University Funding Professionals
Family Essential Foundations
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In our flagship consulting package, we'll bring our unique skills to help you understand the entire college funding process.
The problem: Many families find it so overwhelming, they don’t even know where to start. Parents and students simply don’t have the time, information and resources to successfully do the entire college planning process on their own.
Our solution: We created our Essential Foundations College Planning Program to guide families step-by-step through the process. We use a team approach where the student, parents, high-school counselors and the UFPROS team work together to assure you have a successful planning process.
From career selection to locating the dream colleges who offer that major, completing the admissions and scholarship applications and essays, navigating financial aid and analyzing the award offers, appealing for special circumstances, UFPros is with you every step of the way.
Here's what makes up our complete Family Essential Foundations package:
College Planning Resources
Choosing a college that aligns with their desired career path is one of the biggest decisions your child will face. The first step is exploring potential career and college majors with parents and students. The goal is to find a college that meets the student’s needs and the parent’s budget. The UFPROS team has many tools that will assist your family with this important part of the college selection process.
How we can help you make cost-effective plans:
- Access to a web-based career, major and college matching program
- Access to a college scholarship search engine
- Which colleges may have the best financial aid
- Access to NCAA sports processing information
- Guided parent and student discussion of career, major, and college options
College Financial Survival Planning
Our main goal is helping families survive the college years without going broke. Parents and students simply don’t have the resources to be prepared for all the situations that arise when planning for college.
Every family’s financial situation is different. UFPROS will work with your family to make sure there are no surprises in your process and that you can maximize the financial aid you are entitled to receive.
How we can equip you to survive college finances:
- Calculation of Estimated Family Contribution (EFC)
- Financial aid estimates on an unlimited list of colleges
- ACT & GPA impacts on the cost of the colleges selected
- Planning recommendations on ways to potentially reduce the EFC
- How to protect your assets from the financial aid formulas
- Recommendations on how to pay the “Parent Contribution”
- How to pay your share of the college costs in separated or divorced families
- Assistance with cash flow, saving, retirement, debt management
- Tax efficient borrowing strategies on how to properly use home equity
- Business and LLC development assistance
- Assistance with finding loans and filing the loan paperwork
- Answers to the “what if” questions & how to handle “unique situations”
Financial Aid Award Analysis
Let's walk through an analysis of what we can do for you:
Each college awards their financial aid packages differently. Some colleges give a majority of their financial aid in free money. Other colleges load you up with student and parent loans.
Knowing when to appeal your award offer is very important. This family saved $6,895 per year. For a 4-year degree, that’s $27,580. With the money saved, they could afford to pay for their next child to attend college.
Always ask, “did the college give you a fair award offer?” Families working with UFPROS will have an accurate estimate of what they should expect before they send in their financial aid forms. Note: some colleges will not negotiate aid offers.
Family Financial Aid Processing
Financial aid: where do I start? What if I so something wrong? The colleges and student loan companies are not interested in saving you tuition dollars. It would be self-destructive for them to focus on this area.
We study and understand the complicated laws and regulations of both the Federal and Institutional Financial Aid processes. Because of our understanding of the complicated application process and how it applies to you, we are able to identify steps that you can take to potentially reduce your college costs.
We can guide you through all this, and more:
- Timeline of the expected financial aid process
- Data gathering assistance to prepare for financial aid process
- Detailed report of financial aid expectations before application process starts
- Form preparation for both the FAFSA and CSS Profile
- Data entry of both the FAFSA and CSS Profile
- Guided signature session for financial aid forms
- Updates of your information as necessary
- Award analysis spreadsheet for each school award received
- Appeal letter creation if under-awarded or situations change
- Confirmation that your student has received a fair offer from the college
Ready to begin?
We’re excited to be on your team, coaching you through the process of making sense of the financial aid process. Send your information below and we’ll be in touch.
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