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FAP873: First Financial Aid Podcast weekly episode Listen now: News articles from this week on the Daily Aid + California cuts budgets + College inflation index increases + Student loan inducements Scholarships this week + Anne Ford LD Scholarship + Echoing Green Fellowship + ZoomPanel scholarship Free Stuff Friday + Free tire gauge from Slime + Quaker simple harvest bars + Tide Total Care sample + Sailing Media Sync! + GimmeSomeTune for the Mac + Google Chrome Free Song of the Week + Cruisebox, On a Podcast Did you enjoy this? 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. + + + 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! + Stafford federal student loans at StaffordLoan.com + Parent PLUS loans at ParentPLUSLoan.com + Graduate student loans at GradLoans.com + Private student loans available at any time - visit AlternativeStudentLoan.com + Private student loan consolidation at StudentLoanConsolidator.com + FAFSA form tutorials and free help at FAFSAonline.com + Get FAFSA news at the FAFSA blog + 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.

FAP870: The History of the Financial Aid Podcast Listen now: Expert Interview + A brief history of the Financial Aid Podcast and why we started this grand adventure + April 2005 was the first show + Started with FAFSA training internally + Everything changed in June 2005 with iTunes + Since then 751,229 downloads, 5 eBooks, and tons of folks helped + I love the stories of making a difference most - Nolan racking up thousands of dollars in scholarships, Scott and Jim as parents getting their kids into college and on partial scholarship, locating missing kids using MySpace, College Goal Sunday, and so much more + As the podcast changes to a weekly show, we re going to do some format changes and lots more blogging on ways to save money, pay for college, and so much more + Really important though to say this - thank you to everyone who tunes in, whether you ve been listening since show #1 or just tuned in today + Leave comments in this blog post about things you d like to see more of, things that work well for you, and things that need improvement! 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! + Stafford federal student loans at StaffordLoan.com + Parent PLUS loans at ParentPLUSLoan.com + Graduate student loans at GradLoans.com + Private student loans available at any time - visit AlternativeStudentLoan.com + Private student loan consolidation at StudentLoanConsolidator.com + FAFSA form tutorials and free help at FAFSAonline.com + Get FAFSA news at the FAFSA blog + 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

FAP867: First Marblehead, Bloomberg, Free Stuff, Becca Loebe Listen now: Student Financial Aid News + Quick note that next Friday will be the last daily show, then we move to weekly + NASFAA: First Marblehead Corp., (ticker: FMD) which packages student loans for sale to investors, said Thursday the volume of loans it had available for that activity dropped 66 percent in the fiscal fourth quarter, the Associated Press reports. The troubles have sent First Marblehead s shares plunging from around $40 last fall. In April an organization called The Education Resources Institute, or TERI, which provided guarantees to bond investors for billions in private student loans, filed for bankruptcy protection - a move that shifted credit risk back to First Marblehead. + An interview snippet with David Goldman, an investor and former portfolio strategist at Asteri Capital, on the Bloomberg podcast warrants listening to - here s 30 seconds of a great 16 minute interview + Of all my fellow financial podcasts out there, Bloomberg s On the Economy is one of the best and my personal favorite + The lesson from all of this market chaos is clear - cut spending, conserve cash, stay in insured forms of saving, whether you re a company or a college student Scholarship Update + The Proof-Reading.com Scholarship Program awards one $1,500 scholarship each year. This year s winner will be announced on July 1, 2009. To be eligible to enter the Proof-Reading.com Scholarship Program, you must adhere to the following characteristics: + attend classes at an accredited four-year college or university in the U.S. + take a minimum of 12 semester units (you must be a full-time student) + be a legal resident of the U.S. or provide a valid green card + maintain a cumulative Grade Point Average (GPA) of at least 3.5 + The deadline for Proof-Reading.com Scholarship Contest entries is 12:00 p.m. (noon) PST on June 1, 2009. + No late entries will be accepted! + Regrettably, no scholarship or essay contest questions can be answered by phone. Scholarship Guidelines: You must write a minimum of 1,500 words in reference to this topic: + What s the future of audio CDs? + Details at our free college scholarship search site Free Stuff Friday + Free puppy training kit and DVD + Recycled Post-Its + New free song from Coldplay + Free chicken sandwich at McDonald s + Irony is having a Gold s Gym free 7 day trial next to McDonald s + Subdownloader grabs subtitles for your movies + Autopager eliminates those stupid page things Free Song of the Week + Rebecca Loebe, Homeless + Still lots of opportunity to help 3 years after Katrina 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! + Stafford federal student loans at StaffordLoan.com + Parent PLUS loans at ParentPLUSLoan.com + Graduate student loans at GradLoans.com + Private student loans available at any time - visit AlternativeStudentLoan.com + Private student loan consolidation at StudentLoanConsolidator.com + FAFSA form tutorials and free help at FAFSAonline.com + Get FAFSA news at the FAFSA blog + 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

