Ann Garcia (@anngarciacfp), author of the book How to Pay for College, joins The Student Loan Podcast to share how parents and students can prepare financially to pay for college. Ann Garcia has helped thousands of families save millions of dollars on college.

A fee-only Certified Financial Planner and managing partner of Independent Progressive Advisors, Ann specializes in helping families balance the desire to support their children’s dreams with the reality of funding their own lives.

Topics covered in today's episode with Ann include:

• Which colleges to choose based on your budget;
• Finding additional money to help fill in gaps in financial aid;
• Determining the "actual" cost of college versus the number included in your financial aid package; and
• much, much, more...

Visit the show notes for all the extra details:
https://thestudentloanpodcast.com/episode85

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