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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/a74a8167-e9b6-4281-9b8b-26a6b173e443/ED9918A7-9EFC-400D-B8B8-750262D0DA9B/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://newsblogs.chicagotribune.com/marksjarvis_on_money/2009/04/how-to-ask-for-more-college-financial-aid.html" href="http://newsblogs.chicagotribune.com/marksjarvis_on_money/2009/04/how-to-ask-for-more-college-financial-aid.html" style="font-size: 11px;">newsblogs.chicagotribune.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://newsblogs.chicagotribune.com/marksjarvis_on_money/2009/04/how-to-ask-for-more-college-financial-aid.html"><H1>How to ask for more college financial aid</H1></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://newsblogs.chicagotribune.com/marksjarvis_on_money/2009/04/how-to-ask-for-more-college-financial-aid.html"><P>    Under the best of circumstances families fret about how to pay for college when their first child receives acceptance letters for the Freshman year.  The first horrifying look at acceptances suggests a cost of $80,000 to $200,000 over four years.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://newsblogs.chicagotribune.com/marksjarvis_on_money/2009/04/how-to-ask-for-more-college-financial-aid.html"><P>  But many families don't have to accept the pricetag; especially if they have recently lost a job.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://newsblogs.chicagotribune.com/marksjarvis_on_money/2009/04/how-to-ask-for-more-college-financial-aid.html"><P>   Instead, get ready to negotiate for more financial aid. College financial aid offices expect you to do it.  Just don't call it "negotiate."  The term could be offensive.  It sounds too much like dickering over a car, rather than respecting the value of education. But terminology aside, the process is very similar.  Here's what to do:</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://newsblogs.chicagotribune.com/marksjarvis_on_money/2009/04/how-to-ask-for-more-college-financial-aid.html"><P> - If you have lost your job and never applied for financial aid, you need to contact colleges immediately and tell them you need to apply.  Some will say it's too late.  Others will welcome you with open arms.</P></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/ED9918A7-9EFC-400D-B8B8-750262D0DA9B/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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