SparkLife posts by brandon

Feeling guilty about the Black Friday shopping spree you just went on/are planning to go on as soon as you finish eating all the leftover ...

A reader asks:

I'm a sophomore just starting to learn about colleges and all that stuff. We are an upper middle class family from an extremely ...

Scholarships, scholarship, scholarships!

Scholarships are basically the spoiled children of the financial aid family. They get all the attention, everyone likes them best, and they have ...

As you're figuring out how to pay for college, remember this wise old cliche: “If it’s too good to be true, it probably is.”

Tackling tuition ...

Saving for college is smart, but what happens when your parents' method of saving limits your choice of schools? Brandon has some advice for a ...

College is expensive. Really expensive. There's the tuition, of course, but there's also books, food, and housing—not to mention clothes, drinks, and other essentials. If ...

A Sparkler asks:
Hi! I am a senior living in Wisconsin. I am just starting to apply to colleges and I don't even know where to ...

You've moved out of your parents' house, you've decorated your dorm room—you've achieved total independence! Right? Mmmm, maybe, but not in the eyes of the ...

Thinking about financial aid probably isn't high on your list of Super Amazing Things to Do. But as painful as might be, it's important to ...

Hi!

I'm Brandon, and I am a former financial aid counselor as well as the author of Ten Things You Gotta Know about Paying for College. ...