01 Discuss College Financing With Your Parents
You have passed a major hurdle -- You are a freshman in high school.
Did you think of what you want to do further in your life?
Now is the right time to begin the discussion about funding for college with your parents. While you cannot do much about securing financial aid during your freshman year, you can come up with a plan for how your family will go about helping you to pay for college.
On one hand, your parents may have been saving for your college education since you were little. On the other hand, they may not have been so fortunate.
In today's economy, many families have lost part or all of their savings; parents may have lost jobs, gotten separated, etc. In any case, you will need to sit down as a family and discuss the reality of the situation. Here are some of the questions:
How much are your parents willing and able to spend on your college education?
How much do they expect you to contribute?
About how much do you expect to get in financial aid?
Do you need to take a part-time job?
Answering these questions early-on saves a lot of worry later, during your senior year. You don't want to fill out the FAFSA and realize in the April before you start college that you cannot afford to go and fulfill your dream due to lack of funding.
There is always a way to get through school. You just need to start planning early in order to account for any difficulties along the way, and for this is good to make sure both you and your parents are on the same financial page.
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