FAP865: Student Loan Interview on WERS Listen now: Expert Interview + Today I m interviewed by Sonia Saini from WERS (Emerson College Radio, WERS 88.9 FM) about the credit crunch and student loans + Hear the full interview on You Are Here, Sunday morning at 7 AM on WERS 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! + Stafford federal student loans at StaffordLoan.com + Parent PLUS loans at ParentPLUSLoan.com + Graduate student loans at GradLoans.com + Private student loans available at any time - visit AlternativeStudentLoan.com + Private student loan consolidation at StudentLoanConsolidator.com + FAFSA form tutorials and free help at FAFSAonline.com + Get FAFSA news at the FAFSA blog + 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

FAP864: Beloit College Mindset List, FMD, EFP Listen now: Student Financial Aid News + Yesterday we released the Cheap College Textbooks free eBook + Marketwatch: Student lender First Marblehead Corp. (ticker: FMD) said Goldman Sachs (ticker: GS) completed a $132.7 million cash investment in the company as co-founder Daniel Meyers will return to lead the firm. + Meanwhile, Chief Executive Jack L. Kopnisky will resign effective Aug. 31, with Meyers returning to the company to lead it through this challenging operating environment. Meyers, who will also serve as president, co-founded the company in 1991 and served as CEO until 2005. His annual base pay will be $1, although he will get $1 million and stock options if certain targets are met. + Private student loan lender Education Finance Partners has also ceased operations, the 129th student loan company to exit lending + As always, if you need student loans, please hit up StudentLoanNetwork.com + The Beloit College Mindset List is out! The class of 2012 has grown up in an era where computers and rapid communication are the norm, and colleges no longer trumpet the fact that residence halls are “wired” and equipped with the latest hardware. These students will hardly recognize the availability of telephones in their rooms since they have seldom utilized landlines during their adolescence. They will continue to live on their cell phones and communicate via texting. Roommates, few of whom have ever shared a bedroom, have already checked out each other on Facebook where they have shared their most personal thoughts with the whole world. + For these students, Sammy Davis Jr., Jim Henson, Ryan White, Stevie Ray Vaughan and Freddy Krueger have always been dead. + Shampoo and conditioner have always been available in the same bottle. + Gas stations have never fixed flats, but most serve cappuccino. + Films have never been X rated, only NC-17. + IBM has never made typewriters. + McDonald’s and Burger King have always used vegetable oil for cooking french fries. + The Tonight Show has always been hosted by Jay Leno and started at 11:35 EST. + Balsamic vinegar has always been available in the U.S. + Soft drink refills have always been free. + Clarence Thomas has always sat on the Supreme Court. Scholarship Update + Cappex $2,000 Design Scholarship + Cappex.com is awarding a $2,000 Design scholarship, and we want you to have a shot at it. This scholarship opportunity will be available at any college or university. All you need is a Cappex profile. The Design scholarship will be given to students with well-rounded profiles, so don t hold back on the details. To be eligible for this scholarship, you must have a high school diploma or GED and be currently enrolled in college or plan to enroll within the next 12 months. You also must explain to Cappex why you deserve this scholarship in the Tell Us More box at the bottom of the application. Application deadline is November 30, 2008. One award will be granted. Good luck! + Details at our free college scholarship search site Mail Bag + There is none! But there s a ton of stuff in the Twitter stream. + Remember this tip from former MIT director of financial aid Yvonne Gittens - make photocopies or scans of all your vital financial-aid related paperwork and have a copy securely stored on campus, so that if the financial aid office needs backup documentation, you have everything + Your chances of being selected for FAFSA verification are about 30%. Some schools do 100% verification. + Be careful what you publish online. + ENORMOUS FINANCIAL AID FATTY REFUND CHECK PARADISE!!!!!!!!! + Just got my financial aid money. Hello 46 LCD HDTV! 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! + Stafford federal student loans at StaffordLoan.com + Parent PLUS loans at ParentPLUSLoan.com + Graduate student loans at GradLoans.com + Private student loans available at any time - visit AlternativeStudentLoan.com + Private student loan consolidation at StudentLoanConsolidator.com + FAFSA form tutorials and free help at FAFSAonline.com + Get FAFSA news at the FAFSA blog + 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 Sneak Preview: How To Find Cheap College Textbooks ShareThis

