SERVICES

CORNERSTONE COLLEGE AID SERVICE PROVIDES COMPREHENSIVE ASSISTANCE. WE WILL:

	Provide a complete analysis of factors that affect your financial aid eligibility
	Make recommendations to ensure that each student demonstrates the maximum amount of financial need
	Prepare all required financial aid forms
	Calculate your Expected Family Contribution (EFC). This is the amount of money that colleges say you can afford to pay and essentially what will be your out-of-pocket cost. The EFC will be calculated prior to your processing any financial aid forms so that you can save considerable time, money, and frustration before the forms are submitted. In other words, each family will know the status of its financial aid eligibility and out-of-pocket cost prior to actually applying to colleges
	Perform a complete college search. We will find colleges that are suitable for your student and that will be affordable as well. We’ll tell you which colleges give out the most amount of money; this is very important because some schools historically do not award much financial aid, which means a higher out-of-pocket cost for you

WHY SHOULD YOU PLACE THE FINANCIAL AID PROCESS IN EXPERIENCED HANDS?

We will prepare with our expertise all the necessary financial aid paperwork including: the FAFSA, the CSS Profile, all state forms, any additional college institutional forms, follow-up and loan applications, the appeal process and all other required paperwork. We will make sure that all forms are accurate and submitted before deadlines. It is important that the first year’s financial aid be handled correctly because it will have an impact on the second, third, and fourth years.

ANY LACK OF UNDERSTANDING OF HOW THE FINANCIAL AID SYSTEM WORKS CAN CAUSE SEVERE HARDSHIPS FOR BOTH STUDENTS AND PARENTS. SOME OF THESE HARDSHIPS INCLUDE:

	Depleting savings and retirement accounts to pay for the cost of college (this could result in hefty tax penalties and unnecessary added income which will increase your EFC and lower your eligibility)
	Having to take out a home mortgage to pay for the excessive costs leaving both parents and students with a large debt after graduation
	Instead of the student attending his/her number one or best choice, the student attends a mediocre college or even worse, no college at all

EVEN THOUGH FAMILIES ARE ELIGIBLE FOR A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF FINANCIAL AID, THE MAJORITY END UP WITH MUCH LESS THAN THEY COULD HAVE RECEIVED.

The reason for this is that they have no idea of how the financial aid system works. They rely on what the colleges tell them and rely on people without expertise in this process. They do not know how to maximize their financial aid eligibility by reducing their Expected Family Contribution(EFC). They are not prepared for the pitfalls they will encounter which will cause delays and the loss of much financial aid.

THE SOLUTION: A FREE CONSULTATION BY TELEPHONE.

Cornerstone College Aid Service offers a free consultation. We will show you how the financial aid system works, answer all of your questions, give you some valuable tips regarding financial aid and the college search, and, of course, let you know if you qualify for financial aid. A college education is extremely important…and expensive. Why take chances with your child’s future? Trust Cornerstone College Aid Service’s dedication and experience in getting your family the most financial aid possible. Click here to visit our contact page.