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Using Your 529

529 Withdrawals: Avoid the Pitfalls

Withdrawing funds is straightforward, but these tips can help you avoid common mistakes.* 1. Stick to qualified expenses To avoid federal income taxes and the 10% penalty on earnings, withdraw…

ScholarShare 529September 11, 2024

Parenting Senior Student

Send-off Letters for Our College-Bound Freshmen

As parents, writing a heartfelt send-off letter is one way to share feelings, reflections, and hopes that haven’t yet been fully or clearly expressed. It’s also an opportunity to impart…

ScholarShare 529August 6, 2024

College Admissions

What Does It Mean When a College Sends You Mail?

Many colleges and universities have sophisticated marketing strategies. Some even enlist the help of external marketing consultants and mailhouses to orchestrate their outreach campaigns and monitor student responses. So, what's…

ScholarShare 529May 14, 2024

Parenting

4 Items to Add to Your College Checklist

With your kid heading to college soon, you’ve created a checklist. It’s long. But here are four items you probably didn’t think to include.

ScholarShare 529March 1, 2024

Affording College Senior Student

3 Reasons to Fill Out the FAFSA

As the name implies, the FAFSA is completely free and gives you access to federal aid to make paying for college easier. Three reasons to fill out the FAFSA: 1.…

ScholarShare 529October 8, 2023

Affording College Senior Student

6 Tips for Student Loan Repayment

Even though repayment usually starts six months after graduation or you drop below half-time enrollment, you can choose to start repaying your loans while still in school to get a…

ScholarShare 529October 8, 2023

Affording College

How to Go to College for Free

Scholarships: Scholarships are free money that you don’t have to pay back. So, apply for as many scholarships as you can. While they’re generally tax-free when used for tuition, textbooks, housing,…

ScholarShare 529October 8, 2023

Parenting Senior Student

Last Call List for High School Senior Year

The temptation is to bore you with a long list of lasts. The last first day of high school, the last birthday at home, or the last varsity game. But…

ScholarShare 529August 22, 2023

Junior Student Parenting

Dear Parent of High School Junior

If you have kept in depth discussion of the subject under wraps during Freshman and Sophomore years, you and your teen are about to go on a voyage of discovery…

ScholarShare 529August 20, 2023

Senior Student Using Your 529

How To: Requesting Gift Contributions

One of the most unique features of your ScholarShare 529 account is the capability to ask for help from friends and family. Send them a Ugift® Invitation for a special…

ScholarShare 529August 4, 2023

Senior Student Student Life

5 Pieces of Advice to Share with Your First-Generation College Student

College is an amazing opportunity to learn, grow, and make life-changing friends and memories. But since many parents of first-generation college students can’t speak from experience about thriving in college,…

ScholarShare 529July 25, 2023

College Admissions Uncategorized

Essential Advice to Help Black Students Get Into Competitive Colleges

The key is to communicate those values to admissions offices. Your student having strong grades is something to be proud of, but it’s not enough on its own to stand…

ScholarShare 529July 25, 2023

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