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Benchmark financial aid company?

Hi has anyone ever used benchmark financial company for college funding? You pay them a $800.00 fee and they take care of getting all of your financial aid and grants for college. For four of my sisters.

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  • 1 decade ago
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    Why would you pay $800 for someone else to do something you can do for yourself????

    Can you say ripoff??

    These types of companies complete your FAFSA (which you can do for FREE) - those are the 'grants' they look for. They may go ahead and find 'scholarships' for you, which you can easily do via your school or fastweb.com.

    Paying someone to do paperwork (unless it's taxes or accounting services) is ridiculous.

    That's $800 that could be put toward tuition or books.

  • 1 decade ago

    This is a SCAM!!!

    Source(s): Former financial aid director
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