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Assemble a College Budget
Before submitting an application for student financial aid, assemble a college budget to estimate how much aid you will need each month to attend school.
Use your budget to plan monthly spend. The budget will help determine what type and how much aid you should apply for.
Jump over to our "tools center" for a step-by-step demonstration on budget planning
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Submit your application for college financial aid
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- budget
your monthly spending
- avoid
interest rate charges
- avoid
getting into credit and debt problems
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- manage
your account online
- build
up your credit reporting history
- use
where credit cards are accepted
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| Student or parent gets a prepaid card for student's use in college (approval guaranteed). Student or parent adds spending money to the card. |
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Student uses card
to buy food, supplies, pizza, etc., at any merchant that accepts MC/VISA cards. |
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Student or parent can monitor pre-paid
account electronically
for budgeting purposes. Pre-paid cards can help maintain a spending budget. |
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| Student or parent can reload the card with additional monthly spending funds as needed. |
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Using pre-paid credit cards protects the
student from accumulating credit card debt. |
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Students can use
pre-paid cards to build a credit history for future credit approval on auto loans, employment,
home mortgages, etc. |
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