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College Financial Aid Program Presented by the Dobbs Ferry School District

College costs are escalating!
Learn how to get money for college!

For the parents of all high school students, now is the time you need to focus on ways to get money for college, including how to file for financial aid.  There are certain choices you must make before December 31, 2010.

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The Guidance Department is hosting a program taught by Joel Peck, CPA, an expert on how to get money for college.  Joel lives in Westchester, speaks from his own experience (he has one child that has graduated college, one currently in college, and one still in high school) and his expertise in coaching other families.

He will be answering…..

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  • How does financial aid work?
  • What is involved in filing for financial aid?
  • How do you get the most money you deserve?
  • What does it mean to be eligible for financial aid based on need?
  • How do families that do not qualify for aid based on need still get money from the college?
  • What are the deadlines?

Even if you have enough money set aside in savings, there may be a much more financially effective way to pay for college.  Don't leave money on the table!

Please join us on Tuesday, November 16 th at 7:00 pm at Dobbs Ferry High School.

Let Joel help you figure all of this out! 

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