FAP863: More options if you run into financial aid trouble Listen now: Student Financial Aid News + Bloomberg: Just three days after the Fed approved a loan against Bear Stearns securities, Pennsylvania Democratic Representative Paul Kanjorski and 31 other lawmakers sent Bernanke a letter asking him to open the discount window to nonbank education-loan companies. Bernanke refused. + Scathing commentary in the Wall Street Journal: First, we will set up a single goal to represent educational success, which will take four years to achieve no matter what is being taught. We will attach an economic reward to it that seldom has anything to do with what has been learned. We will urge large numbers of people who do not possess adequate ability to try to achieve the goal, wait until they have spent a lot of time and money, and then deny it to them. We will stigmatize everyone who doesn t meet the goal. We will call the goal a BA. + Outside a handful of majors engineering and some of the sciences a bachelor s degree tells an employer nothing except that the applicant has a certain amount of intellectual ability and perseverance. Even a degree in a vocational major like business administration can mean anything from a solid base of knowledge to four years of barely remembered gut courses. + The solution is not better degrees, but no degrees. Young people entering the job market should have a known, trusted measure of their qualifications they can carry into job interviews. That measure should express what they know, not where they learned it or how long it took them. They need a certification, not a degree. + Here s the reality: Everyone in every occupation starts as an apprentice. Those who are good enough become journeymen. The best become master craftsmen. This is as true of business executives and history professors as of chefs and welders. Getting rid of the BA and replacing it with evidence of competence treating post-secondary education as apprenticeships for everyone is one way to help us to recognize that common bond. Scholarship Update + Blogging for Progress + Deadline October 15, 2008 + Applicable Schools: Any regionally or nationally accredited college, university or vocational school in the United States or abroad + Winners are based on total accumulated points as of December 15, 2008 with points awarded for each blog entry and comment accepted for posting to the website and for each read of a participants blog entries by members and visitors. Participants also have opportunities to earn bonus points towards the scholarship throughout the semester. One first place winner will receive a 1500.00 scholarship towards higher education expenses and up to five runners up will receive gift certificates to help offset the cost of college textbooks. Additional Information: Contest begins September 15, 2008 and runs through December 15, 2008. Users must be registered by October 15, 2008 in order to be eligible for this semester s contest + Details at our free college scholarship search site Financial Aid 101 + Taking a look at the conversation, there are indeed folks not being able to get loans or other financial aid + Here are your options if you face this situation + Ask for a payment plan if you know your aid payments are going to be late + Take out a PLUS loan if you ve been turned down for a private student loan + Take a semester off or reduce your credit load + If your school s financial aid office is swamped - as it may be - you may need to either go up the chain of command, or find an advocate elsewhere in the administration + Most financial aid administrators, such as the director of financial aid, have email addresses and phone numbers - be polite, but be persistent + Enroll at a local community college for a more affordable courseload and knock down some credit hours 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! + Stafford federal student loans at StaffordLoan.com + Parent PLUS loans at ParentPLUSLoan.com + Graduate student loans at GradLoans.com + Private student loans available at any time - visit AlternativeStudentLoan.com + Private student loan consolidation at StudentLoanConsolidator.com + FAFSA form tutorials and free help at FAFSAonline.com + Get FAFSA news at the FAFSA blog + 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

FAP860: Brazos, Northstar, and PHEAA exit student lending Listen now: Student Financial Aid News + NASFAA and Bond Buyer: Three of the largest nonprofit student loan lenders have temporarily withdrawn from lending in the Federal Family Education Loan program despite a high-profile plan by the Department of Education designed to assist non-bank lenders in financing student loans, The Bond Buyer reports. Brazos Higher Education Service Corp., NorthStar Education Finance Inc., and the Pennsylvania Higher Education Assistance Agency, historically some of the largest issuers or obligors of tax-exempt debt backed by student loans, have suspended their FFEL lending because they cannot secure crucial bridge loans that they need to participate in a new, short-term liquidity program run by the Department of Education, their officials said. Specifically, DOE officials told lenders that once they tapped a line of credit and received bridge financing, the lenders could disburse their student loans, after which they would be eligible to borrow funds through the department once a week, via a custodian. But details of the program - many of them technical - remain unresolved and lenders say they have not had enough time to find any bridge lender comfortable with it. + Wow. + As always, we re still open for student loans Scholarship Update + Cappex $1,000 video game design scholarship + For anyone pursuing degrees in video game and interactive media design + November 30, 2008 deadline + Details at our free college scholarship search site Mail Bag + Dan writes in: My kids are too young (thank god) to be looking at college-level scholarships, but looks like you have some great resources. + Actually, just occurred to me that I should see what scholarship opportunities ARE available for private schools in the 3-6 year old range. Any pointers? + Not nearly as much! Private schools typically don t have much in the way of scholarships because the public school system provides a taxpayer funded alternative + Cheap textbooks eBook on the way - email me and you ll get a copy! 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! + Stafford federal student loans at StaffordLoan.com + Parent PLUS loans at ParentPLUSLoan.com + Graduate student loans at GradLoans.com + Private student loans available at any time - visit AlternativeStudentLoan.com + Private student loan consolidation at StudentLoanConsolidator.com + FAFSA form tutorials and free help at FAFSAonline.com + Get FAFSA news at the FAFSA blog + 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

