College Planning and ACT Prep is a Process

And We Can Help! Over 20 years of Experience!

Once you understand it's a process, the next step is to understand how it relates specifically to your family academically and financially.

The first step in college planning is to determine where your family falls in relationship to the college maze.  

You do this is by becoming familiar with the formula COA-EFC =NEED.

The COA stands for Cost of Attendance

Every college publishes this cost and it includes 5 categories of expenses.
Tuition & Fees, Room & Board, Books, Transportation, & Miscellaneous expenses.

The EFC stands for Expected Family Contribution.

This is the number that the Dept. Of Education assigns you on how much out-of-pocket expense
your family must pay per year for college.

The NEED is how much aid your are ELIGIBLE to receive.

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and begin your process today!

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Help Me Afford College
50 Hill Pointe Court Suite 300

St. Charles, MO 63303

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Phone: 636-373-9004
Fax: 636-724-1046
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Our college planning service is a result of personal experience.

My name is Gregory Rupp, Founder and President of Help Me Afford College.

I come from a family of five and have first hand knowledge of what it is like to pay for college. At one time in my family, there were three of us going to college at the same time.

Thanks to a chance encounter, my parents found the guidance they needed to help put us through college.

Now you can have the same.

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