College Benefits Research Group Co-Founders Provide Critical Information Regarding College Debt

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(1888PressRelease) August 25, 2016 - Roseland, New Jersey - In today's society, it is believed in order to have a successful future one must attend college. As Americans choose the route of higher education millions acquire large amounts of loans that are difficult to pay back. David Slater and Steven Sirot, Co-Founders, College Benefit Research Group (CBRG), understand this vital topic has the nation concerned for our youth. Sirot and Slater bring insight and perspective in a series of articles published by Inside Jersey, the flagship magazine of The Star Ledger.

In the first article of the multi-part series, "College Debt Is Killing My Future," David Slater brings the attention and severity of college loan debt to the reader. The ideology of attending college after high school is predominant; however, people are failing to realize a simple undergraduate degree is just not enough. Slater states, "The colleges have done their job, which is to make sure everyone knows how much we need them," but unfortunately people are unaware of the long term consequences of large sum loans.

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The next section, "How to avoid deep college debt," focuses primarily on planning ahead, and considering all financial options. Steven Sirot encourages families to plan out a monthly budget,"When they see that a $100,000 student loan translates to about $1,500 every month for 10 years, the impact starts to become clearer," says the co-founder.

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The following piece, "Living with the college debt you have," discusses how to repay overwhelming college debt. CBRG offers tips to strategically conquer this financial obligation. One of the tips stated by Slater is to "... request forbearance for things like financial hardship and illness."

The article can be read here; http://bit.ly/2b6Qx5L

College Benefits Research Group (CBRG) is a college planning organization with a unique model for working with families to find the right "fit" for their child not only financially, but academically and socially as well. Their three prong model in the college planning arena is innovative and effective in order to develop a college game plan that works for everyone.

Co-founded by Steven Sirot and David N. Slater and joined by their partner, Certified Educational Planner (CEP), Janet Loren, CBRG demonstrates how a private and/or public education is affordable and attainable and allows hard working families to hit a "home run" in finding the right school, academically, socially and financially, for their child. CBRG also assists with the filing of financial aid forms. CBRG has been featured in print and broadcast media. For a complete list of CBRG's media appearances click here.

For more information, please visit: www.cbrg.info

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