are concerned, 12% very concerned + 26% have a backup plan in case funding is not available + That data makes ME concerned - if 90% are concerned or very concerned, why do only 26% have a backup plan? Scholarship Update + What Dream (Jobs) Are Made Of Scholarship + Show off your passion for a particular industry or career by sharing why you are the best candidate for your dream job. Who would you interact with, and how? How would your lifestyle change? What can you do to actually achieve this dream? Create a 1-2 minute video that outlines what your dream job would be and why you should have it. Submit your VIDEO entry to the What Dream (Jobs) Are Made Of Campaign. + $1,000 + Deadline is September 4, 2008. + Open to anyone in the continental U.S. who has access to the Internet, and is 18 or older at the time of entry. All prize winners must be 18 or older. + Details at our free college scholarship search site + Remember the Scholarship Idol contest! JobCast + I cannot emphasize enough that your resume and cover letter MUST answer two questions + What s in it for me, the hiring manager + So what? + All I hear is me, me, me, me, me + Do your homework + Get behind the HR firewall + Provide some real, immediate value in your cover letter - show me what you could do with my Stafford loan site or something Did you enjoy today s show? If so, please consider subscribing for free to get it delivered to you. Subscribing for free means you don t have to remember to download it every day. + + + Direct MP3 file download: Click here to download the MP3 Reminders + + Financial Aid Podcast Show Notes at FinancialAidPodcast.com. + Free scholarship search secrets eBook at StudentScholarshipSearch.com/ebook + Open an FDIC-insured savings account today! + Private student loans available at any time - visit AlternativeStudentLoan.com + Student credit card information at StudentPlatinum.com + FAFSA form tutorials and free help at FAFSAonline.com + Financial Aid discussion forums + Get FAFSA news at the FAFSA blog + Stafford federal student loans at StaffordLoan.com + The Financial Aid Podcast is a publication of the Student Loan Network. I want to hear from you! Email me at financialaidpodcast gmail com, visit http://www.FinancialAidPodcast.com, or call 206-350-1208. ShareThis

In This Episode Dr. Grant is back with another round of jokes submitted by YOU our faithful listeners! If you have a joke you d like to head on the show, give us a call at (818) 332-3053 and press option 3!

FAP845: Awaken Your Superhero from Podcasters Across Borders Listen now: I gave a brief, five minute talk about how podcasting is changing the world at Podcasters Across Borders 2008. Enjoy! Did you enjoy today s show? If so, please consider subscribing for free to get it delivered to you. Subscribing for free means you don t have to remember to download it every day. + + + Direct MP3 file download: Click here to download the MP3 Reminders + + Financial Aid Podcast Show Notes at FinancialAidPodcast.com. + Free scholarship search secrets eBook at StudentScholarshipSearch.com/ebook + Open an FDIC-insured savings account today! + Private student loans available at any time - visit AlternativeStudentLoan.com + Student credit card information at StudentPlatinum.com + FAFSA form tutorials and free help at FAFSAonline.com + Financial Aid discussion forums + Get FAFSA news at the FAFSA blog + Stafford federal student loans at StaffordLoan.com + The Financial Aid Podcast is a publication of the Student Loan Network. I want to hear from you! Email me at financialaidpodcast gmail com, visit http://www.FinancialAidPodcast.com, or call 206-350-1208. ShareThis

FAP844: Nursing shortage, cheaper textbooks Listen now: Student Financial Aid News + Inside Higher Ed: An annual survey by the National Retail Federation to project back-to-college spending by college students sees a 7 percent drop this year, to $599.38, from $641.56 last year, Reuters reported. With college students paying more for gas, there is less money available for other goods. + US News: Textbook prices, which have nearly tripled in the past 20 years, may finally start to decline thanks to some new laws, technology, and upstart companies. Undergraduates who take advantage of the new alternatives could easily slash their textbook costs in half this coming academic year. That means the typical student could save more than $300. We re making progress, says Nicole Allen, who heads the affordable textbook drive for the Student Public Interest Research Groups. Things are changing for the better. + New laws, eBooks, open source, and rentals + Reason #5: piracy is easy. 31 seconds to find the book mentioned in the article on a DVD with 235 other textbooks, and no, I m not going to tell you how, but that s how easy it is + $83 on Amazon Scholarship Update + Connecticut League for Nursing Scholarships + CLN has a scholarship program for state residents enrolled in an accredited, CLN supporting member nursing education program in Connecticut. Awards are presented at the annual Student Day, held in late fall every year. + Students in Diploma nursing programs are eligible after completing the first year of the two-year program. + Students