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	<title>NCAA Recruiting &#187; Financial Aid</title>
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	<description>The college athletic recruiting process can be extremely difficult.  Finding the right athletic scholarship offer is extremely idfficult.  NCSA specializes in help student-athletes find the right college fit.</description>
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		<title>Ask Coach Taylor? &#8211; How Do I Secure Financial Aid?</title>
		<link>http://www.ncsasports.org/blog/2010/02/17/ask-coach-taylor-how-do-i-secure-financial-aid/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Feb 2010 00:18:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Randy Taylor</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Coach Taylor &#8211; Your blog talks a lot about Financial Aid and its availability, but how do I get started securing Financial aid for my student-athletes?
Fantastic question.  Unfortunately I am not the best person at NCSA to answer this question.  I am going to turn things over to NCSA&#8217;s financial expert, Bob Shriner.
Maximizing your financial [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Avoid Student Loans &#8211; A Cautionary Tale!</title>
		<link>http://www.ncsasports.org/blog/2010/02/15/avoid-student-loans-a-cautionary-tale/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Feb 2010 14:59:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Keith Babb</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Read this entire article from Saturday&#8217;s Wall Street Journal about a doctor who incurred $250,000 in student loans and now owes $555,000.  Some of the &#8220;money&#8221; quotes are:
&#8220;Maybe half of it was my fault because I didn&#8217;t look at the fine print,&#8221;
&#8220;Unlike other kinds of debt, student loans can be particularly hard to wriggle out [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What Career Should You Pursue?</title>
		<link>http://www.ncsasports.org/blog/2010/01/28/what-career-should-you-pursue/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ncsasports.org/blog/2010/01/28/what-career-should-you-pursue/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Jan 2010 17:11:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Keith Babb</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Choosing the Right Fit]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ncsasports.org/blog/?p=4422</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Over 99% of all college student athletes go pro in something other than their sport.  So what will your profession be?  After having phone conversations with over 5,000 student-athletes, I&#8217;ve found that less than 10% have a real clear picture of what career field to pursue.  I&#8217;ve also learned that the vast majority of college [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How will you pay for college?</title>
		<link>http://www.ncsasports.org/blog/2009/12/29/how-will-you-pay-for-college/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ncsasports.org/blog/2009/12/29/how-will-you-pay-for-college/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Dec 2009 16:57:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Keith Babb</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Athletic Scholarships]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ncsasports.org/blog/?p=4189</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I talk to families every day who have no plan on how to pay for college.  When I ask the question, &#8220;How important is a scholarship when choosing your child&#8217;s college?&#8221;  The typical answer is, &#8221;a scholarship is real important, but s/he is going to college no matter what.&#8221;  What they mean is that they are willing to borrow [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Understanding Financial Aid, or How I Earned a 6,677% Return on Investment</title>
		<link>http://www.ncsasports.org/blog/2009/12/09/understanding-financial-aid-or-how-i-earned-a-6677-return-on-investment/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ncsasports.org/blog/2009/12/09/understanding-financial-aid-or-how-i-earned-a-6677-return-on-investment/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Dec 2009 16:47:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Keith Babb</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Athletic Scholarships]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ncsasports.org/blog/?p=4051</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The National Bureau of Economic Research declared that the current economic downturn (recession) began in December 2007.  In the intervening 2 years, I’ve spoken with about 3,000 families about their child going to college.  Naturally, part of that discussion involves how families will pay for college.  As seen here, the average cost of a college [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why Families use NCSA</title>
		<link>http://www.ncsasports.org/blog/2009/10/18/why-families-use-ncsa/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ncsasports.org/blog/2009/10/18/why-families-use-ncsa/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Oct 2009 20:05:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Keith Babb</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Athletic Scholarships]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Choosing the Right Fit]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[College Baseball]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[College Basketball]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[College Football]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Contacting Coaches]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ncsasports.org/blog/?p=3553</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[With all of the useful recruiting information provided on this blog, why do families use NCSA?  Here are some answers:
NCSA has been well worth the investment. I now actually consider it a bargain.
 
NCSA has taught us how to approach recruiting. Would have no idea without NCSA’s help.
 
NCSA gives the athlete a lot of exposure. It [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Making the Application Process More Affordable</title>
		<link>http://www.ncsasports.org/blog/2009/10/15/making-the-application-process-more-affordable/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ncsasports.org/blog/2009/10/15/making-the-application-process-more-affordable/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2009 16:10:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bob Shriner</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Financial Aid]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ncsasports.org/blog/?p=3498</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[College application time is quickly approaching for high school seniors and there are a couple of tips to keep in mind for student athletes who are thinking about financial aid.
Colleges and universities can often provide early financial aid estimates for prospective student athletes in order to help families better determine how financially feasible attending a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Completing Your FAFSA</title>
		<link>http://www.ncsasports.org/blog/2009/10/07/completing-your-fafsa/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ncsasports.org/blog/2009/10/07/completing-your-fafsa/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2009 14:18:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian Davidson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Financial Aid]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ncsasports.org/blog/?p=3406</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[FAFSA stands for Free Application for Federal Student Aid and can be found at http://www.fafsa.ed.gov/ The biggest mistake a lot of families make is not filling the FAFSA out because they think their family income is too high. This could not be further from the truth. Every family, regardless of income, has an EFC (estimated [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Expected Family Contribution (EFC) Calculator</title>
		<link>http://www.ncsasports.org/blog/2009/10/07/the-expected-family-contribution-efc-calculator/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ncsasports.org/blog/2009/10/07/the-expected-family-contribution-efc-calculator/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2009 14:10:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian Davidson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Financial Aid]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ncsasports.org/blog/?p=3404</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[EFC stands for Expected Family Contribution.  Use the EFC calculator HERE to determine an estimate of this number.  Whatever your family&#8217;s EFC turns out to be, will make a big difference in the amount you are expected to contribute to college. So think of the EFC as the amount of money you will [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What Parents Need to do &#8211; Part 4</title>
		<link>http://www.ncsasports.org/blog/2009/05/28/what-parents-need-to-do-part-4/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ncsasports.org/blog/2009/05/28/what-parents-need-to-do-part-4/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 29 May 2009 01:26:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Keith Babb</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[College Baseball]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.ncsasports.org/?p=1674</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Here are part 1, part 2, and part 3
As a review, you know the need to market your child in order for her/him to be recruited.  You know that you could do this yourself or you could use an expert.  In either case, you&#8217;ll have to invest time and money into the process.  The need [...]]]></description>
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