🏴☠️🍀 Beat The Financial Aid Office...
Faith and Begorrah!
Did you know financial aid offices are like sneaky leprechauns? Notwithstanding the blarney on their websites about how much aid they dole out, they’d rather keep their pot of gold for themselves than give it to you!
Colleges are businesses, and, like most for-profit operations, they're not exactly in the business of showing YOU how to pay less!
Quite the opposite, lads and lasses.
That’s why you need real financial aid strategies—the kind that legally shelter your savings, avoid screw-ups on forms, and even help you negotiate MORE aid after your award comes in.
This week only, you can get $500 off our full-service Financial Aid Warrior package—your personal roadmap to paying less for college.
Use these lucky charms at checkout:
GREEN – for the 1-pay option EZ-GREEN – for the 5-pay option
Get in before the deadline this Friday!
- Andy O' Lockwood
P.S. I have it on good word from my dear friend Seamus McGillicud...
Your Financial Aid Pot O' Gold Awaits 🍀💰
Lads and Lasses,
St. Patrick’s Day is here, and while you might be searching for a four-leaf clover or a leprechaun with a pot of gold, I’ve got something even better—a $500 discount off our Financial Aid Warrior consulting and forms prep!
That’s right—no need to kiss the Blarney Stone or chase rainbows. Just use one of these magic words at checkout:
GREEN – for the 1-pay option
EZ-GREEN – for the 5-pay option
What’s in your pot of gold?
Strategies to increase your financial aid eligibility (yes, legally!)
Expert help filing your CSS Profile & other financial aid forms (so you don’t mess up & lose $$$)
Unlimited support all the way through the process (no leprechaun tricks here!)
Negotiation help to increase your financial aid offer after you receive it
Get your $500 discount now – offer expires Friday at midnight!
Don’t wait until you’re stuck feeling unlucky—grab your discount while it’s still here!
Pick the option that works for you.
Tonight: SAT's Flunked Rollout
From the Never a Dull Moment Department:
Last week the big news was about the horrible glitches on the most recent SAT.
That was last week. As of yesterday, we're dealing with close to 2,000 layoffs at the Department of Edumacation and what they mean for you if you're looking for financial aid.
Tonight, we're running an open Q&A about the SAT debacle, but anything goes, so bring ANY of your test prep, college admissions, financial aid or other related Q's about what this means for your kiddos, and we'll do our darndest to provide A's.
Here's the sign up info:
- Andy "Breaking College News" Lockwood
P.S. Please feel free to pass along this invitation.
The SAT Debacle
Have you heard about the recent disaster with the SAT? (Answers being submitted before the student was ready, more.)
We're also hearing about problems with the rollout of new digital ACT. The fun never stops.
Join me and our head tutor, Marissa U, for a brief overview, discussion and plenty of advice about how to cope with these issues.
It's tomorrow, Thursday, May 13. Details here:
- Andy "College 911" Lockwood
P.S. Please feel free to pass this invitation onto any of your friends who could use this information.
We're Starting! Scholarship "Hacks"
We're hitting the airwaves NOW!
You can still join our workshop, How to Legally "Print" Scholarships On Demand,
Hope you can make it!
-Andy "'Almost Ready for Prime Time" Lockwood
P.S. Topics for tonight, In just a few minutes:
How any family -- even high income earners -- can slash college costs by more than 56%
The strange and unsettling truth about the 529 College Savings Plan
How to squeeze a few more (thousand) bucks out of a college after it's so-called "final" offer
The oddball, counter-intuitive reason why a high sticker price private college can cost less out of pocket than a "cheaper" state university
The crucial, overlooked, make-or-break factor that dictates whether you will win boatloads of scholarships, or get "bupkis". (Best guess is that 99% of families and guidance counselors overlook this or have no idea what I'm talking about.)
"HIde" Your Money From the Financial Aid Office
Tonight's the night if you've taken a look at exactly how much college tuition for all of your kids will actually cost you, and you've broken out into a cold sweat, feeling like you're about to lose your lunch.
Tonight, I'm running a new online workshop, How to Legally "Print" Scholarships On Demand, and you're invited! Yay.