in Associate degree nursing programs are eligible after completing the first year of the two-year program. + Students in Bachelor s degree nursing programs are eligible after completing the third year of a four-year program. + Students in RN to BSN nursing programs are eligible when entering the senior year of study, verified by the dean or director of the program + Students in graduate nursing programs are eligible after successfully completing 18 credits in the nursing program, verified by the dean or director of the program The number of scholarships and the amount of each reward is determined by the Scholarship Committee and based on the amount of money available and the applicants qualifications. + $25,000 total + October 10 deadline + Details at our free college scholarship search site Mail Bag + Chris writes in: My mom, who is just turning 60, went back to school for nursing, and because her grades are so good in the prep classes, she s been accepted into the actual program. + My mother currently works at the hospital full time as a unit clerk, and makes just over $17/hour, and after taxes and retirement, she brings in just under $1,000 every two weeks. + Her tuition for the course will actually be covered by the hospital and student loans, so that s not a problem at this time. + The brick wall we ve hit comes from the course itself. It requires 40+ hours per week in class time and real-world experience. Real-world experience is basically interning without pay. She would have to change her work schedule to evenings and weekends, and would be lucky if she could handle 20 hours/week. + At her current pay, her income would be reduced to roughly $1000 / month. + Her living expenses amount to roughly $1800 / month. + She needs to come up with an additional $800 / month for 9 months. Then she would return to work full-time for the summer. Then she would complete her second year where she would again need $800 / month for the next 9 months. + Since this technically isn t tuition , where would we start to look for this kind of money? Obviously grants and/or scholarships would be the optimal choice, but most are geared for young people with their entire lives (or at least several decades of productivity) ahead of them. Any idea where to start looking for seniors grants/scholarships? + Barring free money and your own $10K scholarship, what are her other options, short of selling her house in this down market? I d appreciate any direction or links you could send our way. + Today s scholarship, of course + This is a unique time and opportunity for your mom due to a severe shortage - demand is on your side + Connecticut has had a major nursing shortage looming for quite some time + Contact CNA, CLN, CT DHE, and the administrators of every hospital nearby, and ask if they have a program for COLA issues exactly as you ve described + Would someone exchange a promissory note for $7,200 or more in exchange for X years of service? + Check out Three Rivers Community College nursing scholarships directory Did you enjoy today s show? If so, please consider subscribing for free to get it delivered to you. Subscribing for free means you don t have to remember to download it every day. + + + Direct MP3 file download: Click here to download the MP3 Reminders + + Financial Aid Podcast Show Notes at FinancialAidPodcast.com. + Free scholarship search secrets eBook at StudentScholarshipSearch.com/ebook + Open an FDIC-insured savings account today! + Private student loans available at any time - visit AlternativeStudentLoan.com + Student credit card information at StudentPlatinum.com + FAFSA form tutorials and free help at FAFSAonline.com + Financial Aid discussion forums + Get FAFSA news at the FAFSA blog + Stafford federal student loans at StaffordLoan.com + The Financial Aid Podcast is a publication of the Student Loan Network. I want to hear from you! Email me at financialaidpodcast gmail com, visit http://www.FinancialAidPodcast.com, or call 206-350-1208. ShareThis

FAP843: How to pick a student credit card, $25,000 scholarship Listen now: Student Financial Aid News + Bloomberg: 9% of companies plan to hire. Wages fall 2.4%. 28% of companies increasing prices. Tough economic times - if you re on the employment trail, there s a difficult road ahead in the short term. Read Purple Cow and Free Prize Inside, both by Seth Godin, for ideas on how you can personally weather the slump and help your respective companies turn things around. + BusinessWeek: Universities and their alumni associations have discovered an unlikely and disturbing source of revenue: Increasingly, they are selling students personal information to big credit-card companies eager for young customers. + Using state public disclosure laws, BusinessWeek has obtained more than two dozen confidential contracts between major schools and card-issuing banks keen to sign up undergraduates with mounting expenses for tuition, books, and travel. In some instances, universities and alumni groups receive larger payments from the banks if students use their school-branded cards more frequently. + Some of the country s best-known and largest schools have multimillion-dollar credit-card deals, including