How to Pay for College without Going Broke!
Saturday, December 19, 2009, 10am - Noon
How to Pay for College without Going Broke!
Saturday, December 19th, 2009, 10am - Noon
Lake Washington School District Headquarters
Redmond Town Center
Paula Bishop, CPA
Certified College Planning Specialist
Questions will be addressed such as:
- Do you qualify for financial aid? How much aid?
- How do colleges determine financial aid?
- What about athletic scholarships?
- How to select colleges that give the most aid?
- How to apply for financial aid and what forms to complete?
- What are the differences between grants, scholarships, loans and work-study as financial aid?
- How do 529s and GET affect financial aid?
- If we don’t qualify for aid, how else to pay for college?
- What’s the best way to find scholarships?
About the Speaker
Paula Bishop, CPA specializes in helping families pay for college. She holds a finance degree from the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania and an MBA from the University of California at Berkeley. She is a member of the Washington Society of CPAs; the American Society of Women Accountants; the American Institute of CPAs; and the National Society of Tax Professionals. Paula is one of only 500 Certified College Planning Specialists (CCPS) in the US. Visit her web site at www.paulabishop.com
