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This year, instead of procrastinating what you know you need to do, why not give yourself or those you care about the gift of immediate action on funding your college dreams?

One of the greatest gifts you can give is the gift of educational transformation. So why not invest in the tools and proven strategies that will make your college dreams financially within reach?

With this in mind, we have put together the Quick College Cash Set—including the best combination of tools, strategies and resources to truly make a difference in your or your loved one's educational future.

Build a Financial Aid Vocabulary to Save Thousands in Tuition

Posted by Ben Kaplan
Even Bluto knows that financial aid terminology need not be confusing!

For any college-bound family new to the financial aid game, one of the most frustrating aspects of the process is trying to understand the mind-numbing jargon:

"If your EFC on the FAFSA is substantially less than your EFC on the CSS Profile, then the FM may be much more favorable to you than the IM, unless the FAO uses the CA."

Believe it or not, the above sentence does, in fact, make sense. But to decode what it means--and then use this knowledge to boost your financial aid packages by many thousands of dollars--we first need to break down some of the inner workings of college financial aid.

How College Scholarships Can 'Show You the Money'

Posted by Ben Kaplan
Say it again, Tom: Show Me the Money!

In the 1990s movie "Jerry Maguire," a temperamental pro athlete demands that his agent, played by Tom Cruise, repeatedly shout out four simple words: "Show me the money!" And back in 1994, when I was a college-bound high school junior, it seemed as if every college I hoped to attend bellowed a similar demand: "Let's see the cash… No dough, no go!"

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