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This past season, we saved our clients an average of...

$21,719per year of college.

To schedule a free, no-obligation appointment please call us at 973-514-2002

Here’s How We Help Families:

More Effective School Selection

Selecting the right schools is the foundation of what we do. Some schools have more popularity than others, and there are many hidden gems you may not have heard of. We help families find schools that will meet their criteria on both features and price. In order to help you select schools we work one-on-one with the students and parents, weighing the pros and cons for each school, and make recommendations that you may not have thought of.

Maximize Financial Aid Awards

Financial aid can directly lower your cost of attendance. While we do not give out financial aid ourselves, we do know the best strategies to help you maximize the amount of aid a college will offer. Much of this is tied with school selection.

Offer Appeals Advice

Many families expect the colleges to make their best offer upfront. Some do, many don’t. If you do not know what you are entitled to you don’t know what to ask for. We help families create convincing arguments about why they should offer more money. Then we walk you through the process of appealing, step-by-step until the process is done.

Accurate FAFSA & CSS Profile Preparation

The questions on the financial aid applications are designed to get you to report more information than you have to. Let us prepare the forms for you and you can rest assured your information will be entered accurately, qualifying you for all the finanical aid you deserve.

College-Aware Financial Planning

We work with excellent financial planners to make sure that paying for college will not ruin your retirement plans. Most financial planners have their clients maximize their 529′s. There are better ways. Unfortunately most people (even financial planners) don’t know about them! There is no charge for this service.

Custom Software

This software was born out of our own necessity and our clients asked to use it too! There is tons of information about colleges available on the Internet, and none of it pertains directly to you. We decided to change that and develop our own web applications that will help you make sense of the data and see through the noise.

Our Services And Their Prices

Our services are offered a la carte. If you were to enlist us for everything we do it would cost $1440. We will be happy to tell what services are appropriate for your situation and why.

Before we charge for any services, we will tell you if we feel we can help. We do not offer services unless we feel they can provide significant value to our clients. There is no charge for consultations. Even if you do not decide to work with us, these consultations will leave you better prepared for the college admissions process.

About College & Retirement Solutions

We have been providing thousands of families with college planning services for over 15 years, and if we do say so ourselves, we’re some of the best in the business. Our office is located in Chatham, New Jersey. We meet with families at our office or via online meeting. Our phone number is 973-514-2002 and email is info@college-retirement.com.

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