Application packages are available from AFSA Headquarters. Complete packages must be postmarked not later than April 15 for consideration. The guide offers practical ways to save money during college and lists various types of financial aid. The money is there. Billions go unclaimed.
College is expensive.
During the past 10 years the cost of a college education has doubled. Financial aid experts at the IOF Foresters say that over the next 10 years costs will keep climbing. There is a great deal of financial aid available and we are talking billions of dollars. And the number of other sources for financial aid are growing. One-fifth of all aid is now funded by the colleges themselves.