the Universities of Michigan, Minnesota, and South Florida. + Inside Higher Ed: New York’s governor, David A. Patterson, plans today to back the creation of a major new student loan program for the state, potentially providing hundreds of thousands of students with loans at significantly lower interest rates than they now obtain through private borrowing, The New York Times reported. The loan proposal is part of the final report of a special commission on higher education, appointed by Eliot Spitzer during his brief term as governor. The final report — also due out today — reiterates many of the themes and ideas of the commission’s first report, and calls for a major infusion of funds into higher education. It is unclear, however, how much money and political will are available for these ideas. Scholarship Update + National Geographic Geography Bee + For students in grades 4-8 + The National Geographic Bee occurs in three stages, beginning at the school level. Schools that register for the Bee receive materials to hold their competitions. Each school winner takes a written test, and the top hundred scorers in each state and territory compete at the state level. State-level Bees are held in the spring, and the winner of each state Bee proceeds to the national competition. The 55 state and territory winners meet at National Geographic Society headquarters in Washington, D.C., for the national competition. The number of contestants is narrowed to ten finalists, who compete for a $25,000 college scholarship. The second- and third-place winners receive $15,000 and $10,000 scholarships, respectively. + Deadline October 15 + Your school must enroll - contact your principal! + Details at our free college scholarship search site Financial Aid 101 + How to pick a student credit card + You probably don t need one + A debit card is good enough 99% of the time + A stored value card is also a great idea + If you do get one, look for rates and fees + No annual fees! + Grace period - as long as possible + Look at how rates are calculated - many are Prime Rate, which is not bad now. Some may be LIBOR, which at the moment is higher than Prime. + Look how the default rate is calculated and when it is triggered - default in normal lending typically applies to someone past 90 days due, but with credit cards, it can be as little as exceeding your credit limit by a dollar. + Look at late fees - some can be as high as 29%! + Avoid two cycle average daily balance billing, which is a jack + Who the heck cares if your college s logo or mascot is on the card? + Rewards programs are often not helpful - run the numbers! + FULL DISCLOSURE: StudentPlatinum.com is a Student Loan Network site that offers student credit cards. Not all of them are a good deal. I expect you to do your research. Did you enjoy today s show? If so, please consider subscribing for free to get it delivered to you. Subscribing for free means you don t have to remember to download it every day. + + + Direct MP3 file download: Click here to download the MP3 Reminders + + Financial Aid Podcast Show Notes at FinancialAidPodcast.com. + Free scholarship search secrets eBook at StudentScholarshipSearch.com/ebook + Open an FDIC-insured savings account today! + Private student loans available at any time - visit AlternativeStudentLoan.com + Student credit card information at StudentPlatinum.com + FAFSA form tutorials and free help at FAFSAonline.com + Financial Aid discussion forums + Get FAFSA news at the FAFSA blog + Stafford federal student loans at StaffordLoan.com + The Financial Aid Podcast is a publication of the Student Loan Network. I want to hear from you! Email me at financialaidpodcast gmail com, visit http://www.FinancialAidPodcast.com, or call 206-350-1208. ShareThis

FAP842: Illegal downloads of textbooks, Free Stuff Friday Listen now: Student Financial Aid News + Boston Globe: Faced with soaring prices for textbooks, cash-strapped students have discovered a tempting, effective, but illicit alternative - pirated electronic books, available for free over the Internet. + It s not just textbooks that are being downloaded improperly. Ed McCoyd, director of digital policy at the Association of American Publishers in New York, said a survey in May located about 1,100 titles available illegally online, including novels and books on current events. + But textbook piracy is particularly seductive, McCoyd said, because students are often hard-pressed to pay for academic books that can cost more than $100, three times the price of most other books. + Well duh. College is more expensive than ever, the economy s in the toilet, and every other expense is through the roof. What did you expect? + The Student Loan Network does not condone infringement of intellectual property, but stay tuned in August for our cheap textbooks eBook + Inside Higher Ed: Undersecretary of Education Sara Tucker’s plan, students would find out almost immediately after submitting their much shorter federal student aid application — truncated to just 9 questions from the current 102 — exactly how much federal grant, subsidized and unsubsidized loan and tax break funds they would qualify for, based on their adjusted gross income