College Selection Strategy

College Selection can be a troublesome task without professional help.Trouble starts with choosing   the right college and compounds with the high college cost problem.

Consider this:

• 34% of all College Freshman do not return to the same college starting their sophomore year.

• 60.4% of all students entering four year Colleges do not graduate in four years.

A simple, very affordable ($39/year), career assessment online tool can simplify the college choice process from the start. Confusion turns into clarity with a systematic approach that allows the student to engage and synthesize information in choosing the right school.

You can discover more details and how the process works by requesting the e-Book "College Choice 4" above to the right. It's free and provides tips evaluating the student's interests / strengths into possible occupations, majors, and identifies schools that apply to those criteria based upon student / family preferences.

The software with the student's input provides solutions to these problems.

• No Career Goals
• No Major or Undeclared
• Undecided and Uncommitted
• Choosing  the wrong school

In addition the career test tool can be integrated with Coach-for-College proprietary College Selector Worksheet resulting in the final college list to visit and then choosing the application schools.

"List a College" feature simplifies the college search process  by allowing you to perform college campuses search based upon many important school demographics. Here are a few...

• List a College by 2 or 4 year training and certification programs.
• College list by school location, majors, costs, size, enrollment yield
• College Campuses "Visual Tours" and links to schools' websites
• Save College List and rank your favorite College Campuses

The aptitude test is no ordinary test. First, there is no right or wrong answer. It simply measures your interests, strengths and attributes, The details of the how the career profile works is reviewed in the complimentary e-Book "College Choice 4" (top right of page).

The key ingredient is a systematic approach that provides organization and logic to selecting the best school while graduating in four years.

When going to college some people believe there are only two ways to pay for college, your money with possible debt, or other peoples' money.The primary objective is to use as little of your money and possible debt as possible.There is another way to find college funding which we will not discuss here.

Starting with your money, most people transfer away money unknowingly and unnecessarily. There are over 60 possible types of wealth transfers such as improper debt structure, auto financing,  non-deductible interest, unnecessary paid taxes and yes, going to college without a professional plan of action.

When these mistakes are identified by a trained professional they can be eliminated and applied toward college and retirement.

Other people's money includes tax scholarships, tax reduction strategies, accumulation strategies,..over 150 strategies that might apply to you.

Our college strategy planning focuses on increasing cash flow without reducing your current lifestyle.

As an example, one college strategy is positioning the student earlier in high school to maximize their opportunities and the "brag" sheet they present to colleges. Here are some tips in this area.

• Build a resume of solid achievement
• Concentrate on maintaining good grades
• Test Prep for the achievement tests with an economical online video test prep course
• Select an area where you have a passion and donate time for community involvement

College is not only a decision making matrix but also a financial burden that can cut into retirement savings. College bound families can easily become overwhelmed and confused.

Coach-for-College provides an affordable systematic platform so families can do what they do best, live their daily lives as a family. Here are a few of the 25 steps within the coaching program that are available and outlined in the e-Book "College Choice 4".

• Provide a proven online Career Assessment Tool, Coach's son used it and is doing great!
• Expected Family Contribution "Dry Runs" and Corrective Strategies
• Action step emails with "to-do" lists and follow up
• Video's explaining individualized college planning strategies
• Over 150 Financial Strategies including managing liabilities into assets
• Borrow Smart Repay Smart proprietary software  analysis

• Academic, Application, and Admission guidance with online video processes
• On going tracking of agreed upon objectives with updates
• College Visitation Navigator
• College Decision Navigator
• 20 video lessons for students learning about money and borrowing before going to college

We cannot solve our current problems at the same level of thinking when we created them". - Albert Einstein

You can take action and eliminate the college cost wealth transfer, or you can wait until it is too late. You can request our free e-book on College Choice 4, or feel free to send questions to the email address below.

"If what you thought about paying for College turned out not to be true, when would you want to know?"

Contact us now and we will tell you your guaranteed savings number ...it starts at $25,000 and after a discussion we will give you your guaranteed number. Is it $25,000, $42,000,  or higher ?,

You have nothing to lose and everything to gain.

Find out your savings number now  jimkuhner@CertifiedCollegePlanners.com.

Jim Kuhner, CCPS, CLA

Founding Faculty Member

National Institute of Financial Education www.niofe.org

College Selection Strategy - Benefit Light Financial

jimkuhner@CertifiedCollegePlanners.com