Seeking college financial aid advisor in New York City
May 2, 2010 11:59 AM   Subscribe

Does anybody know of a good college financial aid advisor in New York City? That is, someone who can help with the financial aid application process?
posted by DMelanogaster to Education (4 answers total)
 
I didn't know this, but I stumbled across a blog post on I Will Teach You to Be Rich that says you should be able to take the form to any old H&R Block tax preparer's office and they can help you with it. However, you should be able to just fill it out yourself because it is pretty straightforward.
posted by anniecat at 1:34 PM on May 2, 2010


Best answer: Kal Chany. There is no substitute.
posted by weaponsgradecarp at 2:35 PM on May 2, 2010


The FAFSA is generally easy and straightforward to fill out. If you're running into speedbumps, it might be best to contact the financial aid department of whatever college/university you'd be attending. They are usually happy to help even potential students apply for federal financial aid.
posted by asciident at 9:43 PM on May 2, 2010


Response by poster: This is for our son, who will be applying next fall. I'm not talking about getting help filling out the forms, though that's part of it. I want a sophisticated advisor who can discuss things like:

-Is our retirement savings considered available funds for college tuition and therefore will interfere with our getting financial aid?

-Can a college tell you you can't get aid because you could take out a home equity loan to pay tuition?

-How much earned income is too much income? Do business assets "count"?

etc.

We want to learn how much, if any, aid we can expect to get, and if there are things we need to be putting into place now so that our application will be as aid-friendly as possible next year?

I will look up Kal Chany, and any other suggestions welcome. thank you.
posted by DMelanogaster at 5:49 AM on May 3, 2010


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