and number of family members. (Right now students find out at that stage, usually in January or February, only how much their family is expected to contribute, which may discourage rather than encourage students to go to college, Tucker said.) The awards would be indexed based on an as-yet-undetermined formula — something like the average cost of attendance at a four-year public institution, for instance — that would essentially set a maximum amount of federal aid for which a student could qualify. + The sources of federal aid would be greatly streamlined. Federal grant aid, which now flows through about a dozen programs (and rising), would be consolidated into just the Pell Grant Program, providing an additional $1.7 billion that would increase the maximum grant by $370, Tucker said. (No Perkins Loans, no Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grants, no SMART Grants.) What the student loan program would look like is unclear, Tucker said, given the recent turmoil in that sphere. Work study and education tax breaks would continue to be part of aid packages, the latter particularly for upper-income students. + Still some work to be done, but that s some progress Scholarship Update + Show Us Your Art Scholarship + Submit a picture of a drawing, painting or other mixed media project of your original work for a chance to win $1,000 scholarship. Deadling is July 23, 2008. No purchase necessary. Open to anyone who is a resident of the 50 United States, the District of Columbia or Canada (excluding Quebec) has access to the Internet, and is 13 or older at the time of entry. + Details at our free college scholarship search site + Plus, embarrass yourself for $1,000 with our Scholarship Idol contest Free Stuff Friday + Borders free 12 oz beverage with cafe purchase + Pill pockets for pets + Degree for men + Clorox for colors + Free sample stuff like this is ideal for dorm rooms + YouTorrent legal torrents + My favorite iPod Touch and iPhone apps + Facebook, Tap Tap Revenge, Mocha VNC, MyStreets, Shakespeare, Instapaper, Last.fm, Pandora, MySpace, Twitterific, Epocrates, and REMOTE. zOMG. + Google Elections Video Search gadget + 20 healthy foods under $1 Free Song of the Week + A tribute to Heath Ledger s Joker + Madsumo, There s So Many Ways I Can Kill You Did you enjoy today s show? If so, please consider subscribing for free to get it delivered to you. Subscribing for free means you don t have to remember to download it every day. + + + Direct MP3 file download: Click here to download the MP3 Reminders + + Financial Aid Podcast Show Notes at FinancialAidPodcast.com. + Free scholarship search secrets eBook at StudentScholarshipSearch.com/ebook + Open an FDIC-insured savings account today! + Private student loans available at any time - visit AlternativeStudentLoan.com + Student credit card information at StudentPlatinum.com + FAFSA form tutorials and free help at FAFSAonline.com + Financial Aid discussion forums + Get FAFSA news at the FAFSA blog + Stafford federal student loans at StaffordLoan.com + The Financial Aid Podcast is a publication of the Student Loan Network. I want to hear from you! Email me at financialaidpodcast gmail com, visit http://www.FinancialAidPodcast.com, or call 206-350-1208. ShareThis

FAP841: Read your student loan applications before you sign Listen now: Student Financial Aid News + Star Tribune: A class-action lawsuit has been filed against St. Paul-based student lender Northstar Higher Education for allegedly breaking its contract with student borrowers. + The suit, filed Monday in U.S. District Court in Los Angeles, says the lender broke its contract by eliminating its T.H.E. Repayment Bonus a 0.75 percentage point interest-rate reduction to cope with the credit crunch. + While Northstar might be facing financial difficulties comparable to other banking institutions, this does not provide it with carte blanche to breach its contractual obligations, said the suit, which is seeking monetary damages and contractual interest-rate reductions for anyone who had a loan with Northstar on Feb. 18. The suit was filed on behalf of plaintiff Jennifer So of California by the law firm of Kabateck Brown Kellner. + Northstar has yet to receive a copy of the complaint. But in a statement, General Counsel Mark Lindgren said: Northstar takes its obligations to its customers seriously and believes it has fully complied with the terms of its agreements. In particular, Northstar has always sought to provide its customers with the benefits from the T.H.E. Bonus but has never guaranteed that the bonus would be available under any and all market conditions. + Borrower benefits are never part of the promissory note - read it carefully + Always, always, always READ a contract before you sign it + There might be a clause in there about your first-born child, and it s legally binding Scholarship Update + Brickfish Honest Foods Ad Scholarship + Design an Honest Foods magazine ad and your layout could be the inspiration for all the company s marketing materials. Winner receives a $500 scholarship. Deadline is August 21, 2008. No purchase necessary. Open to anyone who is a resident of the 50 United States or the District of