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[![College Funding Counselor](https://www.collegefundingcounselor.com/hubfs/White%20logo%20-%20no%20background.png)](https://www.collegefundingcounselor.com?hsLang=en) Free Guide for Parents of Teens

# Know what college will cost your family before your kid falls for a school you can’t afford.

A short, no-fluff guide to the three numbers smart families pin down first — so you shop with a budget, not a prayer.

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## Send me the guide

Free. Takes 10 minutes to read. No spam, ever.

You’d never tour an open house before a lender told you your number. With college, *almost everybody does.* This guide flips the order.

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### Pre-qualify, like a house

Why knowing your budget before you tour a single campus is the move that saves families thousands — and a brutal dinner-table conversation.

02

### The three numbers

What they are, what each one reveals, and which two you can pin down about your own family this week.

03

### The costly assumption

Why “we make too much for aid” is the single most expensive thing parents tell themselves — and why it’s usually wrong.

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**Who this is for:** parents of 10th–12th graders who want a great-fit college without raiding retirement or co-signing decades of debt.

![Michael Korch](https://www.collegefundingcounselor.com/hubfs/michael-33-web.jpg)

**Michael Korch** spent 32 years in tech, holds a finance degree and a Foster MBA, and saved over $40,000 putting his own twins through college. Now he helps families do the same.

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