FAP810: Facebook, green car scholarship, financial aid mailbag Listen now: Student Financial Aid News Image via Wikipedia + Inside Higher Ed: SUNY Plattsburgh using Facebook applications for recruiting + Want to get into the college of your choice? Write them a Facebook app. Reminds me a little of one of the key factors in getting into my undergraduate college. + NASFAA: Some of the nation s biggest banks have closed their doors to students at community colleges, for-profit universities and other less competitive institutions, even as they continue to extend federally backed loans to students at the nation s top universities, The New York Times reports. Citibank (ticker: STU) has been among the most aggressive in paring the list of colleges it serves. JPMorgan Chase (ticker: JPM), PNC (ticker: PNC) and SunTrust (ticker: STI) say they have not dropped whole categories, but are cutting colleges as well. Some less-selective four-year colleges, like Eastern Oregon University and William Jessup University in Rocklin, Calif., say they have been summarily dropped by some lenders. The practice suggests that if the credit crisis and the ensuing turmoil in the student loan business persist, some of the nation s neediest students will be hurt the most. + Student loans at StudentLoanNetwork.com Scholarship Update + BLADE Your Ride + The webcast, or brief video message, is the most crucial component of your application and also the most fun. This is your opportunity to let your creative talents, and unique genius shine through an original, persuasive, buzzworthy video broadcast about the global climate crisis AND an affordable, convenient solution. We want people to get excited about BLADE, talk about it with their friends and family and use it to reduce their personal impact on the environment. + You are eligible to apply if you are: + A college freshman, sophomore, junior, senior or graduate student + Enrolled full time in a Bachelor’s degree program or Master’s degree program + Attending an accredited United States college or university in one of the 50 United States + Pursuing any degree of study + Maintaining a minimum GPA of 3.0 cumulative out of a 4.0 (4.0 cumulative out of a 5.0) + A citizen of any country (US Citizenship is not required) + Passionate about the global climate crisis + If you would like to apply, submit your completed application by June 30, 2008. Any application received after June 30, 2008 will not be considered. + The following four components need to be included in your application: + Resume + Transcript + Letter of referral + Webcast (brief video message) + Details on our free college scholarship search site Mail Bag + Maria Gaitan wrote: I need info about financial aid. I m going to college this fall. + A bit vague, but sure! + Scholarships and grants + Free scholarship search eBook + File your FAFSA + Federal student loans + Stafford loans at StaffordLoan.com + PLUS loans at ParentPLUSLoan.com + Private student loans + Working during 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 + Edvisors Jobs + Grad student? Get graduate financial aid information at the GradLoans.com 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. Technorati Tags: financial aid financialaidpodcast Related articles Student Loans Start to Bypass 2-Year Colleges [via Zemanta] Student Loans Start To Bypass 2-Year Colleges [via Zemanta] ShareThis

FAP784: Local Scholarships, PLUS Loan Borrower Protection Act Listen now: Student Financial Aid News + Inside Higher Ed: Momentum has been building for the federal government to take increasingly aggressive steps to wade into the student loan markets, even amid continuing disagreement about whether and/or how serious a crisis there really is. At the urging of lenders, lawmakers have moved from merely seeking to ensure that there are alternative providers of student loans, so that students do not lose access to college, to calling for outright financial assistance for banks and other loan providers. + Under the proposal, which was described in an e-mail message sent by a Senate aide that was shared with Inside Higher Ed, the Education Department would commit to buying from time to time any or all of such loans originated or purchased by any lender that so desires, at the face value of the student loan. The plan would then allow the lender to repurchase any of the loans sold to the Secretary within a year upon the same terms and conditions under which the department bought the loans from the lender. The arrangements, known as standby loan purchase agreements, would be possible through July 2009. + The proposed arrangement could also enable lenders to pick and choose which loans they decide to sell and buy back, potentially resulting in a situation in which lenders hold on to their safest and most profitable loans (those they are likeliest to be able to sell to traditional investors in the credit markets) and to dump their riskiest loans, and those most likely to go into default, on the federal government. Scholarship Search + Another site restrictor search + States have domains for their schools + Example: scholarship site:k12.ma.us + Example: scholarship site:boston.k12.ma.us + You will find a decent number of local scholarships and local information Opinion + Commentary on the PLUS Loan Borrower Protection Act 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 + Grad student? Get graduate financial aid information at the GradLoans.com 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. Technorati Tags: financial aid financialaidpodcast ShareThis