Columbia, has access to the Internet, and is 13 or older at the time of entry. + Details at our free college scholarship search site JobCast + The buzz is building again about the social media resume + Job market worst for college graduates in years + Use social media to differentiate yourself + Example social media resume + The social media resume does NOT replace a traditional resume + Potential for discrimination + Are you on LinkedIn? + Watch this LinkedIn session! + Grab a copy of our How to Write a Killer Cover Letter eBook Did you enjoy today s show? If so, please consider subscribing for free to get it delivered to you. Subscribing for free means you don t have to remember to download it every day. + + + Direct MP3 file download: Click here to download the MP3 Reminders + + Financial Aid Podcast Show Notes at FinancialAidPodcast.com. + Free scholarship search secrets eBook at StudentScholarshipSearch.com/ebook + Open an FDIC-insured savings account today! + Private student loans available at any time - visit AlternativeStudentLoan.com + Student credit card information at StudentPlatinum.com + FAFSA form tutorials and free help at FAFSAonline.com + Financial Aid discussion forums + Get FAFSA news at the FAFSA blog + Stafford federal student loans at StaffordLoan.com + The Financial Aid Podcast is a publication of the Student Loan Network. I want to hear from you! Email me at financialaidpodcast gmail com, visit http://www.FinancialAidPodcast.com, or call 206-350-1208. ShareThis

FAP840: How to choose a bank, FAFSA methodology Listen now: Student Financial Aid News + Inside Higher Ed: The United States is making minimal progress at doubling bachelor s degree production in science and technology fields from 2005 to 2015, according to a progress report issued Tuesday by the Business Roundtable. That group, along with other business organizations, set the goal as part of the Tapping America s Potential program, but the update found that bachelor s degree production in science and technology fields appears to be relatively flat. + Quick note on FAFSA comments from Twitter - the FAFSA deadline of June 30 is NOT for the upcoming year Scholarship Update + 2008 Shout It Out Contest + In 2007, ScholarshipExperts.com received over 10,000 online applications for the ScholarshipExperts.com Shout It Out Scholarship. Five scholarship winners were each awarded a $1,000 scholarship. In 2008, ScholarshipExperts.com is again offering the Shout It Out Scholarship and will award five scholarships of $1,000 each. Applicants must: Be thirteen (13) years of age or older at the time of application Be legal residents of the fifty (50) United States or the District of Columbia Be currently enrolled (or enroll no later than the fall of 2014) in an accredited post-secondary institution of higher education Submit an online short written response (250 words or less) for the scholarship topic: If you were given a 60-second commercial spot on television that would air repeatedly during the presidential debates, what message would you shout out to America? Applications must be submitted online no later than September 30, 2008 at 11:59 p.m. EST. Applications submitted by fax or email will not be accepted. + Details at our free college scholarship search site Mail Bag + Richard asks: I m picking a bank for a standard savings/checking account, one that has an ATM on my soon-to-be campus, and my choices are Bank of America and Citizens Bank. I m looking for, besides good general terms, great online banking options. Do you know of a comparison site for choosing among banks and do you have any other tips to share? Thanks, as always. + Not sure on a comparison site but look for: no fees, or lowest fees on everything. Which ATM networks it s a member of. SUM and NYCE deposit are good. Don t forget about credit unions! + John writes in: So Chris, when your FAFSA says your EFC should be about $8800 and the School sends you an award letter leaving you $24000 shy, any ideas + Difference likely due to institutional methodology vs. federal methodology + Alex called in with questions about where to start scholarship search + Start with our scholarship book! Did you enjoy today s show? If so, please consider subscribing for free to get it delivered to you. Subscribing for free means you don t have to remember to download it every day. + + + Direct MP3 file download: Click here to download the MP3 Reminders + + Financial Aid Podcast Show Notes at FinancialAidPodcast.com. + Free scholarship search secrets eBook at StudentScholarshipSearch.com/ebook + Open an FDIC-insured savings account today! + Private student loans available at any time - visit AlternativeStudentLoan.com + Student credit card information at StudentPlatinum.com + FAFSA form tutorials and free help at FAFSAonline.com + Financial Aid discussion forums + Get FAFSA news at the FAFSA blog + Stafford federal student loans at StaffordLoan.com + The Financial Aid Podcast is a publication of the Student Loan Network. I want to hear from you! Email me at financialaidpodcast gmail com, visit http://www.FinancialAidPodcast.com, or call 206-350-1208. ShareThis