(You can even forward this invitation to your friends, who will owe you a debt of gratitude until the end of time).
Here's what awaits you when you join us tonight:
How any family -- even high income earners -- can slash college costs by more than 56%
The strange and unsettling truth about the 529 College Savings Plan
How to squeeze a few more (thousand) bucks out of a college after it's so-called "final" offer
The oddball, counter-intuitive reason why a high sticker price private college can cost less out of pocket than a "cheaper" state university
The crucial, overlooked, make-or-break factor that dictates whether you will win boatloads of scholars...
The $26,400 Email Colleges Hope You Never Write
A simple email helped one family save $26,400 at Holy Cross. No begging, no sob stories—just knowing how to play the game.
(Well, maybe a little begging.)
I'm tee'ing up a new workshop, "How to 'Print' Scholarships on Demand" tomorrow night, to show you exactly how to slash your tuition bill by 56.1%. Here’s the theory of the case:
You do NOT have to pay full price for college—even if you’re “too rich” for aid.
Spoiler alert: you're not. Paying Full Boat is a CHOICE, not an obligation.
I’m offering a free, no-BS workshop. On this call, will discover:
Why your financial aid officer is NOT your friend (And why trusting them will cost you bigly)
How to “guilt-trip” colleges into giving you more money (Even if you don’t “need” it)
The double-secret financial aid formula (And the hiding in plain sight "loopholes" you can use to shelter your savings from the financial aid office)
Broadly speaking, there are two types of families this workshop is for:
Six-figure earning famili...
Why High Income Families Overpay for College
Think you make too much for financial aid? Think again.
Most scholarships and aid actually go to high-income families—but colleges won’t tell you. They’d rather you shut up and write the check.
Join my free webinar, “How to Print Scholarships on Demand,” and I’ll show you how to slash your tuition bill by 56% or more, even if you think you can't possibly qualify for any type of aid.
Live on Wednesday, March 5
Register here: https://event.webinarjam.com/
When you attend this free workshop, you’ll discover:
Why paying full price is for suckers (And why most people who do are clueless)
The secret formula colleges use to decide how much to gouge you
How to turn an empty, "Where's the beef??" award letter into a cash offer, only a little bit of groveling required
You have nothing to lose by attending this free workshop...
...except tens of thousands of dollarinos in tuition!
I hope to see you there!
- Andy "Here's The Beef" Lockwood
P...
At MIDNIGHT, this deal is gone
I just wanted to make sure you saw this because we're all busy and things can easily slip through the cracks.
The clock is ticking.
At MIDNIGHT, this "Early Action Scholarship" deal is gone.
After tonight:
No more $3,495 pricing—tuition jumps back to $5,995
No more extra seats—we will shut the door
No more last-minute begging for an extension—I can’t and won’t make exceptions (hey, that's how college works: no Early Decision extensions, no FAFSA deadline re-do's)
So at this point, the real question is:
Are you willing to roll the dice? Are you really OK taking...
The risk that your child’s essays won’t be strong enough to land an acceptance? The risk that they’ll lose out on a five-figure merit scholarship because they weren’t positioned for aid correctly? The risk that when decisions come out, they’ll be staring at rejection letters… while their friends celebrate?
Or…
Do you take action now, lock in your seat, and make sure your child has every advantage possible?
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Final Warning: Bootcamp Closes Soon
I have good news and bad news for you!
The good news:
You still have a few hours left to grab one of the last seats in the College Application Edge Bootcamp at the $3,495 discounted price.
The bad news?
This offer slinks out of the room in a few short hours.
If you wait any longer, you’ll have two choices:
Pay full price later ($5,995) like the families who missed this deal.
Try to “DIY” this process… and hope for the best.
Personally, I wouldn’t gamble my kid’s future on hope.
And I KNOW you don’t want to be sitting in the kitchen in August, September, October and maybe all the way through December, screaming at your kid to finish their applications before the Early Decision, Early Action and Regular Decision deadlines.
Do yourself and your kid a favor, preserve your relationship during the most stressful, high-stakes period of their young lives. Make the smart move today.
Head on over here to get all the details and grab your seat before the promo disappears.
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