Paying for college has long been a source of financial stress for students and their families. Substantial financial aid for college is available if you know the proper paths to follow, but the fact that more students are applying to colleges than ever before also means that more students are applying for financial aid as well.
On April 24, 2011, The Columbus Dispatch reported that approximately one million more students have already filed federal financial aid forms for the upcoming school year compared with this same time last year. As of last week, 10.4 million aid requests had been filed
Melissa Rhone earned her Bachelor of Music in Education from the University of Tampa. She resides in the Tampa Bay area and enjoys writing about college, pop culture, and epilepsy awareness.