Many thanks to everyone I had a chance to meet at the NASFAA national conference! I ve put together some resources for you from the conference that might be of help. The guest speaking I did with Dr. Steven Bryant was a short version of this session from EASFAA. Here s the video in full: Slides from the session are here: | View | Upload your own I was asked to record and produce the The College Goal Sunday What s Working Session video: Here s the audio from the Retention of Underserved Students session. And finally, some fun - a musical slide show of the conference, featuring the music of Black Lab. I ll have more content from NASFAA as I produce it, so be sure to bookmark this page and share www.FinancialAidPodcast.com/nasfaa08 with others who want to get this material. ShareThis

FAP839: Retention of Underserved Students and How Financial Aid Administrators Can Help A session from this year s NASFAA national conference. Listen now: A few dollars a month for medication may cause a low-income college student to drop out of school. An $8 transcript fee may prevent a student from transferring to a four-year institution. One-third of all first-year students who enroll at America s colleges and universities will not return to the same institution next fall. On Point for College serves over 1,800 students in Syracuse, NY and works daily with the financial aid community to help them succeed. The presenters will share 27 retention program elements and 13 simple ideas that any campus can implement. Moderator: Jeanna Keller, Program Manager, Lumina Foundation for Education Presenters: Virginia Donohue, Executive Director, On Point for College LaSonya Griggs, Assistant Director of Financial Aid, Ithaca College Did you enjoy today s show? If so, please consider subscribing for free to get it delivered to you. Subscribing for free means you don t have to remember to download it every day. + + + Direct MP3 file download: Click here to download the MP3 Reminders + + Financial Aid Podcast Show Notes at FinancialAidPodcast.com. + Free scholarship search secrets eBook at StudentScholarshipSearch.com/ebook + Open an FDIC-insured savings account today! + Private student loans available at any time - visit AlternativeStudentLoan.com + Student credit card information at StudentPlatinum.com + FAFSA form tutorials and free help at FAFSAonline.com + Financial Aid discussion forums + Get FAFSA news at the FAFSA blog + Stafford federal student loans at StaffordLoan.com + The Financial Aid Podcast is a publication of the Student Loan Network. I want to hear from you! Email me at financialaidpodcast gmail com, visit http://www.FinancialAidPodcast.com, or call 206-350-1208. ShareThis

Image via Wikipedia FAP838: Student loans and bank failures Listen now: Student Financial Aid News + IndyMac Bank failed over the weekend, taken over by the FDIC. + NASFAA: After rushing to enact a law that makes it easier for students to obtain more federal student loans, Congressional leaders and lobbyists for for-profit colleges may now be close to a deal to help those colleges avoid an unintended result of that new law, The Chronicle of Higher Education reports. The parties are seeking a measure to keep the colleges from running afoul of the requirement that at least 10 percent of their revenue comes from nonfederal sources. The colleges have been concerned about the requirement, known as the 90-10 rule, ever since Congress this past spring raised the limits on the amounts students may borrow under federal loan programs. One option under discussion would allow the colleges to temporarily treat the $2,000 of newly allowed loan funds as part of their 10 percent. + Bloomberg via NASFAA: Five months after the collapse of the $330 billion auction-rate securities market, bonds backed by student loans show no signs of recovering, Bloomberg News reports. The $85 billion of auction-rate securities sold by state agencies and private lenders to finance student loans are emerging as the most toxic type since Wall Street dealers abandoned the auction-rate market in February amid worries about the financial health of the bond insurers who guaranteed the debt. The collapse of the auction-rate market compounded the financial problems for lenders after Congress last year cut the subsidies it makes to those who sell bonds backed by federally guaranteed loans. + U Ohio: Ohio Governor Ted Strickland today signed an executive order establishing The Ohio GI Promise, which changes Ohio’s residence requirements to allow all veterans of the U.S. Armed Services, their spouses, and dependents who choose to attend Ohio colleges and universities to do so at in-state tuition rates. Scholarship Update + Brickfish Off Road Nation Scholarship + Share a photo or video of your off road excursions and be eligible for a $500 scholarship. Deadline is September 04, 2008. No purchase necessary. Open to anyone who is a resident of the 50 United States, the District of Columbia or Canada (excluding Quebec), and is 13 or older at the time of entry. + Details at our free college scholarship search site Financial Aid 101 + What happens to your student loans when a bank fails + I m reasonably certain IndyMac isn t the last + Your loan is sold to the new bank operator + Servicing typically