Ep 60: Getting your Kids Through College Debt Free with Denise Thomas

There are 44.7 million Americans carrying a total of $1.71 trillion in student debt today. For many families, college feels impossible without a significant amount of debt, except for maybe superstar athletes or valedictorians who get scholarships. But many of the things we believe about the college application process are holding families back from attaining scholarship support for their student’s schooling. My guest today, Denise Thomas, is here to debunk many of the college scholarship myths and help students attain a debt-free college degree.   In this episode, we discuss: The timing of when to start thinking about college applications How to tell the story of who your student is during the college application process What colleges are looking for when they award scholarships   About the Guest: Denise Thomas is known as the debt-free college coach. She's challenging the belief that attending college without debt is a unicorn. Denise coaches parents of college bound teens with a unique step-by-step approach to be one of the 600,000 students who graduate debt-free each year.   Her mission is to inspire, educate, and equip parents to take an active role, supporting their children to live a life of financial freedom. She is the creator of Cracking the Code to Free College, international bestselling author, and TEDx speaker.   https://www.facebook.com/GetAheadOfTheClass/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/denisethomasdebtfreecollege/     About the Host Janice Scholl is passionate about illuminating the work-life struggle that causes working mothers to leave professional jobs to raise their families, with a special focus on helping mothers start businesses that allow them to be financially empowered and use their skills, while being fully present for their children. She is host of the Money, Career & Motherhood podcast and a frequent speaker on the topics of motherhood & money, career breaks, and business strategy. She is the founder of Strategic Sabbaticals, a program designed to amplify the growth and opportunity women find through a career break to ensure a successful a return to paid work.    Sign up for a FREE 30-minute Career Break strategy session with Janice here. Visit the Money, Career, & Motherhood website, Facebook page, and follow on Instagram.       Thanks for listening! Thanks so much for listening to our podcast! If you enjoyed this episode and think that others could benefit from listening, please share it using the social media buttons on this page. Do you have some feedback or questions about this episode? Leave a comment in the section below! Subscribe to the podcast If you would like to get automatic updates of new podcast episodes, you can subscribe to the podcast on iTunes or Stitcher. You can also subscribe from the podcast app on your mobile device. Leave us an iTunes review Ratings and reviews from our listeners are extremely valuable to us and greatly appreciated. They help our podcast rank higher on iTunes, which exposes our show to more awesome listeners like you. If you have a minute, please leave an honest review on iTunes.