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| We Have An Exciting "Summer WEBinar Series" For You! |
| These Are All FREE and Content-Rich! Attend as many as you like: ~ How To Construct A College List (July 29th) ~ ~ College Funding: It's Much More than Financial Aid ~ ~ Advanced Financial Strategies to Help Pay for College ~ ~ Borrowing Money for College: What Makes Sense? ~ ~ Preparing for the SAT: A NEW Approach ~ |
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GetCollegeFunding is a 501(c)(3) non-profit, public benefit corporation. We work with families who want to send their children to a good college but don't know the best way to pay for it - or how to pay for it at all! We're able to help many students receive grants and scholarships by guiding their family through the process. For some families we offer proven strategies to significantly reduce their out-of-pocket costs. In all cases we emphasize the importance of education and counseling regarding the College Funding process.
What's different about GetCollegeFunding compared to other College Funding companies out there? You may be surprised to learn that we're NOT all the same. In fact we vary dramatically! GetCollegeFunding demonstrates to every family we meet how we're different from the rest of the pack. Read some of the testimonials written about us and check out a few of the actual awards received from families we've assisted for the upcoming 2007-2008 college year.
Families are surprised to learn how much of what we do is provided at no charge. This includes the downloads we have waiting for you on this site. You won’t find this collection of resources available anywhere else for free. And there’s never a charge for any of our public or private seminars, 'Personal Assessment Consultations', or EFC Analyses.
Some families choose to utilize our fee-based services. See our Schedule of Services. Just as many families retain the services of an accountant or CPA for tax preparation - AND tax planning - so do many families select our professional services. While you can count on us to accurately prepare your financial aid forms, our emphasis is effective PLANNING for the cost of college and REDUCING your out-of-pocket costs!
We begin the education process with an emphasis on EFC - Expected Family Contribution. No one emphasizes the importance of understanding EFC more than we do at GetCollegeFunding. This critical parameter is highly misunderstood by parents, yet is the determining factor for most college financial aid awards! It directly represents the family's level of financial aid eligibility.
Most families have NO idea of what their EFC is . . . until just a few short months before their student leaves for college! This paradigm continues to fluorish largely due to most families' first exposure to EFC at "FAFSA Night" often introduced to parents in December or January of the senior year.
| We Help Every Family Learn Their EFC to within ONE DOLLAR of the Dept of Ed's Calculation |
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The ideal time you should begin to plan for your family's College Funding is when your child is a high school sophomore or - at the latest - a first-semester junior. Most likely this is the first time you've EVER heard this, right? We know! Because the most common question we get at our seminars is, "Why didn't anyone tell us this SOONER?" Waiting until the senior year often results in reductions in college financial aid eligibility. We want to help you start on time! If you ARE the parent of a high school senior, we're not trying to frighten you! Rather, we want to encourage you to call us NOW so that we can help you in every way possible.
With our help many families can reduce their out-of-pocket costs significantly. Whether you're local to southern California or in a location remote to us, we have the resources, expertise, and technology to help you. Before you leave our site, please be sure to see our Personal Invitation to you at the bottom of this page!
If you’re like most parents, you are concerned about the high cost of college and how you will pay for it without sacrificing your ability to retire. College costs continue to rise about 5 percent annually. Regardless of the ages of your children or the size of your family – your concerns are understandable. Sadly, many families unknowingly sacrifice financial aid for which they should have qualified.
Learning the facts about the College Funding process can eliminate many of the fears that so many parents have. At GetCollegeFunding we are committed to educating you with the College Funding process and to counseling you on how to pay for the higher education you desire for your children.
| YOU Can Avoid The Big Mistakes Parents Make With Their Family's College Funding - Learn How By: |
Attending A GetCollegeFunding Seminar |
See If You're Surprised at All!
- Many families qualify for far more financial aid than they ever would have imagined – whether it be need-based or merit-based.
- Some families can actually send their children to a private school for less money out-of-pocket than a public school with a much lower “sticker price”.
- Other families can legitimately reduce their out-of-pocket costs by strategically repositioning assets before they complete and submit their financial aid forms.
- Affluent families can often restructure their income in ways to provide themselves with what we call “Tax Scholarships”.
- For many families it’s to your financial benefit – not your disadvantage – to have two students in college at the same time.
- A large amount of home equity will not prevent you from being eligible for financial aid in about 90% of all the colleges across the country.
- In the unfortunate case of a separation or divorce most colleges don’t ask about the income and assets of the non-custodial parent.
- Many schools will meet 90 to 100% of a family's need through financial aid with most of this money being offered in the form of grants (free money), not loans.
- You can appeal an initial financial aid award in the event of "special circumstances" that aren't included in the standard financial aid forms. The first award isn't necessarily the last.
- Families should not wait until the student's senior year of high school to learn their EFC. The sooner you know and understand this calculation, the better! With the free downloadable tools we provide to you on this website, you can calculate it TODAY!
Our Founders - Tom & Lawrene Bottorf - Work With Families And Situations Like The 10 Described Above |
Tom and Lawrene have a solid record of success and have built GetCollegeFunding Inc. on their calling to make a significant difference in the lives of families committed to sending their children to college. Since entering the College Funding industry, Tom and Lawrene have helped thousands of families understand the highly misunderstood process of College Funding and the financial implications to them personally. Their priority is to provide help to a diversity of families varying widely in financial and academic profiles. Read testimonials from families who have met with them. |
Our Personal Invitation To You
Let Us Help Get You Started With Your College Funding
Please browse our site and see all the ways we are able to help you and your family – and be sure to get your free downloads before you leave the site. The tools and resources we offer you at no charge aren't available anywhere else for free. Here's just a brief introduction to the first of four items we have for you:
We need the best EFC Calculator software available for our day-to-day operations - and we've found it! This same EFC Calculator software program is used by many colleges across the country. We're offering our 'EFC Wizard' to you at no cost as one of your free downloads to help get you started with the planning phase of your College Funding. This is the most thorough, user-friendly, and accurate EFC Calculator on the market. You will learn your EFC to within $1! (To learn why your 'EFC' calculation should be so important to you, click here.)
If you'll take the first step in downloading and using our 'EFC Wizard' we're offering you, you can count on us to help you thoroughly understand the results and to explain to you the impact to your family's out-of-pocket costs for college. We want you to have it just for visiting our site. This is an invaluable resource that will equip you with the knowledge you need in understanding the affordability factor of college.
ALL of the downloadable tools we provide to you on this website are absolutely FREE. Some have been designed from scratch by GetCollegeFunding and others have been hand-picked and purchased - all for your benefit. They will help you begin learning right now what most parents will never understand - or may learn too late - about the College Funding process. There’s no cost to you at all! And if you ever have any questions about anything you see on our site or about College Funding in general, please don't hesitate to give us a call at 949-340-2675 or you can always eMail us. All of us at GetCollegeFunding are here to help you in any way we can.
And finally, we appreciate any feedback you might provide to us as to "how we're doing". Should you attend one of our seminars, meet with us for a private consultation or decide to engage with our professional services, we invite you to keep us informed regarding your experience with us. Please take just a moment and complete our feedback form - we would be most grateful. We believe in accountability and want to continually refine our processes in order to provide only the highest level of service and satisfaction.
Tom & Lawrene Bottorf, Founders
GetCollegeFunding, Inc.
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