doesn t change all that much + Make sure you stay in contact with the bank as it makes the transition + If the bank loses contact with you, they may just classify your debt as delinquent or in default, and that is a mess to clean up + Remember to pull your credit report from time to time Did you enjoy today s show? If so, please consider subscribing for free to get it delivered to you. Subscribing for free means you don t have to remember to download it every day. + + + Direct MP3 file download: Click here to download the MP3 Reminders + + Financial Aid Podcast Show Notes at FinancialAidPodcast.com. + Free scholarship search secrets eBook at StudentScholarshipSearch.com/ebook + Open an FDIC-insured savings account today! + Private student loans available at any time - visit AlternativeStudentLoan.com + Student credit card information at StudentPlatinum.com + FAFSA form tutorials and free help at FAFSAonline.com + Financial Aid discussion forums + Get FAFSA news at the FAFSA blog + Stafford federal student loans at StaffordLoan.com + The Financial Aid Podcast is a publication of the Student Loan Network. I want to hear from you! Email me at financialaidpodcast gmail com, visit http://www.FinancialAidPodcast.com, or call 206-350-1208. Related articles by Zemanta Feds Seize IndyMac s Assets As Bank Fails IndyMac seized by regulators, marking second largest bank failure in U.S. history. IndyMac Latest Mortgage Crisis Victim Honey, Are We F-D-I-whatever Insured? Analysts Say More Banks Will Fail IndyMac Failure - 2nd Largest In History IndyMac: Your money is safe - FDIC ShareThis

FAP837: Review of the NASFAA National Conference, Free Stuff Friday Listen now: Student Financial Aid News + A review of the NASFAA national conference in depth + A longer than normal show Scholarship Update + Scholarship Points, kids. + Scholarship Search Secrets eBook. + PodCamp Boston scholarships Free Stuff Friday + I d encourage everyone, regardless of whether you re a student or not, to actively research cost-saving options for fuel and food. Take a look at community supported agriculture (CSAs) in your area - you may find a community farm that will save you significantly over the grocery store. + If you use oil heat, ask your furnace manufacturer if your heater can accept a mix of fuel oil and waste vegetable oil, or even straight waste vegetable oil, which could save you hundreds, even thousands, of dollars this winter. + For those families with fireplaces, investigate the potential cost savings of a wood stove fireplace insert, which will let you burn firewood instead of propane, natural gas, or oil. + Consider alternate modes of transportation - Matthew Ebel has recently highlighted a conversion kit for a bicycle for $1,000 that will transform a regular bicycle into an electric vehicle, which could be practical for those with relatively short commutes. If your budget permits, consider a hybrid vehicle; at the least, reduce your driving and inflate your tires to the maximum safe pressure. + Be mindful of your other utilities as well. Use power strips with off switches to prevent appliances like DVD players from consuming electricity unnecessarily. If you have access to your toilet tank, put a fist-sized rock in the tank to reduce the amount of water used per flush. If you find that your toilet performs satisfactorily, replace the rock with a brick or sealed, water-filled glass bottle to further reduce the water used per flush. + Make liberal use of free entertainment. Your local library has likely evolved quite a bit since your early childhood days, and if you haven t been back recently, you may be surprised at what you ll find. Local libraries often have significant CD and DVD collections which you can borrow for free or at nominal cost - my local library charges $1 per week for hit movies, and no charge for CDs and non-fiction DVDs, including past seasons of popular TV shows. + There s tons of free entertainment online - download popular podcasts like the TED conference for some videos that will blow away anything you can find on television, plus thousands and thousands of other great shows. There s still lots of free wireless to be found at places like public libraries, some fast food and coffee shops, and other locales. You can find great audio and video all over the place, and if you download it onto a laptop, you can take it home with you and watch it with the entire family. + Check out the events section for your town on popular event sites like Craigslist, Upcoming, and Eventful, as you may find terrific local music festivals and other community activities that are free. Many unconferences such as BarCamp and PodCamp are free, and those that charge may have scholarships for students to attend. + Your town may have lots of free stuff you don t even know about. In the town I live in, there s a weekly events calendar which is poorly organized and poorly publicized, but has lots of great events and activities on it, from free play groups for kids to free movie nights, and many other free or very low cost activities. Your tax dollars already go to support these activities, so make sure you check out your town s municipal web site. + Check out the Friday episodes of the Financial Aid Podcast, where we highlight every week a bunch of free stuff online and offline that can save you significant money. Grab our free scholarship eBook to find scholarships using Google and other online tools. Check out our other student financial aid resources, too. + Free hearing aid batteries from Energizer + Dress like a cow at Chick-Fil-A, get a free combo meal today only + Free Stevia Sweetener Did you enjoy today s show? If so, please consider subscribing for free to get it delivered to you. 