Mastering College Funding: Insider Tips On Planning, Financial Aid, & Minimizing Debt
Finding Genius Podcast
Richard Jacobs
4.4 • 1K Ratings
🗓️ 8 September 2024
⏱️ 35 minutes
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Summary
Are there ways to afford college without getting buried in debt? What financial options do parents have to help their children achieve their higher education ambitions? Angie Grimm joins the podcast to address these important questions and explain her unique approach to helping students make valuable informed decisions about the future…
Angie is a College Funding Professional at College Solutions, a company that offers late-stage planning services for parents with students attending college in the near future. With an emphasis on families with college-bound high school students, Angie and her team are on a mission to help their clients navigate the complex and overwhelming process of paying for college tuition – using proven strategies to optimize their goals.
Jump in now to discover:
- The benefits of understanding the ebb and flow of the financial aid system.
- Why out-of-state tuition is higher.
- What "cash flow planning" is, and how to harness it.
- The most under-utilized resource for college-bound students.
To learn more about Angie and her work with College Solutions, click here!
Episode also available on Apple Podcasts: http://apple.co/30PvU9
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Forget frequently asked questions common sense common knowledge or Google how about advice from a real genius |
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| 0:14.8 | but only 0.1 percent. A real Jesus. |
| 0:18.2 | Richard Jacobs has made it his life's mission to find them for you. He hunts down and interviews geniuses in every field, |
| 0:25.0 | sleep science, cancer, stem cells, ketogenic diets, and more. Here come the geniuses. |
| 0:30.0 | This is the Finding Genius Podcast. |
| 0:33.0 | That is Richard Jacobs. |
| 0:35.0 | Hello, this is Richard Jacobs with the Finding Genius Podcast. |
| 0:41.0 | I've got a great guest, Angie Grim. |
| 0:43.0 | She's a college funding professional. |
| 0:45.0 | We have to talk about, you know, how parents can help afford college for their kids and how |
| 0:50.3 | young adults can help afford college and not get buried in debt. |
| 0:54.0 | So I think it will be a very timely, very interesting podcast. |
| 0:58.1 | I have one daughter that's a university, so it's very relevant to me. |
| 1:01.7 | I think listeners that are coming into this range |
| 1:04.7 | or in the thick of it will benefit a lot. |
| 1:06.9 | So welcome Angie. |
| 1:07.9 | Thanks for coming. |
| 1:08.8 | Thanks, Rich, I'm happy to be here. |
| 1:11.0 | Yeah, if you would, somebody would put up out about your background first and then how you got into, you know, college |
| 1:15.0 | rep and planning and financial world. |
| 1:18.0 | Yeah, so I have been working with students and families for about the past 15 years or so, and that even includes by own kiddos who are now grown and out of the house 25 and 27. |
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