Ascent Blog

💗Tough Love: How to Prepare Your College Grad to Take on Financial Responsibility for Their Loans🎓
Jun 09, 2025 | By: Ascent
Categories: Blog, For Cosigners, For Parents and Cosigners
Nearly 40% of student borrowers are expected to default on their student loans by 2023 and more than one million… Read More
Ascent Non-Cosigned Student Loans are Changing the Way Students Pay for College – On Their Own
Does the ever-increasing cost of college have you stressing about cosigning for your college student’s loans? If that’s the case,… Read More
Get ready and Know Your Options: SAT and ACT Prep resources📚🎓
Due to the high demand for resources to prep for these exams, it can be difficult to determine which prep… Read More
The Changes Every Parent Should Know About for the 2019 – 2020 FAFSA
Jul 15, 2019 | By: Ascent
Categories: Blog, For Cosigners
The FAFSA is updated annually, and there are major changes that you need to know about for 2019-2020. Read More
Financial planning starting to freak you out? Here’s what you really need to know about sending your kid to college.
Jul 15, 2019 | By: Ascent
Categories: Blog, For Cosigners
Nearly three-quarters of parents report their highest stressor as completing applications for admission and financial aid for college, with their… Read More
6 Ways to Help Your Student Prep For Finals Season
Apr 22, 2021 | By: Ascent
Categories: Blog, For Cosigners
As a parent, you might be struggling with how to help your student during this stressful period other than reminding… Read More
4 Ways to Ensure Your College Graduate Is Prepared for the Job Hunt
Apr 14, 2021 | By: Ascent
Categories: Blog, For Cosigners
Getting a job after graduation is the goal of most college students. But for many, the job search, interview, and… Read More
Should You Transfer Colleges?
Dec 20, 2024 | By: Ascent
Categories: Blog, For Cosigners
National Student Clearinghouse Research Center found that over one-third of college students transfer at least once. Of these students, 14.1… Read More
Understanding Student Loans: 3 Tips to Help Your Family
Oct 07, 2021 | By: Ascent
Categories: Blog, For Cosigners
Student loans are a great tool to use to go to college with nearly seven in 10 college seniors (68… Read More