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A few brief thoughts on the way back from Orlando, Florida. Lots more in tomorrow s episode. Did you enjoy today s show? If so, please consider subscribing for free to get it delivered to you. Subscribing for free means you don t have to remember to download it every day. + + + Direct MP3 file download: Click here to download the MP3 Reminders + + Financial Aid Podcast Show Notes at FinancialAidPodcast.com. + Free scholarship search secrets eBook at StudentScholarshipSearch.com/ebook + Open an FDIC-insured savings account today! + Private student loans available at any time - visit AlternativeStudentLoan.com + Student credit card information at StudentPlatinum.com + FAFSA form tutorials and free help at FAFSAonline.com + Financial Aid discussion forums + Get FAFSA news at the FAFSA blog + Stafford federal student loans at StaffordLoan.com + The Financial Aid Podcast is a publication of the Student Loan Network. I want to hear from you! Email me at financialaidpodcast gmail com, visit http://www.FinancialAidPodcast.com, or call 206-350-1208. ShareThis

FAP835: Lynn O Shaughnessy on Choosing the Right College Listen now: Expert Interview + Lynn O Shaughnessy, author of The College Solution on college admissions + O Shaughnessy on choosing the right school Did you enjoy today s show? If so, please consider subscribing for free to get it delivered to you. Subscribing for free means you don t have to remember to download it every day. + + + Direct MP3 file download: Click here to download the MP3 Reminders + + Financial Aid Podcast Show Notes at FinancialAidPodcast.com. + Free scholarship search secrets eBook at StudentScholarshipSearch.com/ebook + Open an FDIC-insured savings account today! + Private student loans available at any time - visit AlternativeStudentLoan.com + Student credit card information at StudentPlatinum.com + FAFSA form tutorials and free help at FAFSAonline.com + Financial Aid discussion forums + Get FAFSA news at the FAFSA blog + Stafford federal student loans at StaffordLoan.com + The Financial Aid Podcast is a publication of the Student Loan Network. I want to hear from you! Email me at financialaidpodcast gmail com, visit http://www.FinancialAidPodcast.com, or call 206-350-1208. ShareThis

FAP834: Expert interview with Bob Aresti, 360 FCU Listen now: Expert Interview + Today, 12 minutes with Bob Aresti, CEO of 360 Federal Credit Union + Aresti on personal finance, why a credit union, and key consumer mistakes Did you enjoy today s show? If so, please consider subscribing for free to get it delivered to you. Subscribing for free means you don t have to remember to download it every day. + + + Direct MP3 file download: Click here to download the MP3 Reminders + + Financial Aid Podcast Show Notes at FinancialAidPodcast.com. + Free scholarship search secrets eBook at StudentScholarshipSearch.com/ebook + Open an FDIC-insured savings account today! + Private student loans available at any time - visit AlternativeStudentLoan.com + Student credit card information at StudentPlatinum.com + FAFSA form tutorials and free help at FAFSAonline.com + Financial Aid discussion forums + Get FAFSA news at the FAFSA blog + Stafford federal student loans at StaffordLoan.com + The Financial Aid Podcast is a publication of the Student Loan Network. I want to hear from you! Email me at financialaidpodcast gmail com, visit http://www.FinancialAidPodcast.com, or call 206-350-1208. ShareThis

FAP833: Expert Interview with Allan Prindle Listen now: Expert Interview + A brief talk with Allan Prindle, CEO of Power Financial Credit Union + Prindle on personal finance, the one thing you need to know, and more Did you enjoy today s show? If so, please consider subscribing for free to get it delivered to you. Subscribing for free means you don t have to remember to download it every day. + + + Direct MP3 file download: Click here to download the MP3 Reminders + + Financial Aid Podcast Show Notes at FinancialAidPodcast.com. + Free scholarship search secrets eBook at StudentScholarshipSearch.com/ebook + Open an FDIC-insured savings account today! + Private student loans available at any time - visit AlternativeStudentLoan.com + Student credit card information at StudentPlatinum.com + FAFSA form tutorials and free help at FAFSAonline.com + Financial Aid discussion forums + Get FAFSA news at the FAFSA blog + Stafford federal student loans at StaffordLoan.com + The Financial Aid Podcast is a publication of the Student Loan Network. I want to hear from you! Email me at financialaidpodcast gmail com, visit http://www.FinancialAidPodcast.com, or call 206-350-1208. ShareThis